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28 October – Constand Viljoen, South African military commander, politician & co-founded the Afrikaner Volksfront (Afrikaner People's Front) 15 December – Donald Woods , journalist and anti-apartheid activist (d. 2001).
Banning was a repressive and extrajudicial measure [1] used by the South African apartheid regime (1948–1994) against its political opponents. [2] The legislative authority for banning orders was firstly the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 , [ 3 ] which defined virtually all opposition to the ruling National Party as communism .
South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1933: 18: Agricultural Pests Amendment Act, 1933: 19: Immigration (Amendment) Act, 1933: 20: Franschhoek Water (Private) Act, 1933: 21: Rand Water Board Statutes 1903–1932 Amendment (Private) Act, 1933: 22: Union and Southern Rhodesia Death Duties Act, 1933: 23: Co-operative Societies (Further Amendment) Act ...
On December 5, 1933, three states voted to repeal Prohibition, putting the ratification of the 21st Amendment into place. But did Prohibition really end on that fateful day? Five interesting facts ...
Jamaica led the movement by being the first country to ban goods from apartheid South Africa in 1959. On 6 November 1962, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 1761 , a non-binding resolution condemning South African apartheid policies, establishing the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid and calling for imposing ...
The Natives Land Act, 1913 limited land ownership by black people to 8% of the land area of South Africa. The Native Trust and Land Act, 1936 expanded this limit to encompass about 13% of the land area of South Africa. The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, 1946 restricted land ownership by Asians in towns and cities.
South Africa remained a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB) throughout the apartheid era. Halt All Racist Tours was established in New Zealand in 1969 to oppose continued tours to and from South Africa. Apartheid South Africa's last foreign tour was to New Zealand in 1981. This tour was highly controversial due to the difference of ...
The coalition government between Jan Smuts and J.B.M. Hertzog was successful in 1933 partly because Smuts presented the public with a mock budget showing how South Africa's economic malaise could be lifted by floating the South African pound and removing it from the Gold standard, thus making exports more attractive, and creating a scenario in ...