Preferred Citation: Sachs, Albie. Justice in South Africa. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  [1973]. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3489n8p6/


 

INDEX

A

Acts of Parliament:

Bantu Education Act, 1953, 211

Criminal Procedure Act 56, 1955, 197

Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, 1917, 231

General Law Amendment "Sabotage" Act, 1962, 191

Group Areas Act, 1950, 146 , 174 , 177

Immorality Act, 1927, 1950, 1957; 174 , 175 , 176

"Innes Act" (liquor laws), 63 , 137

Native Administration Act, 1927, 114 -19

Official Secrets Act, 1956, 243

Peace Preservation Act, 1878, 63

Population Registration Act, 1950, 148

Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953, 142 , 143 , 146

Sea-shore Act, 1935, 149

South African Act, 1909, 132 , 144 , 163 , 248

Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, 191

Terrorism Act, 1967, 191 , 235 , 237

Addison, Magistrate, 91

Advocates, 19 , 38 , 46 -9, 123 :

in Boer War, 124 -5;

Early Cape, 46 -7;

Natal, 86 , 92 ;

Orange Free State, 72 ;

South Africa, 205 , 209 , 259

African law. See Tribal law

African National Congress, 165 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 213 , 214 , 216 , 217 , 223 , 225 , 226 , 228 , 229 , 242

Africans, 95 -120, 164 -6;

attitudes to lawyers, 201 -3;

attitudes to police, 203 -5;

Boer Republics, 69 , 70 , 73 -4, 77 , 114 ;

Cape Colony, 62 -3, 114 ;

Chiefs, the, 108 , 111 , 112 , 115 , 116 -17;

extermination of, 106 ;

lawyers, 209 -29;

Natal, 88 , 90 , 91 , 105 , 114 ;

post-Anglo-Boer War, 127 -8;

treatment of by white farmers, 30 , 35 , 37 , 40 -1, 51 , 58 , 60 , 61 , 70 , 71 , 100 , 102 , 103 , 106 , 109 .

See also African tribes; Courts; Criminal statistics; Masters' and Servants' laws; Pass laws; Prisoners; Race attitudes; Segregation; Slavery and slaves; Transkei; Tribal law; Votes; Whipping

African Tribes:

Bantu speaking, 12 , 53 , 55 , 103 , 119 , 120 ;

Basuto, 54 , 75 , 103 ;

Griqua, 43 . 54 , 55 ;

Khoi Khoi (Hottentots), 35 . 36 , 37 , 39 -40, 53 , 54 ;

Namibians, 234 , 244 ;

Ndebele, 69 ;

Pondoland, 43 , 45 , 111 -12, 115 -18;

San, 29 , 37 , 51 , 53 , 55 , 61 , 106 , 153 ;

Xhosa, 99 , 103 ;

Zulus, 68 , 69 , 86 , 87 , 90 , 93 , 96 , 103 , 104 , 106 , 109 , 157 , 206 , 240

Afrikaners, 30 , 34 -5, 123 , 126 , 127 ;

Jurists, 34 -5, 72 , 120 , 124 -5, 138 , 140 , 144 , 145 , 247 , 256 -7;

World War I, 157 ;

World War II, 167 , 242 .

See also Anglo-Boer War; Language; Military: commandos; Voortrekkers

Anglican Church, 47 , 64

Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), 45 , 52 , 84 , 123 -7, 129 , 157 , 206 ;

The Times History of the War , 127 -8.

