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Chapter XIV - End of an era
… to Johannesburg only three days after the new "Sabotage Act", the General Laws Amendment Act had become law. It spelt out the Nationalist government's … for…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… afterwards left teaching as part of a campaign to boycott Bantu Education. In 1966 the ANC convinced her to leave South …
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Govan Mbeki and Ma Mofokeng have their fourth child Jama. 1953 Fire destroys Thabo Mbeki's kraal and family shop. … is crime against humanity. 1992 Thabo…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… as the Native Areas Amendment Bill and the Group Areas Act skewed official statistics and grossly underestimated the … population group as defined by the…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Act 34 of 1995 to help heal the country and bring about a … Deputy President Thabo Mbeki as his successor. 26…
EventFidel Castro, president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008, is born
… of Havanna, where he also began his political career. In 1953, he led a failed attack on Moncada Barracks in Cuba. …
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… entered politics by joining the National Party in 1953 and became a Member of Parliament who served on various …
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… Rural areas; Employment; Education - Numbers at school, Bantu education, Primary and secondary education for children …
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… held under the apartheid regime. In 1997, Meyer and Bantu Holomisa formed the United Democratic Movement (UDM), …
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… birthday and marriage to his first wife. The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. de Wet Nel, who …
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in …
EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
… not being suspended to appease the unfounded protests of Bantu agitators, but because the jails could no longer …
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… newly-established Athlone High School, matriculating in 1953. Also unusually in the area, she did not attend church … or 1 am. But as the impact of the 1950…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… Sachs. In May 1951, the Separate Representation of Voters Act was passed, removing the coloured voters from the common … This proposal had aroused a storm of…
EventGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban
… Naledi Mandisa Pandor was born in Durban on 7 December 1953. Her father, Joe Matthews, was a prominent …
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… implemented the Irrigation and Conservation of Water Act, No. 8 of 1912. [3] This law primarily gave water to … [6] A year after the Irrigation and…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… Inc. Page 45. ↵ [xxxii] Ibid. ↵ [xxxiii] Beckingham, C.F. 1953. “Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African … Oriental and African Studies / Volume 15 /…
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… safely and established considerable contact with the Bantu in the area. Another party was not so fortunate - of a …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Tributes to Lembede After His Death
… Nhlapo (d. 1967) was a Journalist employed by Umteteli wa Bantu and a frequent contributor and letter writer to … They were surprised because they had not…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… Africa as a republic, to protest against the enabling act “should the minority government ignore this demand”. The … of the various restrictive measures in…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… activities. Banned under the Suppression of Communism Act in 1954, Cissie studied towards a law degree, and earned … faith. These attributes stood her in…
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 2013
… We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous people of our … black people. It is 60 years since…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous people of our … black people. It is 60 years since…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… of student/community organizer/liberation icon Stephen Bantu Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness Movement … the name of liberation. In the end, Biko’s…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… was accountable to their subjects. The South African Act of 1909 controlled ‘native affairs’ under the … in terms of the then Council of Traditional Leaders…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… the festive season Adderley Street Christmas shopping in 1953 Image source During Christmas time, the street comes …
ArticleSASO Bannings
… an “affected” organisation under the Affected Organisation Act of 1974. This meant that SASO could no longer rely on …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… in Durban in 1950. For the first three years - 1950-1953 - the Arabic Study Circle pursued a programme on an … for "Muslim Malays" in 1952 in terms of the…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… with the appalling conditions in one of the government’s Bantu Homelands. In addition to the circumstances in the …
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… schools, this week prompted renewed protest against Bantu Education and sparked unrest on the reef and Pretoria …