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An historical overview of madressa education - Chapter 5 by A. Akhalwaya, I. Waja, A.H. Gabru, A.K. Dockrat, S. Pandor and E. Garda
5.1. INTRODUCTION Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the religion. Its…
BiographyGovin Reddy
Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as…
Schlebusch Commission
In 1973, the Government appointed a select committee of parliament, the Schlebusch Commission, to investigate the objects, organisation, financing and…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… 2013 will mark the centenary of the Natives Land Act of 1913, which took away 87 percent of the land from the African … of land rights for those who were…
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Richard Stuttaford of Stuttaford’s fame…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
Click on image to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 December 1975. Diagonally opposite - in West Street, corner of…
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
Nellie duToit was born on 17 December 1929 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane) into a musical family. Thus, Nellie du Toit began her singing career at tender age of…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban. She went to the…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs South Africa's fourth state president was born on 17 November 1903. After studying for his doctoral degree at the University of…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
Paramount Chief of the Mpondomise, Mhlonthlo, lured Hamilton Hope, the third resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, and his staff to Sulenkama where…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on 1 April 1875 in Greenwich, England. Both his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working…
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… laws following in the direction and thrust of the 1913 Natives Land Act removing African farmers from fertile …
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… of them off were formalised by the Natives Land Act of 1913. In 1980 Goldblatt accompanied two researchers from the …
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… campaigns of passive resistance and the Great March of 1913 conductedunder the leadership of Gandhiji are …
Draft Declaration by ANC, 20 December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… we are conscious that next year marks the centenary of the 1913 Land Act, which should serve as a reminder of the urgent …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1950 Jamiatul Ulama Natal, Durban 82 The Jamiatul Ulama Natal was founded in 1950…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
Introduction Part One - South African Socialists and the radically-divided working class Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in South Africa", 1907 …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
On 27 October 1917, Oliver Tambo, who would become African National Congress (ANC) President, was born at Bizana, Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape). During…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
While the South African press readily covered stories of those having committed acts of treason or communism during the apartheid era, little attention was…
Doing Oral History
… farmers were able to by land before the passing of the 1913 Land Act. The first black farmers bought or leased land … a syndicate consisting of 48 African…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa homehomepolitics & governanceliberation struggleemerging…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
- Prioritising armed struggle, January 1974 - June 1976 A struggle is made up of failures essentially. It’s true. You only win once, and that’s at the end. -…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, made an historic announcement: South Africa…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
Steadville is an African township situated in Ladysmith/Emnambithi, KwaZulu-Natal. The name Steadville comes from the Stead family, particularly Frederick…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
The original building is the first recorded public Hindu temple to have been erected on the African continent. Built in 1875, . It was declared a National…
61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill of 1930…
Conflict among civic organisations
Civic organisations in the Western Cape, particularly in Cape Town did not share the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
1948 26 May, DF Malan's National Party government follows up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
1946 22 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of…