See also Whipping

Apartheid, 13 , 29 , 74 , 131 , 143 , 146 , 166 , 209 , 213 , 216 , 237 -8

Appeals, 47 , 52 , 65 , 85 , 87 -8, 93 , 113 , 115 , 119

Asians. See Indians

Attorneys, 19 , 38 ;

attitudes towards, 202 ;

early Cape, 49 -50;

Natal, 86

B

Bannister, Saxe, 36 -7, 266 , 267 , 281

"Bantu law". See Tribal law

Barristers. See Advocates

Barrow, Sir John, F.R.S., 22 , 100 , 266 , 267 , 276

Batavian Republic, 18 , 34 , 35 , 38 . See also Cape, the: Dutch Settlement

Bell, Sir Sydney Smith, Chief Justice, 44 , 267 , 268

Bell, W. H. S., 50 , 81 , 267 , 268 , 276

Berrangé, V., 215

Beyers, A., 257 -8

Beyers, Frederick William, Judge, 138 , 140

Bloemfontein, 72 , 126 , 130

Bodenstein, H., 124

Boer Republics, the, 69 , 70 , 86 , 93 . See also Orange Free State, Transvaal

Boer War. See Anglo-Boer War

BOSS. See Police, Security

Brand, J. H., President, Orange Free State, 72

Buchanan, James, Judge, 46 , 72 , 266 , 267 , 270

Burghers, Orange Free State and Transvaal, 70 , 73 , 77 , 83 . See also Military: commandos

Burton, Sir William Westbrooke, Judge, 38 , 41

Bushmen. See Africans: San


284

C

Calvinism, 70 , 73 , 75

Cape Colony, 32 -67. See also Africans; Courts; Judges; Native Affairs Departments; Pass laws; Police; Prisoners; Race attitudes; Votes

Cape, the:

Dutch settlement, 12 , 17 -30, 34 , 35 ;

First British occupation, 30 -1, 32 .

See also Batavian Republic; Fiscal; habeas corpus ; Punishment; Race attitudes

Cape Town, 28 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 40 , 43 , 48 , 49 , 56 , 60 , 61 ;

University, 165

Capital punishment:

Cape, the:

Dutch Settlement, 26 , 28 , 31 ;

Cape Colony, 28 , 48 , 57 -8;

in England, 31 ;

in Orange Free State, 73 ;

in Transvaal, 81 ;

international, 193 -5;

public executioner, 27 , 31 ;

South Africa, 191 -5, 154 -6, 163 , 263

Cattle stealing, 88 , 106 , 196

Centlivres, Albert van de S., Chief Justice, 143 , 145 , 159 -60, 248 , 254 , 269 , 270

Charters of Justice, 38 , 39 , 49

Chinese, 130 , 135 , 177

Churchill, Winston S., 105 , 268

Cloete, Hendrik, Judge, 44 , 85

Cole, Alfred Whaley, Judge, 34 , 46 , 60 , 266

Colenso, Bishop John William, 93

Colonial Office, 37 , 65

Coloured Representative Council, 164

Commandos. See Military

Communists, 166 , 209 , 241 , 242

Concentration camps, 126 , 127 , 206

Connor, Sir Henry, Chief Justice, 46

Constitutional crisis:

Orange Free State, 74 ;

Transvaal, 83 -4

Corder, H. L., 159 , 266 , 268 , 277

Courts:

Africans in, 96 -8, 99

Anglo-Boer War and post-war period, 125 , 126 , 127 -32

Appeal, Courts of, 45 , 84 , 123 , 130 -1, 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 -9, 144 -5, 146

attitudes to race, 132 -60

Black challenge to, 218 , 220

Cape Colony, 32 , 37 , 38 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 46 , 60 , 64 , 66 , 103 , 112

Circuit Courts:

Cape Colony, 35 , 42 , 112 , 116 ;

Orange Free State, 72 ;

Transvaal, 77

Colonial Treason Court, 157

convictions and race, 158

damages and race, 150

defamation, 150 -2

Dutch East India Company, 17 , 18 , 23

freedom of speech, 39 , 60 , 247 , 248

interpreters:

Natal, 85 ;

Orange Free State, 73

judicial notice, 153

Natal, 85 , 87 -8

Orange Free State, 70 , 71 -5

passports, 262

"Pondoland High Court", 117

rationality, 98 -9

segregation, 115 , 145 -6

sentencing and race, 153 -8

tolerance, 231

Transvaal, 70 , 76

tribal, 95 -6, 112 , 115 -17

United States Supreme Court, 142 .

