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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…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… meeting was held in Durban to propose the introduction of Indian labour. 1852 13 August, The first steamship to sail … African Republic (ZAR) passed Law No 3…
BiographyJames la Guma
… during 1937. la Guma played a prominent role in the NLL's anti-segregationist protests and is accredited with having … at the age of 46, understated his age…
BiographyChris Hani
… around the world, and the policy of infiltrating other anti-Apartheid groups rather than making an independent stand … (Johannesburg), Hani was assassinated…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… put in place and specified that no Coloured, Black or Indian person could work or live on a mine except as the … the African National Congress Women’s League…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… event, a massive stay-away from work was organised and anti-pass demonstrations continued. Prime Minister, Hendrik … groups. Other liberation organisations,…
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… rallied for the “Free Moses Mayekiso” and “Free All Anti-Apartheid Prisoners in South Africa” campaign. Following …
BiographySir Ernest Oppenheimer
… conferred on him a knighthood, however the war fanned anti-German sentiment in the town, and assumptions around his …
BiographySamora Machel
… both of these countries attacked Mozambique with an anti-Frelimo organization called RENAMO. RENAMO's activities …
BiographyPrince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu
… how Mpumalanga appointed a "serial fraudster" as its new anti-corruption head and first black treasury director. …
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
… controversy, however, by advocating a controversial anti-HIV/AIDS drug named Virodene . [i] Furthermore, she was …
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… On 2 October 1959, Mafekeng was arrested for ”leading an anti-pass demonstration in Paarl, (but) the charge came to …
BiographySadie Forman
… and prolific writer, who was extremely active in the anti-apartheid and communist movements. Four years later, he … Anti-apartheid activist, women’s rights…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
… a shopkeeper.Dr Jassat matriculated from the Johannesburg Indian High School and was one of only 12 black students to … father and eldest brother. In 1947 he…
BiographyIsaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
… in South Africa and was twice put on trial for his anti apartheid political activities. He was arrested on 5 … Architect, anti-apartheid activist, member of…
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
… for liberation. Babenia played an active role in the Indian Congress movement in Baroda, and served several terms … in Beatrice Street, Durban. He began…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… strike. The Transvaal African National Congress, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), African People's Organisation (APO) … 18 and wounding 30 people. May, Dadoo…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence Matomela leads an…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… of black people. For instance, on 16 December 1929 anti pass demonstrations were organized by the Communist … South African Communist Party (SACP) , the…
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
… elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian Congress activists. After his father died, Moonsamy … the Communist Party of South Africa …
BiographyPeter Rudolf Gisela Horn
… South African poet, who made his mark especially with his anti-Apartheid poetry. During the eighties all his writing in …
BiographyBoy Mvemve
… He was there during the 1959 Potato Boycott and the 1960 anti-pass campaign. Boy Adolphus Mvemve, courageous and …
BiographyZolile Malindi
… copy to survive the raid. He was also involved in the Anti-Pass Campaigns of the 1950 and early 1960’s.Through his …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… the African National Congress (ANC) and the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) jointly organised a 'Defend Free Speech … that face them in the light of new…
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…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… came into power. Discriminatory laws against Africans, Indian and coloureds were increased and apartheid was further … London, a great organiser of overseas…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894 33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897 34. Further … legislation in the Orange River Colony…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… was one of the first drastic rights infringements for the Indian and Coloured populations (Marquard, 1969: 163). … of the Group Areas Act The GAA was one of…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… a focus on only a certain number of legislations to all legislation that sought to take away rights from non-White … lack of education on African issues…