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ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at 1,204. 1858 The Umzinto Sugar Company organises indentured … of 200 pounds per annum. 6 November,…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… Albertsville. 1940 The population of Pageview is largely Indian and the area starts developing an Indian character. Mosques, temples and churches are … a…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Victoria on her birthday. August 14, Defends indentured Indian, Chellagadu, charged for absenting from work without … Commissioner objecting to rigorous…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… series of ten articles on vegetarianism. The first six on "Indian Vegetarians" appeared in the Vegetarian between February 2 and March 14. The next three on …
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… National Congress, Dr G.M. Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress and Dr Y.M. Dadoo, President of the Transvaal Indian Congress ("Three Doctors'…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… trading rights for Indians 1911 13 March, Colonial Born Indian Association formed due to the Immigration Bill’s … by the government April, Indentured labour…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… strike. The Transvaal African National Congress, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), African People's Organisation (APO) … condemns the bans on the two leaders…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… activist in the Non European United Front (NEUF) and the Indian Community raises his profile in the Communist Party. … or occupying properties in…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… studies. He became an executive member of the Edinburgh Indian Students' Association, edited its handbook and played … future political action. 1941-45 - He…
ArticleKey sites
… regulations. African people were not allowed to served in Indian restaurants but had to resort to take-aways. As a … Hotel started out as a vegetarian…
Other organisations related to the ANC
… Africa (CPSA) Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Natal Indian Congress (NIC) Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) United…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… of Transvaal Indians. June 4 , Gandhi establishes the Indian Opinion . The newspaper becomes Gandhi's, the Transvaal Indian Congress, Natal Indian Congress…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… and on 15 March introduced the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill, which was in two sections. One … this. The other section conferred…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… Indian immigration into Natal brought with it strained … Natal Colonial Secretary was forced to set up a special Indian Immigrants Commission in 1885, to…
ArticleThe House in session
… houses of parliament and ten legislative assemblies with 1,270 members, and 121 ministers-was nearly R50 million a year. The Indian and Coloured MPs…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… to control the entry of Indians into the Transvaal. Every Indian man, woman and child older than 8 years had to … be allowed to stay in the Transvaal. The…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… country estates. The landowners hire out or sell plots to Indian market gardeners. Isolated clusters of shacks occupied … rent-hikes and forced overcrowding…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… the case, he decides to remain in Natal to help the Indian community facing the Indian Franchise Bill. 1894 August 22, Creation of the … back from Zululand,…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… music, dance and cuisine established the foundation of Indian culture in South Africa. Indeed, the steady progress of the Indian community since the days of…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… was affectionately known, came into prominence during the Indian passive resistance movement of 1946-48 and helped … with him, members of the African…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… of your answer using relevant historical evidence. [1] Background and historical overview: There was no South … the 19th century, the Western-educated…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… the option - to return to India or settle in Natal as free Indian settlers. My parents and grandparents decided to … families, Now, they had to carry Passes…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… that the weight of the black vote is decreased from 3.1% to 1.4%. The first restrictions against the urbanisation … African policy. 3 February, Following…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… into organisational structures. 1971 Revival of the Natal Indian Congress in South Africa. 1972 August 11, Dadoo … significance." 1974 Dadoo is confronted…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… banned in 1977, including the women's organisations. The Indian Council revamped as the SAIC: Reaction The National Indian Council set up by the government…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… apartheid (separateness) measures against Blacks, Indian immigrants and those of mixed race. 1949 October 6 , … the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) ,…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker … of these descriptions are not applicable to the indentured Indian…
Mandela: Message to India
… the post-apartheid South African scene, organised by the Indian National Social Action Forum (New Delhi, June 11, … so-called "passenger Indians." Today, the…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… also lived under appalling conditions and Coloured and Indian people fared a little better. Walker (1991:71) quotes … Communist Party Publication In the…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… was unable to implement its envisaged fare hike. The 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign Dr GM Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress, addresses…