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EventThe SABS is established
… Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of Act 24 of 1945. The Act was revised on several occasions and is currently effective as Act 29 of 1993…
Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native Question (Majority) (1934)
… 14 (pub 1934) which gives 1,889,500 Whites to 5,681,100 Bantu, we see that there is 51 morgen of land for every White … lt was this Government that passed…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… tribal system itself. The period of the vast movement of Bantu tribes from the north had come to an end. Land to the … circumstance produced a change in the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1903 - 1923 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… [PMC] [registered under Section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973] was established in 1906. Land for masjid in Queen … for the type of non-sectarian school that…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… of Justice, introduced the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950), South Africa was enjoying a tranquility … communist plots to poison the wells of…
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… as a recognised method of struggle against the Irish Land Act of 1880 There are outstanding examples from all over the … of them argued at the Queenstown…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… self-determination for Malawi. Here in South Africa a Bantu person has never landed in trouble for having requested … lieutenants saying that they will…
A new class struggle
… complaints: The withdrawal of grants of Crown Land (Act 25 of 1891) was meant to prevent Indians from settling in … and they began to settle in large numbers…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… moved to urban areas. The 1923 Natives (Urban Areas) Act restricted African migration into towns, laying the … Government counter-acted by introducing the…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… African art. Thami Mnyele wrote: "For me as craftsman, the act of creating art should complement the act of creating shelter for my family or liberating the …
PlaceKenya
… of Kenya’s dominant communities today, namely the Bantu, Eastern Cushites and Nilotes. [ii] Although no … through other means. This includes the analysis of…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… and Hermanus as anti-pass demonstrations spread. As an act of rebellion the passes were set alight, as seen in the … and the PAC were banned under the…
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… Court to set aside the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, arguing that a fetus has a right to life. The court … July 1998. The anti-abortion groups were…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
… Anglicization : The act of Anglicizing, which means to make or become English in … supply or trade in a commodity or service. Rebellion : An act of armed…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… separated including The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949), the Immorality Amendment Act (1950), Group Areas Act (1950) and the Group Areas Act (1950)…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… the “planning, preparation, initiation or execution of an act of using armed force by a State against the sovereignty, … a mandate from the United Nations. …
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… Coloured, and Indian) through the Population Registration Act No. 30 of 1950. It further voted to divide South Africa … the exclusive use of each race)…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
… apart. Some of these laws included the Mixed Marriages Act, the Immorality Act and the Group Areas Act. Though not aimed exclusively at "Coloureds", this …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… of four Acts, namely, the Population Registration Act of 1950, The Group Areas Act, the Land Act and the Separate Amenities Act. The repealing of these …
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… death. References: Biographies - Hall of Fame: Steven Bantu Biko [online] Available at: zar.co.za [Accessed 21 July …
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… South African citizens who have performed an extraordinary act of bravery that placed their lives in great danger, or …
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… Nations. The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act ("Ghetto Act") had been enacted earlier in the month and … Ralph Bunche of USA, and Jaime…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… on whom banning notices under the General Laws Amendment Act of 1963 (the so-called 90 Day Act), consisting largely of amendments to the Suppression of…
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate pregnancies on request … be public health and social problems in…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… its centenary year in 2008. The University of Cape Town Act (Act 14 of 1916) and the University of Stellenbosch Act (Act 13 of 1916) had provided for the…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
… essentially of general interest to and affected the whole Bantu people in South Africa; 3. AND WHEREAS the good work of … right and fair treatment of colored…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… branch) in 1951 and this speech was delivered at the Bantu Social Centre in Durban in November of that year. It is … laws that directly affects have been…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… Africa by the apartheid government, including Group Areas Act, Immorality Act, Pass Laws and many others. Under the provisions of the Group Areas Act, urban…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… from your own country to live there. Conquest: The act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force. … the Songhai Empire or the Mughal Empire …