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EventThe South African Government passes the Group Areas Act
… were passed in this regard such as the Land Act of 1913, the Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 as well as the …
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
… a former president of the Transvaal Indian Association. In 1913 he was one of the organisers of the Indian strike led by …
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… campaigns since that mounted by Mahatma Gandhi in 1913. Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, chairperson of the SAIC, said that …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Factories, New Workers
… companies rose from about R25 million a year between 1913 and 1932, to R65 million a year between 1933 and 1939. …
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… and particularly against the Natives Land Act of 1913, as a reason why these men left their homes in rural …
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… to land Black people were subjected to according to the 1913 Land Act . The Act restricted Black people from buying … 2013]|Department Of Rural Development…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
Nithianandan Ganese Govender (Elvis) was born on 1 November 1958 in Esperanza, a village on the south coast of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN), on the eastern…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… open. IZWELETHU! NOTES 1. W. P. "Willem" van Schoor (1913-71) trained as a teacher and lectured at Sohnge Training … is "Marxism and the National Question",…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
Middelburg, Karoo lies in the middle of its surrounding Towns, approximately 100 km from all. Surrounded by Graaff-Reinet, Cradock, Steynsburg, Colesberg,…
Mission Stations - N-S
… spelt OSCARBERG , Natal: SKM 1878 OSHIGAMBO , Namibia: FMS 1913 OSTRICH SPRING , Bathurst, Cape: This was probably an …
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into the next decade was never made available or discussed with new recruits. There were…
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… the unveiling of the Woman's Monument in Bloemfontein in 1913, and it is here that her ashes were scattered after she …
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… one of its biggest challenges when the Native Land Act of 1913 was enacted. It stripped the African people of their … Women had also been part of earlier…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… one of its biggest challenges when the Native Land Act of 1913 was enacted. It stripped the African people of their … Women had also been part of earlier…
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
Poet Critical Writings and Interviews Publications Date Keorapetsi Kgositsile The word is Here: Poetry from Modern…
EventAlan Paton is born
On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province. Paton graduated from Maritzburg…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, anti-Communist form of government. Nazi Germany became a fascist country under…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… developed a compact camera which used 35 mm film in 1913, after some improvements it entered the market in 1925. …
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
… far as non-whites were concerned. The Native Land Act of 1913 and subsequent amendments to it, such as the Native Land … rural areas under the provisions of…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
KwaMsiza is a village of 49 families located some 50km north of Pretoria. Its residents are Ndzundza Ndebele, and belong to three major family groups: the…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… from Mrs Mary Mqhweto, who had taken part in that 1913 campaign; known as Auntie Mary, she was obviÂously very … Mary Mqhweto so that she could give us tips…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… had been dispossessed of many of their land rights before 1913, the loss of the land rights they held through the … the Khoi and San communities who were…
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… Homelands are a direct result of the Land Act of 1913, which separated South African people according to their …
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) rejected joining the South African Union in a referendum. Voters had to choose between establishing self government, joining…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
The Union Defence Force was created in 1912 and served as the South African Army. It was renamed as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in power since the transition to democracy in April 1994. The organisation…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… threatened. Comparison of Africa in the years 1880 and 1913. Image source Under the pretext of the collapsed …
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… ALEXANDER SIMONS Ray Simons, born Rachel Alexandrowich in 1913 in Latvia, became active in the underground Latvian …
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
Formed in 1928 by Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, this was a union of women factory workers that transcended barriers of colour and class. In the late 1920s and…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… to the discussions between General Smuts and Mr. Gandhi in 1913 which ended in the Smuts-Gandhi Agreement. At that time … a protest against these…