See also Judges; segregation

Criminal Procedure, 12 , 231 -7;

appeals, 235 -6;

arrest, 232 ;

automatic review, 44 ;

bail, 38 , 232 ;

confessions, 234 ;

evidence, 12 , 38 , 41 , 73 , 235 , 254 ;

preparatory examination, 233 ;

trial, 233 -4;

witnesses, 38 , 234

Criminal statistics:

Cape Colony, 51 , 64 -5;

Natal, 89 -90;

Transvaal, 81 ;

South Africa, 155 -6, 158 , 167 -73, 173 -4, 184 -5;

Surveys 1911, 1967, 162 -3, 167 , 168

Criminology, 59 , 184 -6, 195 , 196 -7

Curfews, 63 , 202 , 203

Curlewis, John Stephen, Chief Justice, 46 , 124 , 129 , 141

D

Darwin, Charles, 104

de Groote, Hugo, 24

de Villiers, Etienne, Judge, 139

de Villiers, Jacob A. J., Chief Justice, 124 , 131 , 134

de Villiers, John Henry, Lord, of Wynberg, Chief Justice, 32 , 44 -5, 46 , 47 , 48 , 58 , 60 , 61 , 76 , 88 , 93 , 113 , 125 , 130 , 133 -4, 138 , 141 , 245 , 266 , 267 , 282

de Villiers, Melius, Chief Justice, 72 , 73

Devitt, H. Napier, 159 , 268 , 277

de Wet, Hon. Nicholas Jacobus, Chief Justice, 124 , 265

Dickens, Charles, 72

Diemont, M., 147 , 268

difaqane , 68 , 69 , 96

Dingane, Zulu Chief, 96

Dinizulu, King of Zulus, 93 -4

Dugard, J., 26o, 277

Dutch East India Company, 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 23 , 26 , 27 . See also Cape, the: Dutch Settlement; Fiscal

Dutch Reformed Church, 30 , 42 , 47 , 64

Dutch settlers, 12 , 17 , 20

Dwyer, Judge, 44 , 46

E

"East London Case", 61 . See also Juries

Ebden, Judge, 44

Education:

Cape, 47 , 62 .

See also Legal education; Missionaries and Missions; Segregation

Emergencies, 13 , 216 , 231 , 232 , 234 , 237 -9, 249 , 250

F

Fagan, Henry Allan, Judge, 143 -4


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Firearms, 70 , 154

Fiscal, 19 , 22 , 24 . See also Cape, the: Dutch settlement

Fischer, Bram, Q.C., 228

Fitzpatrick, J. C., Judge, 46

Forensic Society (1893), 57

Forman, L., 214 , 215

Freedom Charter, 214 , 217

Freemasonry, 47

G

Gandhi, M. K., 48 , 71 , 80 , 92 , 105 -6, 128 , 130 , 190 , 205 -8, 209 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 270 ;

passive resistance leader, 130

Gardiner, Frederick George, Judge, 140 -1

Governor-General, Supreme Chief of all Africans, 114 , 164

Graham, Sir John James, 52

Grahamstown (Cape Colony), 43 , 61

Greenberg, Judge, L., 144

Griffiths, Advocate, 46

Guerillas, 229 , 234 , 244

Guzana, K., African attorney, 212

H

habeas corpus , 45 ;

Cape, the: 103 , 113 ;

Transvaal, 78 ;

South Africa, 232 , 242 , 245 , 249 -50, 255

Hall, C., no, 208

Hertzog, General J. B. M., Prime Minister, 72 , 73 -4, 84 , 127 , 209

Heymann, I., 256

Hintsa, Chief, of the Xhosa, 99

Hodges, Sir William, Chief Justice, 44 , 56

Hoexter, O., 144

Holland, 18 , 19 , 24 , 31 , 72 , 76 , 85

Holmes, N., 257

Holt, H. P., 109 , 267 , 268 , 278

Hook, Major, 51 , 266 , 278

Hottentots. See Africans: Khoi Khoi

Huddleston, Father Trevor, 229

I

Imperialism, British, 33 , 68 , 77 , 84 , 127 -8

Indian Advisory Council, 164

Indians, 137 , 139 , 141 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 169 , 177 , 190 ;

1awyers, 205 , 208 -9, 211 ;

Natal, 84 , 89 , 91 -3, 146 , 207 ;

Orange Free State, 74 ;

Transvaal, 79 -80, 128 , 130 , 206 .

