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EventNIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act
Natal Indian Congress (NIC) led by Dr. G. M. Naicker, met in an emergency session in Durban and decided on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated …
Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
The "Ghetto Act" was designed to curtail Indian property ownership in White areas in Natal. Natal was divided into controlled and uncontrolled areas. The…
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
The Organisation for international cooperation and peace, the League of Nations, established by the Allied Powers at the end of World War I was officially…
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
A 6 000 strong march supporting the South African Indian Congress resolution for Passive Resistance against the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, or Ghetto Act takes…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
As the so-called 'Pegging Act' was due to expire in March, 1946, Prime Minister J.C. Smuts realised that something would have to be done to replace it. The…
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
A Day of Prayer, called by Natal Indian Congress (NIC), was widely observed. Indian businesses were closed at 1pm, and many Indians took a resistance pledge…
EventSmuts refuses call to postpone Anti
During the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty Indians called on the prime minister, Field Marshal J.C…
The NIC calls mass meeting
EventPrime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act
Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts announced the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, due to expire on 31…
EventJakes Gerwel is born
Prof. Gert Johannes Gerwel, distinguished academic and politician, was born in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Cape. He has occupied various prestigious…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) on 7 November 1945. South Africa was one of the original 51 founding members of the UN from its…
EventGraça Machel is born
Graça Machel, political activist and champion of children's rights, widow of Samora Machel and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was born in Gaza,…
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
On 6 September 1945, Bhekisani Manyoni was born in Greytown, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He later moved with his family to the Dundee area, near Rorke's Drift,…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
The Second World War broke out with the German invasion of Poland in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on the United States by…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were totally destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The American government…
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet, prose writer and educator, died at Ntab'ozuko, near King William's Town, Transkei. His first collection of poems,…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
South African photographer, trade unionist and political activist, Omar Badsha, was born in Durban on 27 June 1945. Badsha played an active role in the South…
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
The United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco by the United Nations Conference on International Organisations. The preamble to the charter was based…
EventThe SABS is established
The South African Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of Act 24 of 1945. The Act was revised on several occasions and is currently effective as…
EventAllan Boesak is born
Allan Boesak, clergyman and politician, is born in Kakemas in South Africa. When other Black political leaders were arrested or in exile Boesak established…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
The Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) passed a resolution on the Johannesburg area "Fietas", (the name by which Pageview and Vrededorp was known).They objected…
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
After the promotion of Afrikaans by the Afrikaans Language Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
The legendary German general was known as the "Desert Fox for his brilliant military exploits in north Africa during the Second World War. He was born in…
EventTrader and philanthropist Mohamed Joosub dies
On 27 August 1944, a pioneer wholesaler, trader, philanthropist and devout Muslim, Mohamed Hajee Joosub, died in Pretoria. Joosub left his birth place Ranavav,…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. However, the vote to fight on the side of the…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
Politician and businessman Oscar Dhlomo was born at Putellos, Umbumbulu, Natal. Dhlomo served in the homeland government of Kwa-Zulu under the leadership of…
EventAfrican’s Claim is presented at the conference
At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Bloemfontein, the document the African's Claim in South Africa, presented by the…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
Built in 1926, the aging steam ship was pressed into service as a troop transport by the Royal Navy and had already carried thousands allied of troops to…
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
In believing that his policies had finally been accepted by White South Africans, Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts started to redirect his energy to world…