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Special Report Transcript Episode 16, Section 2, Time 08:47Ironically, in the same year in which the Freedom Charter was adopted the African population of the mixed suburb of Sophiatown was removed to Meadowlands. In 1960 when the Union was celebrating its 50th anniversary Verwoerd withdrew from the Commonwealth and declared South Africa a republic. // ‘What we did, we did for SA and we deserve no praise because there was no other choice.’ Notes: Film footage: 1955 Sophiatown forced removals; Footage: South Africa declared a republic; Verwoerd address References select each tab to search for references TRC Final Report1954 Riotous Assemblies and Suppression of Communism Amendment Act No 15:W The Minister of Justice was ‘empowered to prohibit listed persons from being members of specific organisations or from attending gatherings of any description with out giving them the opportunity of making ... The effects of apartheid legislation 41 Overall, what the National Party did in its first ten to twelve years of power amounted, in Leo Kuper’s words9, to “a white counter-revolution” to forestall the perceived (although, as will be noted later, misinterpreted and exaggerated) growing ... |
