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ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… a white referendum . Although the ANC and the British Anti-Apartheid Movement strongly opposed this move, on March … the South African Government, to draft…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… did not move forward much. It was in this climate that anti-apartheid organizations in the country realized that … reduced.The government also tried to make…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… Gandhi and his philosophy. As early as 1907, he led the Indian community in South Africa in acts of passive … of which have since completely vanished. The…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… of the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for … Minister of Justice declared that he…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… was only 24 years old when he helped found the Natal Indian Congress and became its first secretary. Likewise, Sol … at this stage. The campaign to save…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… ceremony and was over within five minutes. It seemed an anti-climax, particularly after the journey that had been put … in the peace. Dr Naicker, the…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
… Act. Though not aimed exclusively at "Coloureds", this legislation served to entrench a separate identity even … its head. "Coloured" South Africans, along…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal … organisations and the individuals were as follows:…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) conference in Johannesburg. Boesak … consists of members from the…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1946
… to hold a Round Table Conference to discuss the pending anti-Indian legislation, trade relations will be broken off between the …
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A fresh piece of legislation sought to tighten…
Desmond Tutu interviewed by John Carlin
… the consciousness of a heterogeneous grouping such as Indian South Africans is difficult since consciousness tends … consciousness. At a basic level these…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in … [now North West Province]. While he…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… a railway line from Mombasa to Kisumu was built using Indian workers, and British forces were sent to suppress any … using a campaign of oath taking to…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… served her sentence together with Barbara Hogan and other anti-apartheid dissidents. In 1988, she attempted to gain her …
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… a stronghold of the United Democratic Front during the anti-apartheid struggle. The area's transformation from a …
53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal … As he rather profoundly remarked, the solution to the…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… Gandhi and his philosophy. As early as 1907, he led the Indian community in South Africa in acts of passive … which have since completely vanished. The…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
… the fascist action of the Benoni Town Council in evicting Indian and coloured residents from the Benoni town. Mr. … Act passed by Parliament in 1946 and the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
Note: All definitions are acquired through Google’s online English Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… Assemblies Act and War Measure 145. The latter piece of legislation which was passed in 1942, banning strikes by … CPSA’s offices, and private houses of…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… The Land Act of 1913 and its complementary labour legislation were the tools used to destroy a whole class of … employed by Gandhi and his followers in the…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… accelerated as a result of this phenomenon. At least one Indian, Bhyat, was not only a very successful business man in … Rosenthal, E. (1979) Rustenburg…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… the 19th century, the Western-educated African, coloured, Indian middle class who grew up mainly in the Cape and Natal, … helped them maintain their own…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… her primary level education at the local Potchefstroom Indian Government School but could not progress as there was … World – of the weekly Gujarati/English…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… stood out about her – religion, domesticity, passivity and anti-political nature – it was also the strength of these …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… that engaged in exposé and documentary photography of anti-apartheid resistance and social conditions during the … 54-57. The Black Photo Album'. In…
BiographyNongqawuse
… 21. ↵ [29] Helen Bradford, “Not a Nongqawuse Story: An anti-heroine in historical perspective” in Nomboniso Gasa … 2008: 66-105|Bradford, Helen. “Not a…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… and the people of India on behalf of the South African Indian Congress. Carrying the Brown Man's Burden Delegation's … are suspect M.D. Naidoo, Joint…