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BiographyShirley Gunn
… work while she was still in South Africa. As result of her anti-apartheid activity she was arrested by the security …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… elected as Prime Minister. The (Coloured) Labour Party, (Indian) Reformed Party and Inkatha formed the South African … 1978. 1979 The Wiehahn Commission of…
64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal … Congress rejected the Bill. This document dwells on…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… responded by launching the Defiance Campaign and rallying anti-apartheid forces in the country to intensify resistance. … with the ANC Youth League. 25 March…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… the NP began enacting and implementing racially divisive legislation. This was met by strong opposition from the … South African Communist Party (SACP), the…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Victoria on her birthday. August 14, Defends indentured Indian, Chellagadu, charged for absenting from work without … High Commissioner objecting to rigorous…
BiographyViacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev
… military engineering, radio communications, artillery, anti-aircrafts, political education, motor mechanics, …
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
… as they are against the Chiefs, the Government, and are anti-White.’ He added that he had ‘reliable information’ that …
BiographyPixie Benjamin
… Pixie Benjamin was a strong anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from …
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… a township, south of Durban, designated for the Indian community, While in her matric year at Chatsworth … campaigns during and after her studies. These…
BiographyRomeo Zamani Makhanya
… history. The property was the site of a former underground anti-apartheid publishing press; a parcel bomb had exploded …
BiographyFreda Levson
… African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress's "defiance campaign against unjust laws". … friendship with Mandela and was a…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… during the Black Consciousness era when he participated in anti government student activities under the South African …
BiographyRobert John McBride
… Reconciliation Commission after the full disclosure of his anti-apartheid actions of violence. Mcbride married Paula …
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
… Inevitably, he came across political cases involving anti-Apartheid activists, and represented political activists … chaired a technical committee tasked…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… Coloured People’s Congress (CPC), and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) In1953, as part of the South African … she was one of the organisers of the…
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
… be subordinate to his loyalty to the other. Even staunch anti-communists in the ANC held him in high regard for his …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… mine-owners could lower the wages of all skilled miners. Anti- Indian Legislation Legislation was enacted in order to limit Indian …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… event, a massive stay-away from work was organised and anti-pass demonstrations continued. Prime Minister, Hendrik … groups. Other liberation organisations,…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship … to the South African governments…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as … the 1950s. She was one of the organizers…
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
… of Communism Act to its leaders despite their strongly anti-Communist sentiment, and finally by making non-racial … An anti-apartheid activist, member and…
BiographyTraci Mackie
… a missing piece of the puzzle of the death of the revered anti-apartheid activist. Her other career highlights include …
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… Province). In 1959, he matriculated at the Central Indian High School, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), … The Pahad family was politically active in…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so … - in principle approved of this reactionary piece of…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… to the ideal of African unions registered under the same legislation as White, Indian and Coloured unions, and the strikes provided another … In the 1980s,…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… from an alliance with African nationalists and other anti-Apartheid forces that were demanding authentic democracy … constitution came into effect which…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… in Lisbon, Portugal, where he began his involvement in anti-colonial politics. He began his university studies in … refuge in the liberated areas…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… African policy. 3 February, Following problems over Indian trading rights and ownership of property in the … segregationist rhetoric and decides not to…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… police raids and arrests – and new, more draconian legislation – they played their part in weakening the … Context for Defiance The decade opened with a wave…