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EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… to set up a Zulu state covering the KwaZulu homeland and Natal province as an act of insubordination against the government and African National Congress …
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in Umhlanga, Natal. He was the first Black person to receive an honorary…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… 2005 the LPM only had local structures in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. [17] In KwaZulu-Natal, one of the main activities of the LPM were campaigns ……
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in Stanger, Natal (now Kwa-Dukuza). His resistance against apartheid … to be active in the resistance movement as a…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… In light of the upcoming centenary celebrations of the ANC, it is an opportune time to reflect on the extent of … of deliberate, organisational efforts on…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… to deal with it. In February martial law was introduced in Natal and the militia was mobilised under Colonel Duncan … homesteads and seizing livestock. After…
Mission Stations - I-L
… Mission Stations - I IBISI , Natal: FMA; WMMS ICQUIBIGHA , Cape: see IGQIBIGHA , … , Cape: UFS 1880; SAfMS 1883; ECS 1896; WMS IFAFA , Natal: ABCFM 1848…
Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activities
… 606 indentured Indians. Many farmers in the midlands of Natal employed indentured Indians. As these farmers owned … bay to the port docks. By the turn of…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… Selepe , an organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) in Orlando, who had served in WWII was member of the SL. … appeal to these constituencies as…
Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… The African National Congress (ANC) sends its condolences to its communications manager … Khoza (69) - who will be buried at Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal on…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… (IFP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 … the negotiations between the African…
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
… African politics and are particularly strong in KwaZulu-Natal. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) , formed in 1975 by former ANC Youth League member; Mangosuthu…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… closer relations with the African National Congress (ANC) . The MDM also began to focus more on joining together … as talks took place with Nelson Mandela…
Mission Stations - A-F
… , Cape: SPG pre-1858 ABERDEEN , Cape: DRCSA; SAfMS ADAMS , Natal: ABCFM 1835 ADAMSHOOP , OFS: Bn 1867 ADELAIDE , Cape: … PMMS Trade School 1892; DRCSA 1904;…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… with the lives of hundreds of ordinary workers in Natal who were engaged at that time in building shop … historically their own, in a way that could…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… events that question the solidarity of the ruling party as ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe and Deputy President … the questions of the land since the…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Announcement of date for November Preparation and issues ANC constitutional Principles NP constitutional Principles … an unresolved issue between the African…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… FOSATU, since FOSATU trade unionists were critical of the ANC and its populism and aimed towards the formation of a … (UDF), they would leave the terrain of…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… A council meeting was planned for Sunday, 18 October, to address student issues. Wits released a statement [6] that … Friday 23 October President Jacob Zuma…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was formed. 1920 Walter returns from his aunt Agnes’ home … in East London, Walter vainly…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a leader of the National Regional Command of … They stood accused of more than 30 acts of…
EventHistory of December 16
… over Zulu warriors near the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. An estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by … weSizwe (MK) and launch of the armed struggle by…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… deadlock abounded, in the media especially. On 20 May the ANC alleged that someone had tapped its CODESA office … the ANC first abandon its policy on armed…
Khoisan Identity
… In his State of the Nation address on 9th February 2012, President Zuma uttered a … Africa today, we cannot ignore to correct the past’. This address held…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Harry Gwala, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan Africanist … for their political activities. After…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… strong South African Tamil Federation (SATF) met with the ANC on 5 November 2014 at Luthuli House, Johannesburg. The … comprised of Africans, Coloureds,…
The New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… out at the betrayal of Zuma of the proud traditions of the ANC and the people of S Africa. Bishop Desmond Tutu, other … on the back burner and snuffed out…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Java. These labourers were the first Muslim workers in Natal. 1860 September, Cemetery sites are set aside in … indentured labourers arrive at the South…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC) in the eighties and nineties without a map – an overall … in the Department of Sociology at…