TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 14

1966 Group Areas Act No 36:

U While in theory this was not discriminatory legislation, it was implemented in a way that was advantageous to whites (Dugard 1978: 82). Commenced: 26 October 1966

Repealed by s 48 of the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 of 1991

1966 Industrial Conciliation Further Amendment Act No 61:

W Prohibited strikes and lock-outs for any purpose unconnected with the employee/employer relationship (Horrell 1978: 279). Commenced: 4 November 1966

Repealed by Labour Relations Act No 66 of 1995

1966 General Law Amendment Act No 62:

S Designed in response to guerrilla activities on the northern borders of the then South West Africa (Dugard 1978: 116). Section 22(1) was amended to provide for the detention of suspected ‘terrorists’ for up to fourteen days for purposes of interrogation. The Commissioner of Police could apply to a judge to have the detention order renewed. This was essentially a forerunner of the 1967 Terrorism Act. Commenced: 4 November 1966

Sections 3-6 & 22 repealed by the Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982

1967 Suppression of Communism Act No 24:

S Prohibited certain persons from making or receiving donations for the benefit of certain organisations; prohibited others from practising as advocates, attorneys, notaries and conveyances, and extended the grounds for deporting people from the Republic. Commenced: 8 March 1967

Repealed by s 73 of the Internal Security Act 74 of 1982

1967 Terrorism Act No 83:

S According to Horrell (1978: 473), this Act signalled the beginning of the struggle against ‘Red arms’ as opposed to purely ‘Red ideology’. It authorised indefinite detention without trial on the authority of a policeman of or above the rank of lieutenant colonel. The definition of terrorism was very broad and included most criminal acts. No time limit was specified for detention; it could be continued until detainees had satisfactorily replied to all questions or no useful purpose would be served by continued detention. Fortnightly visits by magistrates were provided for ‘if circumstances permit’. No other visitors were permitted. The Act was operative retrospectively to 27 June 1962 and also applied to South West Africa retrospectively (Horrell 1978: 445). It differed from the ninety-day and 180-day detention laws in that the public was not entitled to information relating to the identity and number of people detained under the Terrorism Act (Dugard 1978: 118). Commenced: 27 June 1962

All sections except s 7 repealed by s 33 of the Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act 138 of 1991