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PlaceBonteheuwel
… out of Cape Town. This was a result of the Group Areas Act of 1950, were the land was divided into: blacks and … residential zones, the beginning of…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… to advise the Natal ministers to [remove] the Franchise Act, specially preventing persons of Asiatic extraction from … from the statute-book of the Colony by…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… Race Zoning in Cloud Cuckoo Land, Leo Kuper. The Ghetto Act, Yusuf Cachalia. The Schizophrenic Heart, Dr. O.D. …
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… especially for his defiance of the Separate Amenities Act when he swam at a beach reserved for Whites, though he …
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… sabotage and contravention of the Suppression of Communism Act. On 25 May Carneson was sentenced to a total of five …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… 23 were given long term imprisonment under the Terrorism Act. Seathlolo was given 15 years and his companion, Mary was …
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… back to the 19th century. It preceded the University Act passed in 1916 by the Union of South Africa government. …
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… the Western Areas Removal and the rape of Sophiatown. The Bantu Education Act had already been passed and on 1 April, the Department of … that was going on…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… ngabanye. Among other things this means that we must all act in a manner that respects the dignity of every human … as well as the national unity we require…
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 …
PlaceLand Claims Court of South Africa, Randburg
… 100 years ago, the Natives Land Act of 1913 created socio-economic injustice in terms of … The Court also deals with the Extension of Security Tenure Act and…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… decision? Or was this a way in which a leader needs to act when seeing an opening that needed to be exploited? … the conditions under which he acted had…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… dies. South Africa January 28 2013 Victor Ntoni Egyptian authorities scaled back a curfew imposed by President Mohamed …
EventAttempts of sabotage are made in Secunda
Two strategic acts of sabotage, supposedly by the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK ), against the oil-from-coal plants based in Secunda failed to successfully hit their…
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… They were charged with contravening section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The case was later withdrawn because there …
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… addition, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983 had been tabled and approved by parliament …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950. Strijdom pushed for the establishment of a …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… which is certain to become a reality. All these must act now to end all campaigns of terror against the people and … the ANC has also sought to establish…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… of the alliance, and confirm that the alliance will act in united action for the joint programme of social … ANC led Alliance as a strategic political centre…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… 1798-1811 The authorities in the Cape Colony launch futile pursuits against … the fight against the Germans. The…
PlaceDeelpan
… Ramadiane Primary School. After the April floods in 2022 authorities say more than 2,000 people had been affected. The …
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government's announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… its legal obligation to consult fully with the KwaZulu authorities before making its announcement. The State …
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made it illegal for Black students to be educated in the …
ANC hits back at Jimi Matthews
… for his decision while others say it’s an outrageous act. “We would have expected better conduct from a very …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… banning notices under the 1950 Suppression of Communism Act. Click here for a list of people who were banned during …
EventMoses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart dies in Moscow
… the South African Communist Party before it was banned in 1951. Later in 1946 he took African National Congress … He was banned under the Suppression of…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… sabotage and v iolating the Suppression of Communism Act. On 9 May 1966 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for …
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… Rebellion. He was responsible for the infamous Native Land Act of 1913, he believed in maintaining Black traditions and …
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… government had with laws like the Suppression of Communist Act. Under Apartheid, the government forced black … anti-apartheid ways. The woman…