Collection:South African Indian Congress (SAIC)×
18 records
The Defiance Campaign, 1952: Social struggle or party stratagem?
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
In May, 1960, the Union of South Africa will be 50 years old. The Government is preparing to celebrate this jubilee with great enthusiasm,…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
From:South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew FELLOW NON-EUROPEANS, Business men…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Conference was formally opened…
Police Dogs and the Indian Community by The Black Sash, December 1963 - February 1964, Pretoria
Online bookIndian South Africans in Struggle for National Liberation Evidence of Molvi Ismail Ahmad Cachalia in the South African Treason Trial, June 21-28, 1960, Edited by E. S. Reddy
In South Africa, the people have been engaged in a heroic and arduous struggle against a system of racial bigotry and oppression where,…
Online bookI Remember - Reminiscences of the Struggle for Liberation and the Role of Indian South Africans, 1924-1958 by I C Meer
The year 1949 was only 13 days old when on Thursday, January 13, at 5.30 p.m. an incident occurred in Victoria Street, Durban, which…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There had long been a…
Biographical Notes on Indians in South Africa, August 1966
Official or Original DocumentsReport of the Commission of Enquiry into Riots in Durban
The terms of reference of Your Excellency's Commission were : "To enquire into and report upon the events which led to and the causes of…
ArticleLessons of Durban Riots by T. G. Ramamurthi
The Durban riots were not an expression of permanent antagonism between Indians and native Africans but an explosion of deeper…
Theses and DissertationsThe 1949 Durban Riots - A Community in Conflict by S. L. Kirk
This study will attempt to add to this debate with an examination of the 1949 Riots in Durban. The primary object will be to investigate…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
This Twenty-third Conference of the South African Indian Congress meets at a time when the Indian people of South Africa have completed a…
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 Albert Christopher promises…
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 1952
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the…
The Natal Indian Congress, 1972, by F.M. Meer
The opposition to the Government on the part of Indian South Africans since 1894 was spearheaded by the Natal Indian Congress (N.I.C.) and…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
A spirit that refuses to submit to Tyranny Once again another biennial Conference is upon you. It is my good fortune to be privileged…