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EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… After the passing of the of Reinstatement of Former King Act No. 10 of 1994, whose Section 2 (1) stated that "upon …
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… Stephen Bantu Biko was the first president of South African Student … meeting and detained in Port Elizabeth under the Terrorism Act. This arrest was one of…
Public dialogue: Cultural Erasure & Memory Reclamation
What happens when language is silenced, memory is fractured, and culture is pushed to the margins, and how do we reclaim what was taken?Join Friedrich-Ebert…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… for in the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, 1946, is * Two Indian representatives are to be elected … by Indians; * Qualifications for…
Say It out Loud - The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape
… by word or deed has not been granted to us under the Union Act, and that the door to political freedom has been somewhat … fail to regard the colour…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… [Accessed October 27, 2016]. Anon, 2015. Caiphus Semenya: ACT Lifetime Achievement Award for Music. Creative Feel. … at: http://creativefeel.co.za/2015/11…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… assistance is allocated to southern Africa, and that an Act of Parliament prohibiting trade with South Africa and … with a crisis of incalculable dimensions…
David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of their Crimes by Max Campbell, 6 October 2016
… mounted until, in desperation, she committed her terrible act. “I pulled the rope,” she recalled. “I cut my hands. I … Commission in 1996, said. “No right…
Address to the Summit of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 21 March 2002
… Our presence here signals unequivocally that we will act together as a potent force for global change. We are here … countries. We must call on the OECD…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… movement in the Transvaal. He was opposed to the Asiatic Act and stood for its repeal and for loaded common roll … meeting empowers Hajee A. S. Kajee and Mr…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and I decided to proceed with the appeal. This arbitrary act of the Minister caused great public indignation. The Rand … when the Nationalist Government…
Chapter III - The world outside
… government's response was another General Laws Amendment Act, which went far beyond the Act of 1962. Detention without trial was introduced as a … of…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… 1902, was violently disrupted in 1910 by that iniquitous Act of Union with its foul blot. After that, as we know, the … deal. POPULATION 1932 European 1,000…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… Colonial Office decided to sponsor and to establish the “Bantu Educational Cinema Unit”. [1] This unit ran from 1935 … more funds into the industry, the…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the 'Colour-bar'
On 11 February 1962, two actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port Elizabeth, author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… ANC houses in Mozambique and killing ANC members. Local authorities in Britain name streets and parks after Mandela. … in Dublin a year later. July, Many…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… “Gold Coast” with little direct intervention by British authorities. When the Ashanti kingdom showed ambitions to … control southwards in negotiating…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… in February 1933. The Campbells subsequently asked him to act as tutor for their two daughters, Theresa and Anna, and …
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… crimes and effect arrests. Mr. Mayor, Our new local authorities have a critical role to play in making a success …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… forced removals, banishments, the Group Areas Act and many more laws that made the lives of black people …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… Cape. All were charged under the Suppression of Communism Act with promoting communism but were released on bail. Four …
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… blacks from defying restrictions of the Group Areas Act, which limited Blacks to 72 hours in a white area. This … who had experienced the frustrations of the…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… Asiatic Transvaal Land and Trading (Transvaal) Amendment Act, No. 37 of 1919 , is promulgated to prevent Indians from …
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… democratic elections of 1994. The TRC was created by an Act of Parliament – the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act number 34 of 1995. The…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… over black. It amended the Mines and Works (colour bar) Act, for the first time entrenching the legal principle that … this book). The second bill (known as…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… will be primarily on Biko. Childhood and Schooling Steven Bantu Biko was born on 18 December 1946, the son of Mzingaye … separately, in accordance with the…
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… their shops under the apartheid government’s Group Areas Act. Those who could afford it, purchased retail space at the …
PlaceQuaqua
… the Orange Free State, as a result of the Natives Land Act. The land in the region was Mountainous and unsuitable …
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… 1952 the Defiance Campaign, the most dramatic non-violent act of resistance ever seen in South Africa and the first …
EventA German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
… sort of alliance. This was however not the case as this act drew the British and French together and eventually …