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ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… granted full recognition in both chiefly and Commissioner courts. However, customary law would be applied at the … of discriminatory legislation being…
ArchiveUnion co-operative case: The law is on the bo
… Renewed questions have been raised about the role of the courts in relation to worker issues by a judgement affecting …
ArchiveThe Childrens Emergency (with particular ref
… custody, violence by police against children, children in courts without their parents, Children's Act. …
Sadecque Variava
Early life and schooling Sadecque Variava was born on 8 July 1949 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), the fourth of seven…
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… people, some of who were immediately charged in special courts. The purpose was to eliminate criminal elements and …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… of the South African Student Press Union soon after. [xiii] Despite constant censorship of articles and threats on … ↵ [xii] Klug 2016, Phone Interview, 10…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… of squatters to join the Mau Mau fighters in the forest. [xiii] . A British Prison camp in Kenya, 1954. Image source … 1888-1970. Jefferson: McFarland &…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… “economic, diplomatic, sport, and any other means.” [xiii] Released in 1962, due to the film’s great organization … London.) Online Available: http://www…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… virtually as they please without being accountable to the courts of our land; courts which have a splendid reputation throughout the world … of all detainees…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… were governed by the laws of Islam and tried by Muslim courts, foreigners were treated differently. They were …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
… and the liberal heritage of the law; Apartheid, the courts and the legal profession; Difficulties facing black …
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… Following years of struggle in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the …
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… This case concerned the constitutional obligation on the courts to develop the common law to promote the Bill of … Rights. The Act provides for the…
ArticleWomens Rights
… ) This case concerned the constitutional obligation on the courts to develop the common law to promote the Bill of … The Act also provides for the…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… music from your home? Look what it’s done for Miriam.’ [xiii] Masekela later recollects in an interview ‘I learned a … 146. ↵ [xi] Ibid., page 157. ↵ [xii]…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… back to the ANC’s National Department of Intelligence. [xiii] Only two years later, Gilder was considered one of the … modified 11 August 2015, http:/…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… and South Africa’s internal domestic recording industry” [xiii] (Hamm, 1989). He questions Makeba’s true desire to … Music 8, no. 03 (1989): 299. http://www…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… Island prison after being convicted by the apartheid courts on a charge of membership of the ANC after it was … part in defending many patriots brought…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… the ruling monarch at that stage and used to house the law courts. …
BiographyCecyl Esau
Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… and sentences, and to reopen their case in order for the courts to hear new evidence, which could have an effect on …
PlaceSomalia
… until he too was killed in a battle with the Biamaal. [xiii] The continual clan and sultanate rivalry defined … unpopularity amongst Somalis. The growth of…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
In March 2015 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape, launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on the…
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… was in a better position of extracting the truth than the courts. …
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… in the law, by constantly challenging the ruling of the Courts and held him on death row for nearly 25 years. On 30 …
BiographyTim Bruwer
Odd one out Over the years many people have asked me how it came about that I, amongst all the Afrikaners that I grew up with or knew, as a young man in the…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… on the ANC Head Quarters. The ANC leadership, through our courts, has decided to take it upon itself to protect its …
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
… The Stadium also boasts a heated swimming Pool and Tennis courts. The surrounding Gardens are immaculately manicured …
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… be involved in the Pan Africanist Movement, or the PAC, [xiii] in the 1950s, and the Liberal Party in 1961. [xiv] … Everyday Matters, page 85 ↵ [xii] A World…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… for reasons of "public safety", without any appeal to the courts. Public meetings and gatherings were typically …