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ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… in the Qumbu district. In retaliation the traders had the police charge women who forcibly removed goods that anyone … and withhold it'. Violence erupted at…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report had been … released after 48 hours, re-arrested when…
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various political parties,…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… of Black students, Afrikaans was the language of the police and their employers, and an instrument for giving … held in detention without trial are released…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… under this provision local authorities and members of the police force have forcibly removed from their homes and … the African people into unnecessary…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… failures to receive adequate service delivery and heavy police repression, Abahlali BaseMjondolo once again decided …
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… of workers. In May 1974, the Commercial Branch of the police confiscated the GFWBF’s records claiming that it was …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… testimony at the South African Embassy in London, former police captain Dirk Coetzee, now a member of the ANC, said that he oversaw the 1981 killing by the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… laws and for full franchise rights for all is held. Police open fire in the Alexandra Township and other areas on … the stay at home protest given the…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… of 1961 for the relocation of the Black population. The police were removing the people from their homes and forcing … ‘the funerals were so overwhelmingly…
Article2016 in Review
… rubber bullet during the FMF protests by the South African Police. “I am very lucky to have only been shot in the … was shot multiple times in the back with…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… society in the making. With this change came increased police surveillance and state repression. The Repression of … to pursue its objectives. The killing of…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… disallowed to hold gatherings and harassed by the security police. In Northern Natal, the police interrupted the funeral of a LPSA member. In 1962, BJ … and…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… nature the guerrillas would match the ruthlessness of the police by killing all the hostages'. However, MK leaders – … that the Silverton Trio had probably…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… disciplined and organised and an alarmed government throws police cordons around each of the compounds, preventing … with bayonets fixed, killing 3 and…
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… Movement 1922 A Nationalist mob sets fire to a police station, prompting Gandhi to call off the …
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… to accomplish its target of an army of 60,000 men. The Police Force is being increased, and is being perfected in … to effect better co-ordination between…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… matters worse. The PAC mounts its anti-pass campaign. Police at Sharpeville open fire on peaceful protesters … killing sixty-nine and injuring 180. In the…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… whom were involved in the BCP. This was the beginning of a police investigation into BCP, the Christian Institute and … organisations, all of which were…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… large crowds and delivery vans were stoned and set alight. Police also came into physical confrontation with … Johannesburg had done. Unfortunately in this…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… at Home”, the government banned all meetings and sent police reinforcements to Johannesburg. However, the protest went on and on 1 May the police attacked…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… (arrested but escaped) Liliesleaf Raid Johan Coetzee (police security officer) Gerard Ludi (agent infiltrated into …
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… charged. As well as ordinary citizens, members of the police could be charged and, most notably, members of the …
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… leave South Africa as he was detained by the South African police and his passport was withdrawn." A new element had … Despite the diligent efforts of the…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution 616(VII) establishing a three-member Commission to study the … thatit expressed "deep regret and concern"…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… and Kensington. As a result Silinga was harassed by the police, endorsed out of Cape Town and deported to the … to stop the demolition of pandokkkies in…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Party government reacted quickly and harshly, giving the police the right to detain people for twelve days. Many leaders were arrested and there were cases…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… people, and shall aim at re-education, not vengeance; The police force and army shall be open to all on an equal basis … to educate their children; The…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… the ANC with intelligence that helped it to undermine the police and military from within. Conscript André Zaaiman … others simply dodged the call-up by…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… special documents from their employers, officials or the police, if they needed to move around after 9pm. The … people, but Bishop Kevin Dowling got help…