TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 17

1972 Security Intelligence and State Security Council Act No 64:

S Commenced: 14 June 1972

Repealed by s 7 of the National Strategic Intelligence Act No 39 of 1994

1972-77 Between 1972 and 1977, all the homelands were given self-government similar to that of the Transkei (Dugard 1978: 91). All enactments of the Legislative Assemblies of the homelands required the approval of the State President of the Republic of South Africa.

1972 Bophuthatswana, Ciskei and Lebowa proclaimed a self-governing territories

1973 Venda and Gazankulu proclaimed a self-governing territories.

1973 Black Laws Amendment Act No 7:

L Designed to speed up the planning for partial consolidation of homelands. The 1927 Black Administration Act was amended so that ‘a removal order might be served on a Bantu Community as well as on a tribe or portion thereof’ (Horrell 1978: 205). If a tribe refused to move, and Parliament approved the plan, the tribe was unable to appeal to Parliament.

Commenced: 21 March 1973

Repealed by the Abolition of Influx Control Act No 68 of 1986

1973 Aliens Control Act No 40:

U Exempted Indians from the need to obtain permits for travel between provinces. However, in terms of provincial legislation, Indians were not allowed to stay in the Orange Free State and parts of northern Natal for more than a brief period unless prior permission had been obtained (Dugard 1978: 73).

Repealed by s 60 of the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 of 1991

1973 Black Labour Relations Regulation Amendment Act 70:

W This Act was passed in response to a wave of strikes in 1972 and 1973 (Bendix 1989: 302) and included a limited right to strike. Previously black workers had been completely prohibited from striking.

Repealed by s 63 of the Labour Relation Amendment Act No 57 of 1981.

1974 QwaQwa proclaimed a self-governing territory

1974 S Riotous Assemblies Amendment Act No 30:

Redefined ‘gathering’ and removed the reference to ‘public’. A gathering could comprise any number of persons. Commenced: 15 March 1974 Sections 1-8 and 11 repealed by the Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982.

IN FORCE: Sections 9 and 10 (dealing with ss 16-18 of the Riotous Assemblies Act No 17 of 1956): CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE