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ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… During the 19th century, the Abolition of Slavery Act ‘officially’ ended slavery in 1834. Cartographer: A … another country or civilization. Colonization: …
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… 30- New Age is banned under the Suppression of Communism Act and possession of back issues becomes an offence (Merrett … writers was banned under the…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… to everyone else. According to the Population Registration Act of 1950 , every person had to be classified and … Indian/Asiatic or 'Native'. 'Native' was…
Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo's Statement In Court In Trial For Passive Resistance, June 1946
… labour. He had been charged under the Riotous Assemblies Act and pleaded guilty.) Although I am pleading guilty … Congress which totally opposes the Asiatic…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… Colony. There was always the fear that they would join the Bantu tribes and also cause disaffection among the Khoikhoin … point the Wesleyan missionaries…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… Ordinance No. 29, which became known as the ‘Black Act’. Gandhi went to London in October to appeal to the British to abolish the Black Act in their crown…
10th Annual Oral History Conference
… Northern Cape, under the theme “Centenary of the 1913 Land Act”. The theme speaks directly to the 1913 Natives Land Act legislation, an act that formed the…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… Durban’s identity, and a direct result of the Group Areas Act . View Larger Map Chatsworth comprises an area that was … and Occupation of Land (Transvaal and…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… apartheid government introduced the General Law Amendment Act, the South African Security Police, or Special Branch, … to arrest anyone they suspected of…
The Bill of Rights
… or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to tenure which is legally secure … or practices is entitled, to the extent…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… that I was being held under section 6 of the Terrorism Act. This was not the first time. I had become accustomed to … and enrolled as an attorney at the Cape…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?", Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934 Document 80 - "The … Umsebenzi, 27 April 1935 Document…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… government enacted laws such as the 90-day Detention Act and the Suppression of Communism Act to legally and actively subjugate those against them. One … the…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… in the Johannesburg inner-city. He called upon people to act to stop evictions. He called upon them to defy the hated Group Areas Act. And he called upon…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Africa. The outcome of the conference was the General Act of the Berlin Conference. Prior to the conference, … European race for colonies, Germany felt…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… a lot until he found himself in the sparring rooms of the Bantu Men’s Social Center. A confrontational man, he would …
ArticleBlack South African literature
… literary activity still centred at newspapers, such as Bantu World (founded in 1932). R R R Dhlomo published a short …
The Detention Weapon
… security legislation 1963. The General Laws Amendment Act, No. 37 was passed. Section 17 provided for up to 90 days … at expiry. 1965. The Criminal…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… racial groups, such as the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) and the Group Areas Act (1950), laws such as the Suppression of Communism Act (1950),…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… then reproduced when they were relocated to KwaMsiza in 1953. In time, however, the village began to develop along …
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… and studied and lectured in Economic history. In 1953 she decided to move into politics, and chose to fight …
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… of the Schlebusch Commission and was promulgated as Act No 101 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Act. It abolished the Senate,…
ArchiveOpening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg, 1967
… Vorster, migrant labour, Suppression of Communism Act, Education Act, Terrorism Act, separate development, families separated by pass laws. …
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… in the 20th century resulted in the Natives (Urban Areas) Act of 1923, which provided for stricter controls over the … only allowed into towns when their…
EventBrig. Ramushwana in NPKF admission
… South Africa's first all-race elections. Major-General Bantu Holomisa, ruler of the Transkei Black homeland, said …
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… The Union was formed in 1910 after the South Africa Act was passed in Britain granting dominion to the White … Indian) and 'Coloured and other mixed races'. …
Domestic work
… to make a concrete announcement, is the Separate Amenities Act, 1953. Pursuant to my speech before the President's Council late last year, I announce that…
ArchiveNotes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa: Fact Paper presented by Western Cape Region at the Black Sash National Conference 1975
… qualifications for Blacks, High Court of Parliament Act, Senate Act, Natives Act. …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… citizenship rights. This proviso was later withdrawn when Act No. 25 of 1891 was promulgated in order to discourage the … College was founded. The Coolie…
The Legal Veneer
… piece of legislation known as the Internal Security Act, No. 74 of 1982. A thorough examination and analysis of this Act, its history, application and status…