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A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… the big banks further threatened to bring a complaint under the Usury Act. These particular difficulties were … At least until the late 1980s, Volkskas’s…
ArchiveAfrican middle class elite
… A research project conducted under the auspices of the Institute for Social and Economic …
ArchiveEkapa commemorates : The Trojan Horse
… by B. Schouw. Artwork of children playing with blocks under a metal horse's head. …
ArchiveSolidarity with the people of Swaziland
… Multicoloured poster. History of oppression in Swaziland under the Mswati regime. Call for a democratically elected …
ArchiveHomeless
… Coloured photograph of family sitting under a tree. Title in black letters. Quote from the Bible 1 …
ArchiveSummons for squatting
… residents of Klipfontein charged with illegal squatting under the Bantu Trust and Land Act. …
ArticleXhosa
… settling in new territory and bringing people living there under the control of the amaTshawe. Generally, the group would take on the name of the chief under…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… opportunities and the recognition of African trade unions under the Industrial Conciliation Act. 3. The removal of all … as by the Indian delegates. "The…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… thousand Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers, deployed under the African Union Mission to Somalia (AIMSOM). AIMSOM … the conflict into Kenyan territory. [xiii…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 A.K.M. Docrat , a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of Communism Act . He was jailed for … thirty days during the 1952 Defiance Campaign…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… referred to a report on the conditions of native Angolans under Portuguese colonial rule, warning that the apartheid … Unity, APDUSA offered regular analysis…
ArchiveStatement of the church leaders regarding detentions, the hunger strike and the State of Emergency
… in detention and others who have been released but still under heavy restrictions. …
Bay View House, 132 St Georges Street, Simonstown
… Victorian features. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 16 July 1982. …
PlaceAgricultural Publications Building, Vermeulen Street, Pretoria
… a general merchant. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 October 1984. …
EventCyprian Mpho Shilakoe, SA artist, is born
… Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe, South African artist who studied under Azaria Mbatha at Rorke's Drift. Shilakoe was known for …
EventNew Soweto Council is inaugurated
… The new Apartheid established Soweto township Council, under the Chairmanship of David Thebehali is given …
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… The court ruled that capital punishment, as provided for under the Criminal Procedure Act, was in conflict with the … forbidden to execute any person already…
PlaceComoros
… other Islands like Mwali and Nzwani voted to remain under French control. The islands' first president, Ahmed … March 8 is being celebrated as International…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… facts against a former fellow student-leader charged under the Terrorism Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist … the organisation was banned, would…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… After a two week judicial inquest under presiding magistrate Mr. Marthinus Prins, it was found … to the issue of the health and welfare of detainees under…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… Vorster established the Bureau of State Security (BOSS), under the leadership of Van den Bergh, through the Public … State security in South Africa. Civil…
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… factors (including the general dissatisfaction of life under British rule) and "pull" factors (including the desire … and Portuguese East Africa. The two…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… to the newly formed South African Communist Party (SACP) under the leadership of W. H. Andrews and the South African … strike led to the growth of support…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 14 Langley Road, Wynberg
… features. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC Legislation on 7 March 1986. …
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 15 Alexandra Road, Kenilworth
… some fine Bay Windows. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 September 1985. …
PlaceBurgers Park, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 March 1979. Renowned these …
Black Renaissance Convention
… to attend the Black Renaissance Convention organised under the auspices of ASSECA, S.A. Council of Churches, NG …
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… which they had little choice, but around which they had to construct meaning. There was much conflict and contestation … participation’.10 Slaves and their…
PlaceBlinkwater
Like many isolated rural villages, Blinkwater in the Eastern Cape has never had access to any electricity. A plan supported by the United Nation Development…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… regime allows no remission of sentence for those sentenced under its security laws. Ever since then the Special … were held on Robben Island, including nine…