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Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1947 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… of the Passive Resistance Campaign the world generally was under the impression that South Africa was a democratic … a mass meeting of 7 000 Indians, held in…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… birth. Today our people are suffering as never before under this Nationalist Government of Dr. Malan with its policy of Apartheid. Under high prices and low…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… affairs the tendency is to penalise the Cape Natives under the plea of benefitting the Northern Natives. The … taxation, in other words from the Development…
Chapter 9
… not at all overstocking, as the authorities claimed, but under stocking. The stark facts showed that the people were … had accepted the Scheme. They held…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… these two cities. In Cape Town the Tobacco Workers' Union under the guidance of the General Workers' Union and the … prevailing in the tobacco industry…
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
… real purpose of the apartheid policy of the Nationalists. Under cover of the airy talk of complete territorial … to inflict discriminatory laws on the Non…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… 1961 February – KANU wins the first general election under the new constitutional dispensation, taking 16 seats in … for detention without trial and other…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… ANC, a process that, when it happened earlier, was always under conditions of heavy state scrutiny and vulnerable to … to co-ordinate their struggles with…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… which grouped this return for Mount Arthur (Transkei) under the heading of " Moral Statistics ": "Mount Arthur … follow these up, by seeing how the young men…
Local Government
… into a series of ‘districts’, each governed by a Landdrost under the authority of central government. There was nothing … next thirteen years, until 1900,…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… family disadvantaged by racial discrimination in a country under white minority rule. [v] Despite this, Themba was able … life in apartheid South Africa, and…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… were: The government changed in constitution from 1979 under the next Prime Minister, P.W. Botha. The head of … one and a half million Africans were being…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… with its minerals and strategic location, from falling under communist influence. The British Labour government under Clement Attlee concluded that this…
Indian Community
… in 1910, a 3 pound tax on all non indentured adults, boys under 16 and girls under 12 and older. Many workers were forced to reindenture … right to remove…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… political dominance by 11 November. South African forces, under the command of General Constand Viljoen, began moving … SADF tried to cross a bridge from Ebo…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… The Minister of Native Affairs, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd , under whose jurisdiction the pass laws fell, pointedly … They were tired of seeing their families …
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… has been done by the Special Committee against Apartheid under the able leadership of Nigeria and with the resolute … "For hundreds of years, the African…
ArticleTswana
… were divided into two main groups: the Tlhaping and Rolong under Chief Morolong ( the metal worker ) and the the … Africa were declared citizens of …
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… A headman, appointed by the colonial administration and under the authority of the magistrate, presided over each … their powers duties and privileges…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… Meeting of the aforesaid organisation hereby amalgamate under the name and style of the Natal Indian Association … the NIC and CB&SIA which opposed each…
Mapping Sites of Memory: The Sobukwe Letters
… The letters reveal the intimate language of a life lived under surveillance and confinement while remaining committed … political thought sharpened in…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… as to where the name "Middelburg" came from!) It falls under the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality , in the Chris … Farms in Middelburg district which were…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… money and banking and several other departments remained under control of the South African government. The homelands: … of their land access via the 1913…
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… staff members, who include the Communications Department under the Secretary General’s Office, are also in full …
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… mark the victory of FRELIMO in Mozambique. He was charged under the Terrorism Act and became a defendant in the …
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… after him. This Building was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. … it was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 December 1970. The …
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… the batteries charged. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 11 May 1984. …
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… against colonial domination in the sub continent. Under his presidency, Kaunda allowed liberation movements …
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… National Congress (ANC) in exile, where she worked under Joe Gqabi, Chief Representative of the ANC in Zimbabwe. …