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ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… Introduction The history of White colonial land dispossession did not begin with the passing of the Native Land Act in 1913, it spans back to the expansion…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… It was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal … rights. Brink v Kitshoff NO Section 44 of the…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… throughout the 1950s and earlier 1960s. The end of the fifties brought about the emergence of protest literature, a shift from the more entertaining … and…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This 'separateness' put South … mixed neighbourhoods (Marquard, 1969: 43)…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… Africa has produced a number of female authors who were, and still are, able to assert … scale. However, information on the lives and works of these authors…
ArticleWomen protection and representation in South Africa after 20 years of democracy
… Women protection and representation in South Africa after 20 years of democracy …
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process for constitutional … concept of racial segregation or laws like…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed … and individuals who resisted state control. Enforcement of the Act allowed…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… Government attempted to divide South Africa into a number of separate states, called homelands, for Blacks. Under the … for a different ethnic group…
A. P. Mda13, "Report of Communist Activities among the Natives in Johannesburg", Catholic Times, July 1942
… A. P. Mda13, "Report of Communist Activities among the Natives in Johannesburg", Catholic Times, July 1942 …
Constitutive Act of the African Union
… Constitutive Act of the African Union …
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification … farm, near Johannesburg (Swanson,…
ArticleBanishment under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950
… Banishment under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 …
Internal Security Amendment Act No 79
… This Act removed the requirement that internment be linked with states of emergency. It amended five other Security Acts and embodied the 1967 Suppression of…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… Before the establishment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA), there were many controversial and … JG & Janse van Rensburg, AM…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… authorities were indispensable in the application of the provisions in the 1913 Natives Land Act in areas of rural South Africa designated as "Scheduled ……
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
… The National Heritage Resources Act , no. 25 of 1999, aimed to introduce an interactive and … Resources Agency (SAHRA) and Council. The conservation of…
Parliamentary Internal Security Commission Act No 67
… Parliamentary Internal Security Commission Act No 67 …
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… Congress (SANNC) aimed to contest was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The … and deputations, but were not able to prevent…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… The cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far as … How the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… areas in the Afrikaner republics and with the creation of the Union in 1910 and later under the Group Areas Act and … hectares was given to white farmers…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of … them from buying land in prescribed areas…
The Bloemfontein Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act", The Militant Worked, October-November 1945
… Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act", The Militant Worked, October-November 1945 …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 7. Events leading up to Passive … that the Indians be offered some form of…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… The outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Cape Town appears to have given a … Street, to be used for the purpose of granting permits for Natives leaving the District…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great number of people … Africa of creating parallel institutions... giving the natives their own…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… home home library articles & documents A Distant clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A … plus the President General of the ANC,…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… Africa itself. The Constitution was not a product solely of negotiation in the Constitutional Assembly. Experiences in … simply stated, 'The question of…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… Towards Union It is often assumed that the discovery of gold at the Rand was the chief cause of the South African … form part of the laws of the eventual…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure of 1930 The (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of … licenses endangers the comfort and health of neighbours…