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Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… resistance in South Africa. Speaking at the University of Natal in Durban, he described the campaign as "an epic of our … and their organisations, the…
EventThe Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed
… Dr. A.B. Xuma, president of the African National Congress (ANC); Dr. G.M. Naicker, president of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Dr. Y.M. Dadoo, president…
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman … France. Khuzwayo was awarded a DLitt by the University of Natal…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… 1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a communist, … home security under an ANC-led government? How would you address the question of…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… impending forced removals, the African National Congress (ANC) mounted a campaign which entailed a public meeting every … they enjoyed it when he…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… rule. Mbeki paid tribute to Mandela in his inaugural address when he spoke of "a generation that pulled our … days after he was elected president. As the…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… great political and socio-economic inequality. In order to address this, the African National Congress (ANC) along with the Congress of South African Trade…
ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021
… is part of what he would have said, to which I believe ANC members in particular should pay special attention: … to everything I would like to say in this…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… for this collection of documents. Progressives within the Natal Indian Congress and the Transvaal Indian Congress had … chief issues discussed in…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe … (MK), was captured in Cedara, a small town near…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Nelson Mandela warned that if the South … and vigilante activities that had engulfed KwaZulu-Natal and the…
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
… African government for reburial at his home in KwaZulu-Natal. The ceremony at Herry Gwala Stadium on 2 December 2006 … read the funeral speech by the African…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… movements such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were banned and … spared the wrath of the state. The…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, usually it is only Anton Lembede, … told. Perhaps his political…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), formed in 1982 to address the specific challenges faced by black women under … the organisation sought to rebuild…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… Despite its close links to the African National Congress (ANC), the Fund from the beginning stuck to its principles: … Council of Churches and IDAF. Reddy…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… death, her family worked with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) towards creating spaces facilitating dialogue … increasingly politically active and…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… about unfair conditions of employment and ill-treatment in Natal. The official who recorded the complaints hinted that … employment and complaints of…
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… was ruled out, the head of the African National Congress' (ANC) legal department, Matthews Phosa, stated that plots to assassinate political figures within…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Fanakalo originated in the mid-nineteenth century in Natal when British settlers, Zulu speakers and Afrikaners … [25] The arrival of the British settlers and…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… from five black universities; Fort Hare, Zululand, Natal, University of the North and Durban-Westville … organisation began adopting African National…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… Indian immigration into Natal brought with it strained relations and severe problems … of Indians had increased to such an extent that that the Natal…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… and friends; I bring revolutionary greetings from the ANC National Executive Committee to this important conference … in June. History will judge us harshly…
Bambatha Rebellion 1906 bibliography
… (1906 uprising) as reported by J. L. Dube in Ilanga Lase Natal, with special focus on Dube's attitude to Dinizulu as … Master of Arts (History) dissertation,…
ArticlePaper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU)
… furniture industries. It had branches in the Transvaal, Natal and the Western Cape. One of its achievements was … down ethnic divisions between Mpondo and…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… Theatre Musical Action for People’s Progress (MAPP) The Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC) Natal Theatre Council in Durban National Theatre National ……
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… formal agreements signed between the government and the ANC, and set in place measures designed to establish an … after similar killings in the township of…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… release of Nelson Mandela, leader and co-founder of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested on 5 August 1962 near Howick, Natal, after…
EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… were killed in the township of eSikhawini in northern Natal by unknown killers armed with pump action shotguns. The … thousand residents of the pro-African…