See also Segregation

Industrial expansion, 33 , 107 , 161 , 169 , 173 , 176 , 200 , 230

Innes. See Rose-Innes, Sir James

International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, 250 , 259

J

Jabavu, Professor D., 109 , 202 , 203 , 247 , 268 , 270 , 271 , 279

Jabavu, John Tengo, 109

Jacobs, Simeon, 47

Jameson, Dr L. S., 78 , 81

Jameson Raid, 1895, 78 , 81 , 157

Jansen, S., 197

Johannesburg (Transvaal), 48 , 77 , 79 , 81 , 124 , 157 , 158

Jones, Sydney T., Judge, 61

Joseph, Helen, 217

Judges:

early Cape, 12 , 13 , 32 ;

Cape Colony, 38 -9, 44 , 86 , 113 ;

criticising laws, 253 -5;

criticism of, 259 -63;

evaluating conduct, 256 -63;

executive, and the, 42 , 83 -4, 244 -66;

Natal, 85 , 86 ;

Orange Free State, 70 , 72 ;

reputation, 12 , 32 -3, 41 -8, 245 , 250 ;

Transvaal, 70 , 76 , 83 -4.

See also Courts, and individuals

Juries:

Cape Colony, 60 -2;

Orange Free State, 73 ;

Transkei, 42 , 62 ;

South Africa, 233

Juitices of the Peace, 51

Justinian I. (c. 482-565), 22

K

Kat River Rebellion, 1851, 40

Kekewich, O., 38

Kennedy, Robert, 259

Khan, R. K. K., 92

Khoi Kboi (Hottentots), 18 , 19 , 23 , 27 , 28 -9, 30 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 53

Kimberley (Cape Colony), 48 , 107 ;

De Beers mines, 56 , 63

King, R., 46

Koegas Atrocities, 1879, 61 , 102

Kok, Willem, 45 , 266 , 271

Kotze, Sit John Gilbert, 24 , 76 -7, 78 , 80 , 83 -4, 134 , 137 , 245 , 267 , 279

Krause, F., 124

Kruger, President Stephanus Johannes Paulus, 76 , 78 , 80 , 83 , 84 , 124 , 129 , 268 , 271

L

Land Register, 41 , 52 -3

Land segregation, 119 , 152 , 162 , 164 . See also Segregation: Group areas; Acts of Parliament: Group Areas Act

Language, 132 , 141 ;

Afrikaans, 28 , 30 , 73 , 145 ,

in courts, 138 , 140 , 257 ;

Dutch in courts, O.F.S., 72 ,

in Transvaal, 77 , 78 ;

English in courts, Natal, 87 ,

Union of South Africa, 128 ;

South Africa Act, 129 , 132

Laurence, Sir Percival Maitland, Judge, 125 , 134

Legal aid, 236 -7

Legal education:

Africans, 119 -20;

Cape Colony 46 , 50 ;

Law Library, 49 ;

Natal, 86 ;

Orange Free State, 72 ;

South Africa, 123

Lembede, A. M., 211

Leonard, J., 48

Lesotho. See Africans: Basuto

Libel, 6l, 150

Liberal Party, 166

Liquor Laws, 63 , 110 , 137 , 164 , 165 , 168 , 169 , 171 -2


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Literacy:

