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ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… Ndongeni – were all arrested. Accused under the Terrorism Act of 17 counts of sabotage in the Port Elizabeth area, they … charged with six counts under the…
Archive2013 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2013
… of the competition commission and other law enforcement authorities. The infrastructure development programme has … revised Broad-based Black Economic…
ArchiveFounding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders
… Pan Africanist Congress, to amend the Internal Security Act and to repeal legislation which organises South African …
EventKwame Nkrumah orders release of political prisoners
… prisoners, detained under the Preventive Detention Act of 1958. Many of the political prisoners, who were …
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… racial segregation and the promulgation of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted …
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… announced that in terms of the 1979 Internal Security Act the PPP was engaged in illegal activities that would …
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… this incident, Nkrumah passed the Preventative Detention Act which he used to imprison more than 1 000 of his …
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… was originally sung as a church hymn but later became an act of political defiance against the apartheid government. …
Opening address by President Jacob Zuma to the 2nd Biennial Summit on substance abuse, 15 March 2011, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… Families and addicts are not obliged to report to the authorities. This makes it difficult to have an accurate … against perpetrators. We have directed the…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… iron it is constructed so that a speedy escape from authorities is technically possible. 'Cafe-de-Move-On' also … voorkamer before its destruction under the…
Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
… perform service for the oppressed or the greater good, or act in other ways that may be admirable or exemplary. … to a code of conduct governing our…
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… to shape that common destiny by ensuring that together we act on the basis of Afro-Asian solidarity, cognisant of the … solidarity, peace and friendship…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… the decline of the SL. When the Suppression of Communism Act was passed, several members of the SL began leaving the … organisation. Lazerson notes, “The…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… of officials from the local, metropolitan and provincial authorities to guide the management of Chapman’s Peak Drive, … This was of serious concern to the…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995 …
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
… facilities in subsequent year. Under the 1916 University Act of the Union of South Africa , and through a donation of … communities were forcebly removed…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… immediate withdrawal of the prosecution." Representation Act of 1936 was condemned as a vicious measure of racial … the election of a bloc of candidates…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… treat the HIV virus. The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is founded in New York City, a day after a stirring … Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS…
Koleka Putuma: part of the Ibuyambo Book Festival 2026
An award-winning poet and cultural force, Koleka will join the panel Marketing the Author & Their Work — a critical conversation on ownership, visibility,…
EventSecurity police raid offices of the United Democratic Front
… and others were banned under the Unlawful Organisations Act. The UDF was launched at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. …
EventSwaziland welcomes SA’s offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
… was not properly consulted as stated in the homeland act. …
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… return of exiles, obstacles in the Internal Security Act and suspension of violence by the ANC as part of the …
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… further promised the scrapping of the Separate Amenities Act of 1953, which prevented the sharing of public facilities …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… passes. Moreover, by the 1952 the Native Laws Amendment Act tightened influx control in the urban areas of South … Natives Abolition of Passes and…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996) This was the promise made to all the …
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… 1807 the British government passed the Abolition of Slave Act abolishing slave trade in the British Empire. In the …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… was when he quit his teaching post in protest against the Bantu Education Act of 1953 designed to drastically reduce the education …
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… that of Coloured s. The Afrikaner Broederbond continued to act in secret, infiltrating and gaining control of the few …
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… Coloureds were carried out to implement the Group Areas Act, which mandated residential segregation throughout the country. As a result of this Act, all…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… the apartheid regime it was a common practice for the authorities to take documents from those they regarded as …