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EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… (Gert) Maritz, Voortrekker leader, died at Sooilaer, in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal), he was 41 years old. The Great Trek in South Africa …
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… I present Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC;Thomas Nkobi, our Treasurer- General;Joe Nhlanhla, a member of the National Executive Committee of…
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… people. Mandela’s name was better known than that of the ANC. We in the ANC worked hard to change the focus of the … that stadium provided a platform from…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… motives are suspect M.D. Naidoo, Joint Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress, has declared that the SAIC delegation … and your colleagues. "You are aware of…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… account of the Indian presence in South Africa, especially Natal, until about 1910. November 1860 saw the arrival of the first Indians in the colony of Natal…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… a group of South African exiles - mostly members of the ANC - convened at the University of Botswana to discuss the … and students as well as politicians -…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… down from a sky banked with grey clouds, a batch of 15 Natal-born Indians crossed over Transvaal border at Volksrust … interested in the peace. Dr Naicker,…
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… year. This was after metal workers in the Transvaal and Natal (now kwaZulu Natal) protested his release. On 28 June whilst Mayekiso was …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… faced a full attack by General Sir Redvers Buller's Natal Field Army (also known as the Natal Field Force). By 24 September the entire Transvaal …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… the discrepancies were realised, Emperor Menelik sought to address them through diplomatic means, to no avail. As a …
EventDeath in detention of Imam Haron
… initiated the tradition of getting progressive speakers to address his congregation. This tradition persists still …
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… where in 1851 he produced the first sugar cane grown in Natal that was brought from Reunion Island. This Are was … that the Farm was now a White Area. On 6…
13. Wife lays bigamy charge
… Magistrates Records, Durban Correspondence 102, 1895, Natal Archives. I am the wife of Seeniwasa Padayachi residing … there. They informed me that my husband…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… apartheid government banned the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), forcing them to … to strengthen underground structures…
"Peace and Development in our Region" Speech at "War on Want" Conference by O. R. Tambo, London, June 1988
… their substance and intention from the ban imposed on the ANC in April 1960. When it was banned, the ANC was, like the UDF and other organisations, committed…
ArticleNokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
… 1952 Albert Luthuli elected as president-general of the ANC and stripped of his Chieftaincy 1961, December 10 Albert …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… is the meaning of the spread of the violence out of the Natal into the Transvaal? AG Well, candidly, the … African situation. Do you think the…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… Town (UCT) Department of Sociology, University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), the Chris Hani Institute and Workers College …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… Office responded by appointing a Six Woman Commission to address her findings. The commission included Jane Waterson, …
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… the first UNIA branch outside Jamaica. He began to address the issues of social, political and economic equality …
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… launched by the Passive Resistance Councils (PRC) of Natal and the Transvaal. SAIC also decided to send a … United Nations. Ashwin Choudree, delegate of the…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… through the TIC Business and Economy Group. After the ANC was unbanned in 1990, the NIC and the TIC, had various meetings with the ANC over the role of the…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… Amongst those released were African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert Luthuli; African National … thirty accused. Only a few of the African…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… activist who was detained for her work in the underground ANC during the height of the anti-apartheid struggle reveal … journalist, her work in the…
PlaceKwaDukuza
… halfway station between the Zulus and the settlers of Port Natal [Durban]. The huge settlement was known as KwaDukuza, … site in 1872 and named after the…
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… it consisted of the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Province. Dutch and English were the two … was unanimously adopted by three…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… . The publications offered an opportunity to creatively address the issues proffered and encouraged into dialogue by …
PlaceKwaMashu
… The development of KwaMashu Township, in the KwaZulu-Natal province and located some 19km north of Durban , … and who was a member of the Legislative…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… attacked Matola in Mocambique. At least fourty attacks by ANC insurgents occurred during 1981. 630 people were … people died in 220 incidents of insurgency…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… the Pioneer Group of the African National Congress (ANC). She later became part of the African Student … cause and was eventually encouraged to leave Africa…