Cape Colony, 108 -9

London Mission Society, 36

Loveday, M., 104

Luthuli, Chief, 115 , 204 , 268 , 270 , 280

Lynching, 71

M

Maasdorp, Christian George, Judge, 130

McGregor, Alexander John, Judge, 72

McKeurtan, G., 86

Magistrates, 13 , 33 , 36 , 38 , 158 -9;

Black, 118 ;

early Cape, 33 , 40 , 50 -2, 55 ;

Natal, 90 ;

South Africa, 111 , 112 , 116 , 128 ;

Transvaal, 70 , 81 , 85 , 87 , 88 , 90 , 93 , 94

Malays, 135

Malherbe, Professor, 124

Mandela, Nelson R., 211 , 213 , 215 -17, 218 -28, 270 , 280

Mandela, Mrs Winnie, 228 -9

Mangena, Alfred, 209

Marais, Judge, 256

Marks, Shula, 104 , 109 , 267 , 268 , 270 , 280

Masters' and Servants' laws, 12 , 40 , 51 , 64 , 68 , 88 , 90 , 169 , 171 -2. See also Africans, treatment of by white farmers; Slavery and slaves

Matanzima, George, 212

Matanzima, Kaiser, 212

Matthews, A., 253 , 270 , 272 , 280

Matthews, Professor Z. K., 210

Mavrogordato, Col., 201

Mbeki G., 116 , 268 , 269 , 280

Menzies, William, Judge, 38 -9, 41 , 42

Military:

atrocities, 105 -6;

Cape Mounted Rifles (C.M.R.), 50 , 54 , 55 ;

commandos, 23 , 53 -4, 69 , 70 , 71 , 75 , 101 , 102 -3, 123 , 124 , 126 , 206 ;

Dutch garrison, 23 ;

"illegal orders", 125 -6;

Imperial troops, 53 , 102 , 105 ;

martial law, 237 , 247 -8;

Union Defence Force, 157 , 240 ;

Volunteers, 45 , 53 , 54 , 103 , 106

Mining:

De Beers mines, 56 ;

diamond, 33 , 48 , 63 , 107 ;

gold, 33 , 48 , 77 , 81 , 107

Missionaries, missions, 35 , 36 , 62 , 68 , 105 , 108 -9, 115 , 116 , 165 , 209

Modisane, Bloke, 96 , 204 , 267 , 270 , 280

Montshiwa, 99

Moshweshwe, 99

Moslems, 18 , 64 , 138

Mphahlele, Ezekiel, 204

Msimang, R. W., 210

Murder, 154 , 155 -6, 184 , 191 -2

N

Natal, 34 , 49 , 69 , 71 , 79 , 84 -94, 103 , 104 -5, 109 , 114 , 124 -5;

Law Society, 92 ;

Native Affairs Commission, 87 , 91 .

See also Indians; Passive resistance; Police

Native Affairs Departments:

Cape Colony, 111 , 112 ;

Natal, 90

Neighbourhood Law, 200

Nokwe, Duma, 211 , 217

O

Ogilvie-Thompson, N., Chief Justice, 257 , 258

Orange Free State (Boer Republic), founding of, 69 -70; 71 -5, 76 , 77 , 83 , 95 , 124 , 239 -40

Orange River Colony, 130 . See Orange Free State

Ossewabrandwag, 242

P

Pan African Congress, 165 , 217 , 218 , 225

Parliament, Sovereignty of, 65 , 132 , 142 -4, 247

Passive resistance, 130 , 142 ;

Natal, 207 ;

Transvaal, 206 -7;

South Africa, 208 -9, 213

Pass laws, 12 , 30 , 39 , 136 ;

Anglo-Boer War, 126 ;

Cape Colony, 39 , 63 , 110 ;

Orange Free State, 74 ;

Transvaal, 70 , 79 ;

South Africa, 162 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 169 , 171 , 172 , 176 , 202 , 203 , 204 -5, 263

Paton, Alan, 227

Pelser, P. C., 179 , 259

Penal Reform Commissions, 179 , 195 , 196

Philip, Dr John, 41

Pirow, Oswald, Jurist, 124

Police:

