TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 19

1977 Community Councils Act No 125:

P Provided for the establishment of community councils, and for civil and criminal judicial powers to be conferred in certain black townships. Assent gained: 11 July 1977; commencement date not found Repealed by s 56 A of the Black Local Authorities Act No 102 of 1982

1977 Indemnity Act No 2:

S Retrospective to 16 June 1976 Commenced: 16 March 1977

IN FORCE: PUBLIC SERVICE

1977 Criminal Procedure Act No 51:

S Consolidates the law relating to procedure in criminal proceedings. Repeals the 1955 Criminal Procedure Act and its numerous amendments except for ss 319(3) and 384. Commenced: 22 July 1977

IN FORCE (as amended by the Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Act No 75 of 1995): CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1978 Blacks (Urban Areas) Amendment Act No 97:

U Introduced a ninety-nine-year leasehold system. Full ownership was not attainable until 1986. Commenced: 17 November 1978

Repealed by s 17 of the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 of 1991

1979 Venda independence.

1979 Education and Training Act No 90:

E Repealed the Bantu (Black) Education Act No 47 of 1953 and the Bantu Special Education Act No 24 of 1964. Commenced: 1 January 1980

IN FORCE (as amended by Educators Employment Act No 138 of 1994): EDUCATION

1979 Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act No 94:

W Permitted certain blacks, excluded under the 1953 Act, to join unions. However, the exclusion of migrant workers and frontier commuters remained in force until it was lifted in the Government Gazette No 6679 of 28 September 1979 (SRR 1979: 285). This Act prohibited the existence of mixed trade unions (SRR 1979: 281) and repealed s 77 of the 1956 Act (see above) regarding job reservation (SRR 1979: 282). Commenced: 1 October 1979

Repealed by the Labour Relations Act No 66 of 1995

Between 1980 and 1983 important amendments were made to the 1979 Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act, but by 1983 the following major changes had been made:

• The term ‘employee’ was redefined to include all persons working for an employer.
• Racially mixed unions were allowed.
• Ministerial approval was no longer required for the registration of mixed unions.
• Job reservation was repealed (Bendix 1989: 305).