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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…
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…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… 1955 and participated in the first demonstration against Bantu Education, which would become a lifelong effort of … there were abundant protests against the…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
… Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and …
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
… was arrested at Liliesleaf farm, Rivonia, under Section 17 Act 37/1963 and charged with sabotage and attempt to …
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… in protest of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act of 1961. This incitement was seen as an attempt to …
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… to constitute a government in terms of the South Africa's Act. He then became the first Prime Minister of the Union of …
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1979
… Law Conference, Freedom of Press, Criminal Laws Amendment Act, Police and Prisons, Education, Advice Offices, housing, …
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…
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…
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…
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. …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… the parliament when they repealed the Separate Amenities Act which was a vital foundation of Apartheid . Fourth … The Constitution of the Republic of South…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… control exercised over their lives by the colonial authorities. They especially enjoyed dancing and playing … and banjo were considered essential elements of…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… make townships ungovernable’ by destroying the Black Local Authorities. Councillors and police were asked to resign … the apartheid regime's propaganda…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… townships ungovernable" by destroying the Black Local Authorities. Councillors and police were asked to resign … the apartheid regime's propaganda campaign…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… work on the sugar plantations. However, the Natal colonial authorities were not initially aware that Zulu males regarded … attack. The high labour turnover…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… the system ‘ poses a major challenge to the public health authorities in South Africa ’ (London, L). South African health authorities must now redirect…
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…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995 …
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 …
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… time , the property was requisitioned by the Military authorities. In February 1808 Major Thomas Austen, Commandant …
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 …