Cape Colony, 33 , 35 , 40 , 52 , 240 ;

Cape Police, 54 -5;

"local" and municipal forces, 55 ;

Mounted Police, 169 ;

native afiairs police, 55 , 240 ;

Kimberley Police, 169 ;

Rural Police, 169 ;

Urban Police, 169 ;

Transkei, 111 , 112 , 116 , 118 ;

Natal, 85 , 90 , 91 , 93 , 239 ;

Security, 242 , 252 , 255 -6;

Bureau of State Security 243 -4, 256 ;

South African Police (SAP), 118 , 167 , 229 , 231 , 237 , 239 -44, 249 ;

modernisation, 241 ;

traffic forces, 240 .

See also Military: commandos; Race attitudes

Porter, William, Attorney General, Cape Colony, 43 , 45 , 46 , 47 -8, 52 , 54 , 57 , 101 , 266 , 267 , 281

Portuguese, 95

Positivism, 120 , 131 , 132 , 219 , 239 , 260 , 261

Press, the, 39 , 44 , 52 , 60 , 102 , 176 ;

Cape Argus , 61 ;

Cape Law Journal , 33 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 53 , 73 , 74 , 78 , 83 , 96 -7, 103 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 . 123 , 124 -5;

W. H. S. Bell, 50 , 81 ;

becomes South African Law Journal (q.v.), 126 -7;

Colonial Gazette , 37 ;

International Comparative Law Quarterly , 259 ;

Natal Witness , 88 ;

South African Law Journal , 43 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 55 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 61 , 62 , 64 , 86 , 94 , 127 , 129 , 131 -2, 136 , 156 , 208 , 253 ;

Tydskrif , 208

Pretoria, 48 , 77 , 79 , 80 , 92 , 118 , 126 , 127 , 195

Prisoners:

Cape Colony:

civil debtors, 58 ;

at De Beers, 56 ;

on farms, 56 , 73 ;

statistics, 56 -7


287

Natal, 89 -90

South Afiica:

Africans 186 -7;

comparative, England and African States 187 -8;

short term, 57 , 179 -83;

England and Wales 181 , 190 ;

on farms, at mines, 183 ;

men, women, 190 -1;

black, white, 190 -1

Prison Officers, 34 , 56 , 58 . See also Race attitudes

Prisons:

Cape Colony, 55 -6, 59 ;

Natal, 85 , 89 -90;

Orange Free State, 73 ;

South Africa, 178 -91;

Transvaal, 81 -2.

See also prisoners; segregation

Progressive Party, 166

Punishment:

Cape, the; Dutch period, 22 -7, 31 , 55 ;

Cape Colony, 37 , 51 ;

Orange Free State, 73 ;

Transvaal, 79 , 81 .

See also Capital punishment; Courts; Prisoners; Torture; Whipping

R

Race and sex, 20 , 27 , 28 , 30 , 89 , 162 , 165 , 174 -6;

crimen injuria , 152

Race attitudes, 12 , 40 , 96 , 201 ;

Cape, the, Dutch Settlement, 20 , 28 -30;

Cape Colony, 99 -110, 111 -12;

and industrialisation, 161 ;

in judgements, 123 , 132 -6, 137 , 139 -41, 143 , 149 ;

Natal, 84 -94;

police, 185 , 241 -4;

prison officers, 186 ;

Voortrekkers, 68

Rademeyer, C., 242

Rand, the, 77 , 81 , 92 , 107 , 157

Rape, 154 , 155 , 191 , 192

Rebels, 263 ;

Black, 93 -4, 101 , 154 ;

White, 125 , 219 , 257 ;

punishment, 157

Reitz, Colonel Denys, 76 , 281

Reitz, F. W., 72 , 76 . 123

Rhodes, Cecil John, 77 , 78 . 112

Rivonia Trial, 224 -8

Robben Island, 23 , 228 , 270

Roman Dutch Law, 17 , 18 , 38 , 41 , 44 , 45 , 62 , 73 , 75 , 78 , 83 , 85 , 115 , 123 , 128 , 129 , 136 , 145 , 258

