SAHO global search
4,414 records
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… suspended sentence under the Suppression of Communism Act. He continued serving the ANC's structures both …
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… was their call for the immediate ending of the Group Areas Act. Failure to do so, Cohen promised that the US government, …
EventKing Mswati III buys another luxury car
… 38.8 percent of his subjects. This was just a further act of extravagance of the King, not new to controversy, who …
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… Simphiwe Shabane, and Anil Jelal were implicated in this act and are serving or have served jail time. …
EventDurban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement
… the Union parliament passed the Indian Relief Act on 26 June 1914, abolishing the £3 poll tax, recognising …
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… were present as Olof Palme expressed this firm resolve to act against the apartheid system were particularly moved … independence, democracy, and peace are…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
… struggle of the Natal Indian Congress against the Ghetto Act, and who were splashed in the daily press, most probably … Tenure Board and co-operate in the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… the grievances would be considered. Come to think of it, Bantu Education is the utmost of insults compared with what … a force that is trying to present a…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… recalcitrance, Britain is not alone. The problem of how to act effectively on the South African situation boils down to … of this crime against humanity…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… then. Colonial ‘draconian’ laws like the Native Location’s Act of 1884 and the Native Land Act of 1913 occasioned the Bulhoek massacre both designed to ……
ArticleSALDRU Newspaper Clippings Archive 1974 - 2000
… Trade Investment Government Energy Environment Group Areas Act Health & Disease Homelands Angola General Botswana …
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… a figment of our collective imagination. It was all an act by Lucky Dube and his cousin, Richard Siluma. Lucky … a blanket and a gorilla mask. It was a crazy…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… of the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act. The Passive Resistance Movement had opened the eyes of … Government soon to make an attempt to…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… become the basis of native policy in Azania. The 1913 Land Act then became the culmination of efforts to exclude Blacks … marks hundred and two years after…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
… history. The steps taken to implement the Group Areas Act have caused grave concern in every Indian home in the … the lowest rung of the economic ladder. …
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
… to the three Native Acts (the Representation of Natives Act; the Land and Trust Act and the Amendment to the Urban Areas Act). It might be explained at this…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… name of South Africa and the law enforcement agencies to act decisively against those criminal elements who perpetuate …
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… the Coloured community of the area before the Group Areas Act was put into place in the 1950’s. …
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… of Mandela and noted that he was held under the Sabotage Act, which carried a possible death penalty. They also …
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… Bill consisted of a series of amendments to the Electoral Act of 1946, with the idea of making the ordinary electoral …
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… Six and Sophiatown, it was destroyed by the Group Areas Act from the 1960s, leading to fierce resistance that …
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… on this date. They were found guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to periods of imprisonment, three for six …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… to those contained in the South African Internal Security Act, which was used to crush resistance against the Apartheid …
EventFive prominent anti-apartheid activists released
… detained for up to two years under the Internal Security Act. The five are Trevor Manuel, Ebrahim Rasool, Mountrain …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… to articulate the interests of Traditional Leaders and act as an extra-parliamentary opposition movement. Contralesa …
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… were charged with protesting (under the Riotous Assemblies Act) and were released the next day on bail of R50 each. …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… 1927 the Pact Government passed the Native Administration Act and included a ‘Hostility Clause’ which restricted any … generation exist. The academic and…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… segregationist Asiatic Land Tenure and Representation Act (the so-called Ghetto Act) that was passed by the government. This law established …
ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… that stands out for me and that is that the group areas act allocated a truck to each household, you need to pack up … people to move from their homes…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… Tenure and Indian Representation Bill, later the Ghetto Act. The Bill was enacted despite the opposition of the … Indian community at large to raise their…