Theme
Law
Events involving legislation, legal change, courts, proclamations, or formal regulatory control.
Initial theme stub generated from the nineteenth-century event dataset.
Events
1705–1707Burgher opposition to Willem Adriaan van der Stel intensifies28 February 1706Adam Tas is arrested1707Willem Adriaan van der Stel is recalled22 February 1707News arrives that the Lords Seventeen have ruled against Van der Stel3 July 1714VOC establishes the loan-place system1727–1729Extraordinary soldier desertions under Governor Noodt1778VOC extends eastern boundary to the Fish and Bushmans rivers1 November 1809Caledon Code promulgated6 August 1813Cape loan places become eligible for perpetual quitrent1828Ordinance 50 repeals key Khoikhoi labour restrictions1894Glen Grey Act1906Gandhi and Natal Indian passive resistance begins1911Mines and Works Act entrenches the colour bar19 June 1913Natives Land Act becomes law30 June 1914Gandhi–Smuts agreement and Gandhi's departure1936Native Trust and Land Act extends land restrictions1950Population Registration Act1953Bantu Education law9 October 1963–12 June 1964Rivonia Trial1986Abolition of Influx Control Act1991Apartheid repeal package9 December 1993Transitional Executive Council Act1994Restitution of Land Rights Act1995Labour Relations Act1995Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation / TRC Act