Roos, Tielman Johannes de Villiers, 114 , 124 , 138 , 268 , 271

Rose-Innes, Sir James, Chief Justice, 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 52 , 63 , 104 , 112 , 127 , 120 , 130 , 131 , 134 , 136 -8, 246 , 251 , 257 , 267 , 268 , 271

Royal Colonial Institute, London, 32 , 62 , 107 , 108 -9

Rule of Law, 143 , 160 , 237 , 258 , 259 , 261

Rumpff, Judge, 257

S

San, the. See Africans

Schreiner, O. D., Judge, 144 , 145 , 151 , 252

Schreiner, Olive E. A., 51 , 136 , 281

Schreiner, William Philip, Prime Minister, Cape Colony, 47 , 48 , 52 , 93 , 133 , 136 , 209 , 266 , 268

Scott, Sir Walter, 39

Security. See Police

Security Laws, 232 -8, 262 ;

'ninety day law', 250 -1

Segregation, 230 ;

in courts, 93 , 142 (U.S. Supreme Court), 146 , 162 , 164 -5, 216 , 258 ;

education, 132 -5, 162 , 165 ;

employment, 162 , 165 ;

Group areas, 146 -7, 148 , 165 , 174 , 176 -7;

judicial attitudes, 132 -3;

Natal, 84 , 87 -8, 89 -90, 91 , 93 ;

Nationalist Government, 142 ;

Orange Free State, 70 , 74 -5;

in police, 240 ;

police stations, 162 ;

prisoners, 183 ;

prisons, 89 -90, 162 -83;

public amenities, 77 , 138 , 142 , 148 , 162 , 165 -6, 174 ;

race classification, 148 , 162 , 165 ;

Segregation Statutes, 164 -77, 262 ;

Trade Union, 162 , 165 ;

Transvaal, 70 , 77 , 78 -9, 82

Seme, P. K., 210 , 211

Seymour, S. M., 186 , 267 -8

Shaka, Zulu King, 69 , 96 , 240

Sharpeville shootings, 172 , 216 , 217 , 218

Shippard, Sir Sidney G. A., Judge, 102 , 107

Sigcau, Chief (Pondo), 45 , 113

Simonstown Naval Base, 242 , 247

Sjambok, 22 , 90

Slagter's Nek rebellion, 35

Slavery and slaves, 12 , 18 , 19 -24, 25 -8, 30 , 31 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 46 , 68 , 69 , 91 , 93 , 127 ;

influence on agricultural development, 20 ;

influence on language, 28 , 30 ;

influence on race attitudes, 19 -20, 30 ;

legal position, 22 ;

manumission, 21 ;

populations: Cape and Americas, 20 -1;

punishments, 23 ;

social conditions, 21 -2

Slovo. J., 214

Smith, Judge, 93

Smuts, Field-Marshal J. C., 77 , 84 , 116 , 123 , 124 , 129 , 207 -8, 209 , 268

Sobukwe, Robert, 217 , 218

Soga, Rev. Tiyo, 109

Solicitors. See Attorneys

Solomon, J. A., 246

Solomon, Saul, 45 , 61

Solomon, Sir William Henry, 47 , 125 , 129 , 130 , 136

South African Defence and Aid Fund, 236

South African Indian Congress, 209 , 213

South African Native Affairs Commission, 1903, 201

South African Republic. See Transval

Steyn, Jan, 179

Steyn, Lucas Cornelius, Chief Justice, 145 , 146 , 208 , 253 -4, 255 , 257 , 258 , 272

Steyn, Marthinus Theunis, President, O.F.S., 72 , 127

Stratford, Judge, 139 , 247 , 271

Stuart, H. J., Judge, 72

Swart, C. R., 242 , 282

Syrians, 135


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T

Tambo, Oliver, 211 , 213 -16

Tamplin, T., 109

Tax, Afticans, 62 , 63 , 93 , 115 . See also Segregation: Statutes

theft, 184 -5

Torture:

