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PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… Gandhi arrived in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1893 to serve as legal counsel to a merchant Dada … a journey which first took Gandhi to…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… and rights to self-determination. Mandela joined the ANC (African National Congress) in 1944 and was elected … was given the right to vote regardless of…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… was opened on 6 October 2006 by Pallo Jordan ahead of the address by South African president Thabo Mbeki on 19 October … [Accessed 28 September 2010]| Mbeki…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… with arms and ammunition. Chief Mhlonthlo asked Hope to address the assembled warriors before marching to battle. It …
ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
… Turok, now 92 years old, was an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South Africa for 20 years. Turok … vocal critic of corruption and…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… before the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) after the … Consciousness Movement (BCM), and those aligned…
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… held by four British colonies, namely, Transvaal, Orange, Natal and Cape, the draft South Africa Act was signed in … the colonies made the franchise question…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… a year-long contract from an Indian law firm work in Natal, South Africa. His time in South Africa was a turning … African government and was also the co…
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… Alliance) NEC - National Executive Committee (SACTU) NIC - Natal Indian Congress NL (SD) Act - Native Labour (Settlement … (1953) NOC - National Organizing…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… lay with the working class. According to the then ANC activist, Tennyson Makiwane: "The protest by the people … Transport Committee, responsible to mass…
PlaceSaldanha Bay
… the country’s finances stable. Richards Bay, in KwaZulu-Natal, is one of South Africa’s busiest ports. It’s home to …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… Province Youth Organisation Medupe Writers' Association Natal Youth Organisation Transvaal Youth Organisation Western …
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… as a source of cheap labour for the white-controlled Natal colonial agricultural economy. The list can be searched …
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… Article 4(h) and the PSC, the AU is far more empowered to address the continent’s many conflicts and instabilities. … and Security Committee). While the OAU…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
… the well-known Indian leader, charged the anti-Indians of Natal for reducing the status of General Smuts as a world … I myself felt the humiliation. I then…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… who joined forces with the African National Congress (ANC) and the FFATU, who aligned themselves with the …
ArticleNew light on ‘76 uprising
… to the uprising. It asks controversial questions on the ANC and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's involvement in the …
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… wife. You and Johanna Cornelius, who all day organise and address kaffirs-will you dare to bring them also along to the … with me and I extend an invitation…
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
… that brought about a deadlock at CODESA later on. The ANC too felt it necessary to build on the success of CODESA, … In establishing itself as the major…
The Legal Veneer
… the lifting of the State of Emergency in all areas except Natal, detentions under ISA can be expected to rise, using … 1950, followed in 1960 by the African…
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
… 6 September 1945, Bhekisani Manyoni was born in Greytown, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He later moved with his family to the Dundee area, …
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… By July of 1946 Passive Resistance protests had engulfed Natal resulting in police brutality against the resisters. On … the real issue by charging resisters…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… and Groot Kei rivers was annexed and present-day KwaZulu Natal was occupied. This led to the renaming of the principal port from Port Natal to Durban. D…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… fondness for tube-riding, Grant Baker from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal became the first surfer from outside Santa Cruz, … faces at Half Moon Bay. The 32 year-old…
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… at other times to challenge it. Organisations such as the Natal Indian Congress, the British Indian Association, the Natal Indian Patriotic Union, and the…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… negotiations. The strike was for a wage increase and to address the poor living and work conditions of miners and …
INK: Making Access Visible, ASAI Print Workshops
… opens on the 16th of February, at 17:00, with an opening address from Dr Greer Valley , Senior Curator and Head of …
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… AFRICA The Indian people The present leadership of the Natal Indian took over in October 1945. The Indian people of Natal had decided to give the new policy…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… the Joint Planning Council (made up of members from the ANC, SAIC, SACP and COD) held mass meetings and … as part of the lead up to the Defiance Campaign…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… ( SANNC), later renamed as the African National Congress (ANC). The newspaper was published in English, SeSotho, Zulu, … stake. In April 1930, Gumede lost…