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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…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
Clifford Hume Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed in a neo-Renaissance style with…
ArchiveNew Age Vol.5 No.758 Dec. 1958
Speech by President Mandela on the Results of Census 98
SAIRR 1997-98
Passive Resister reports that the number of Resisters has reached 1 698.
ArchiveEditorial: Early Days of 78
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
Diana Mitchell was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, or what was then known as Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 16 November 1932[i]. She was famous for many things,…
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
The African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 79th anniversary in Durban on 8 January 1991 for the first time as a legal organisation. At the time of the…
BiographyPaul Landau
Professor Landau took part in the "One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today" conference organised by South African…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… was made in June 1958: 'In Cato Manor, Natal; 25,798 Indians, 2,107 Coloureds and 28,298 Africans would be …
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
ArchiveWork in progress Issue 79 December 1991
Internal Security Amendment Act No 79 commences.
Document 79 - African Resistance Movement, Announcement [1964]
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1977 the Government proposed a new constitutional…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
Born Makhanda but also known as Nxele, the itola, he is best known in history for leading the ‘Battle of Grahamstown’ in 1819. Except for his political and…
ArchiveThe African Communist No 98, Third Quarter 1984
ArchiveThe African Communist No 79, Fourth Quarter 1979
ArchiveThe African Communist No 78, Third Quarter 1979
ArchiveWork in Progress Issue 78 October/November 1991
Jack Berbner (79), Union senator 1910-1940, dies.
BiographyJan Smiesing
This article was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people were auctioned for sale…
Let Us Rally - Issued by the All-African Convention Executive Secretary: 797 Location, Queenstown, December 1956
ArchiveUrban Bantu Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961
The Act was to provide for the establishment of urban Bantu councils, the conferring on certain Bantu of civil and criminal jurisdiction in urban areas, the…
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In his address as acting president of the Natal…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo game. Despite this,…
William Ayliff (79), farmer and Cape politician, dies in Grahamstown.
ArchiveMigrant Labour Pass Laws 1975-78
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paulus) was born on 10 October 1825 in the Steynsburg district. When the Great Trek started in 1836, he joined the trek party…