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Sauer Commission
The Sauer Commission (South Africa), was created in 1948 largely in response to the Fagan Commission. It was appointed by the Herenigde Nasionale Party and favoured even stricter segregation laws. The Sauer Commission was concerned with the 'problem' of controlling the influx of African people into urban areas. White workers, traders and merchants were concerned that this would represent a threat to their jobs and businesses, particularly since African workers would work in semi-skilled positions for a lower wage than white workers. Businesses demanded racially segregated trading zones in order to protect their businesses from competition. Numerous groups influenced this policy of 'total Apartheid', including the South African Bureau for Racial Affairs The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA) (Afrikaans: ''Suid-Afrikaanse Buro vir Rasse-Angeleenthede'') was a South African think tank based at Stellenbosch University. It was founded in 1948 at the initiative of the Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagan Commission
The Native Laws Commission, commonly known as the Fagan Commission, was appointed by the South African Government in 1946 to investigate changes to the system of segregation. Its members were Henry Allan Fagan, A. S. Welsh, A. L. Barrett, E. E. von Maltitz, and S. J. Parsons. It has been described as " guably the most liberal official document produced in the segregation era.". The report The commission's main recommendation was that "influx control" of African people to urban areas should be relaxed.: " tis clear that the old cry 'Send them back' is no longer a solution to the problem…" This in turn would increase the flow of labour and prevent the problem of migrant labour living in distant rural areas. Another recommendation was the creation of a stabilised population of African workers within urban areas to create a reliable workforce for business as well as an increased consumer base for retailers. The report was published at a time when Jan Smuts' popularity was low and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herenigde Nasionale Party
The Herenigde Nasionale Party () was a political party in South Africa during the 1940s. It was the product of the reunion of Daniel François Malan's Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party () and J.B.M. Hertzog's breakaway Afrikaner nationalist faction of the United Party in 1940. In 1934, Hertzog had fused his National Party with Jan Smuts's South African Party to form the United Party due to pressure from the electorate during the Great Depression. Hertzog split away in 1939, however, because he was a Nazi sympathizer and he could not tolerate the idea of entering World War II on the side of the British. Hertzog briefly led the new party but resigned after Malan and his faction rejected Hertzog's proposed platform of equality between British South Africans and Afrikaners. As a result, Malan became party leader and resumed his position as Leader of the Opposition. The Herenigde Nasionale Party gained popularity after the war and unexpectedly won the elections of 1948 with a majori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Bureau For Racial Affairs
The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA) (Afrikaans: ''Suid-Afrikaanse Buro vir Rasse-Angeleenthede'') was a South African think tank based at Stellenbosch University. It was founded in 1948 at the initiative of the Afrikaner Broederbond as an alternative to the liberal South African Institute of Race Relations. Its co-founders were primarily Afrikaner intellectuals, and included Eben Dönges, Ernest George Jansen, Nico Diederichs, and Andries Charl Cilliers. W.E Barker and Nic Oliver were also influential members in the SABRA. W.E Barker advocated for "vertical" separation is particularly troubling, as it suggests a deliberate intent to maintain white supremacy and dominate over other racial groups. “horizontal" separation would have implied a more equitable approach, recognising the equal rights and dignity of all individuals, regardless of race. This approach would have aimed to address the historical injustices and promote true equality and reconciliation. SA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Sauer
Paul Oliver Sauer ( 1 January 1898, Wynberg, Cape Town - 11 January 1976, Stellenbosch) was a South African Cabinet Minister and lifelong member of the National Party. Background Sauer was born in Wynberg near Cape Town in 1898 as the third child of Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer and Mary Constance Cloete; he also had two sisters. Sauer's middle name came from his aunt, Olive Schreiner. When Sauer was six years old, the family moved to his father's farm, Uitkyk, in the Stellenbosch district. Initially, Sauer attended school at a neighbouring farm. At the age of eleven, he went to SACS in Cape Town where he became head boy of Rosedale house and captain of the first rugby team . At the South African College, where he enrolled for the BA course in 1916, he argued in the debating association for South Africa to become a republic. Because of this debate and the large number of Afrikaans students at the time; he was elected to the Students' Council. After two years at SA College, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest George Jansen
Ernest George Jansen (7 August 1881 – 25 November 1959) was the penultimate Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1951 until his death in 1959. Early life and education Born on 7 August 1881, he was educated at the Durban High School and then graduated with a law degree from the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1905, and was admitted as an advocate (the South African equivalent of a barrister) in 1913. Political career An ardent champion of Afrikaner interests, he joined the National Party in 1915 and was a member of Parliament from 1915 to 1920, from 1921 to 1943, and from 1947 to 1950. In 1919, he was a member of a delegation which tried unsuccessfully to persuade American president Woodrow Wilson to call for independence to be restored to the former Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. In Parliament, Jansen was Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Africa from 1924 to 1929, Minister of Native Affairs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisations Associated With Apartheid
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson of a group of people subject to negotiation (e.g.: the Polisario Front being recognized as the sole representative of the Sahrawi people and forming a partially recognized state.) Compare the concept of social groups, which may include non-organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1947 in South Africa. Incumbents * King of South Africa, Monarch: King George VI. * Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Gideon Brand van Zyl. * Prime Minister of South Africa, Prime Minister: Jan Christiaan Smuts. * Chief Justice of South Africa, Chief Justice: Ernest Frederick Watermeyer. Events ;February *17 – King George VI in his capacity as King of South Africa, King-Emperor of Union of South Africa, South Africa within the British Commonwealth visits the country with his family, for a royal tour, the first British monarch to do so in South African history.. ;March * 9 – The Three Doctors' Pact (also known as the Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact) is signed by Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma, A.B. Xuma (African National Congress), Dr Monty Naicker (Natal Indian Congress) and Dr Yusuf Dadoo (Transvaal Indian Congress). ;April * 18 – Mrs. Ples is discovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