Bultfontein Case, 230 -1;

Dutch Settlement, 24 -7, 31 ;

Holland, 24 , 31 ;

South Africa, 252 ;

tariff-public executioner, 27 , 31 ;

tribal, 98

Transkei, 42 , 43 , 54 , 55 , 62 , 95 , 111 , 112 , 114 , 116 , 118 -20

Transvaal, 38 , 48 , 52 , 64 , 76 -84;

founding of, 69 ;

Transvaal Register of Deeds, 129 ;

Volkstaad, 84 .

See also Courts; Indians; Judges; Juries; Magistrates; Passive resistance; Pass laws; Segregation; Tribal law

Transvaal Law Society, 209

Treason Trials:

Cape, 125 , 126 , 157 ;

South Africa (1956-61), 214 -17, 225 , 250

Tredgold, Sir Clatkson Henry, 238

Trespass Laws, 171 , 172 , 176

Tribal law:

Cape Colony, 36 , 62 ;

Natal, 87 ;

Orange Free State, 75 ;

South Africa, 185 , 186 ;

traditional, 95 -6, 98 -9, 115 , 149 , 222 .

Transvaal, 82 -3.

See also Acts of Parliament, Native Administration Act, 1827

Trollope, Anthony, 76 , 108 , 267 , 268 , 282

Truter, Sir John, Chief Justice, 32 , 34 , 35

U

Umhalla, 202

Union:

South African states, 1910, 42 , 45 , 52

United Nations:

Capital punishment, 193 -194;

Charter, 208 ;

Declaration of Human Rights, 260 ;

Indian complaints, 208 ;

Rivonia Trial, 227

United States of America, 21 , 106 ;

Bill of Rights, 65 ;

courts, 221 ;

lynching, 71 ;

Supreme Court, 142 , 160

Upington, Sir Thomas, 46 , 48 , 52 , 61 , 102 , 266

V

Vagrancy Laws, 1809, 1819, 39

Van den Berg, General H. J., 242 -4, 265 , 266

Van den Heever, C., 144 , 186 , 248

Van der Linden, 24

Van Leeuwen, 24

Van Niekerk, B., 156 , 260 , 268 , 269 , 282

Van Zyl, C. H., 49 -50, 265 , 266

Venter, H. J., 30 , 195 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 269 , 282

Verloren van Themaat, H., 124

Verloren van Themaat, R., 119 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 282

Verwoerd, Dr H. F., 243 , 247 , 271

Violence, 225 , 229 , 231 , 238 -9

Von Moltke, Helmut, 136

Voortrekkers, 42 , 68 -9, 84 . See Afrikaners

Vorster, B. J., Prime Minister, 124 , 242 -3, 247 , 271

Vorster, Dominee D., 242 , 247

Votes, 40 , 48 , 60 , 205 ;

Cape Colony, 108 , 110 , 113 , 132 , 136 , 163 -4;

Natal 87 ;

Transvaal, 77 ;

Votes Cases, 143 -4, 248 , 257 , 262

W

Watermeyer, E. B., Judge, 44

Wessels, Sir Johannes Wilhelmus, Chief Justice, 129 , 130 , 141

Whipping (including flogging), 22 , 24 , 163 , 254 ;

Anglo-Boer War, 126 , 155 ;

Cape Colony, 36 , 37 , 40 , 51 , 55 , 58 , 60 ;

Natal 88 , 105 ;

Orange Free State, 73 ;

South Africa, 195 -9;

Transvaal, 79 , 81 ;

tribal law, 99

Witchcraft, 116 , 152

Witwatersrand University, 156 , 165

Wylde, Sir John, Chief Justice, 38

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Preferred Citation: Sachs, Albie. Justice in South Africa. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  [1973]. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3489n8p6/