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- 1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in DurbanOn Thursday evening, 13 January 1949, violence erupted in the Indian business area in…
- The Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal FloodsOn 28 October 1917 more than 400 market gardeners from the Springfield Flats (Tintown)…
- Indian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and SegregationContents Introduction The concept of segregation Discriminatory legislation up to 1924…
- Ship list of Indian Indentured LabourersApproximately 152,184 indentured Indians arrived under the scheme of indenture making a…
- Participation or Boycott by M.J. Naidoo
- Newspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860 "The past week will long be memorable amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the…
- The Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930The Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930 Indians began settling in Natal from 1860 when the…
- Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah RahimiThis article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern…
- The Group Areas Act of 1950The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This …
- Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unionsThose who formed part of the poorest section of the Indian community, such a labourers,…
- Indian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 19481946 Passive Resistance Campaign Introduction ↵ An acute labour shortage forced…
- Gandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914The passive resistance campaigns led by MK Gandhi in South Africa had huge consequences…
- Indian Community in LenasiaFrom the very beginning, settlement in Lenasia was a contentious issue, driven with…
- Indian Community2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the…
- Sita’s storyMy Childhood at Phoenix Settlement I was born on 19th of October 1928 on my grandfather…
- The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop PahadTHE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1924-1946 by ESSOP PAHAD…
- Indenture: A new system of slavery?Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker…
- A new class struggleWhile historians are generally in agreement that the main anti-Indian feeling in South…
- Indian education in Natal 1865 A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and evening schools.Á‚…
- Indian South Africans Timeline 1910-19191910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act. Discrimination…
- Documents and books relating to Indian history in South Africa
- Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activitiesFrom the outset a large number of Indians were employed in non-sugar growing activities…
- Passage to Natal - The JourneyTravelling conditions on the ships transporting workers from India were deplorable. The…
- Anti-Indian LegislationTowards the end of the nineteenth century, Harry Escombe became one of the most prominent…
- Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872On 13 February 1871, the Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of…
- Indian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought…
- The Wragg Commission (1885-1887)Indian immigration into Natal brought with it strained relations and severe problems and…
- The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946< Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The…
- 1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation 1947 "Joint Declaration of Cooperation" Signed by Dr A.B. Xuma, President of the…
- Mandela: Message to IndiaSouth African History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [On the…
- Last of The Gandhians in South Africa You are here: homehome libraryarticles & documents NANA SITA: LAST OF THE…
- Role of Black people in the South African WarIntroduction The South African War of 1899-1902 was essentially a 'White mans' war,…
- Treason Trial 1956 - 1961For some time there had always been a question in peoples' minds as to why the government…
- South Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout…
- Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC)The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian…
- HinduismHinduism What do Hindus believe? Hindus believe in one god that appears in different…
- History of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaperThe Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of History,…
- Prominent South Africans IndiansThis is an ongoing project and we welcome contributions from the public. Politics and…
- Indian South AfricansFrom bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South…
- Defiance Campaign 1952 The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional…
- Apartheid and reactions to itIn 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a…
- Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view…
- Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and…