Black Sash
Elizabeth Robey
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English
The protest was against an amendment to the so-called "hanging bill," a Law and Order Act that made hanging the minimum and mandatory sentence for any person guilty of possession …
Sash, originally published as Black Sash, is a detailed record of the activities of the Black Sash organisation: the petitions, protests, marches, vigils, press releases and Conference papers which reflect …
Natal Society Foundation · 1 January 2015 English
Nelson Mandela called the Black Sash, founded in May 1955 to contest legislation that removed coloured South Africans from the common voters’ roll in the Cape, the ‘conscience of white …
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 March 1979 English
Opening Address by National President Joyce Harris at National Conference held at Cape Town on 12 March 1979, discussing: Apartheid, Pass Laws, Migrant Labour System, housing, forced removals, hostels, homelands.
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 November 1961 English
National President's Report at the Black Sash National Conference in East London 7 to 8 November 1961. Mentioned were: South Africa leaving the Commonwealth, possible violent protests, disproportionate representation in …
Black Sash Leaders: The national and regional leaders of the Women's Defence of the Constitution League met at Blaauwklip, the historic home of Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Palms, near Stellenbosch …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1957
Standing for human rights, outside the City Hall, Johannesburg, 1957. The Black Sash, an organisation of women against apartheid laws, demostrated, often on a daily basis, in front of Johannesburg …