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ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the Indian Agent-General, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, to unite the ……
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… group which was affiliated to the NEUM. 1944 Raised £1 000 for the famine relief in Bengal 1946 Her political … at the age of 17 when she was a high school…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… another boost. Afrikaner women, like their African, Indian and Coloured counterparts, began to enter the labour … industrial sector. Segregation legislation…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… whites. Nationally, pupil:teacher ratios went up from 46:1 in 1955 to 58:1 in 1967. Overcrowded classrooms were used … now effectively separated from white…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… 27, Dominion Party 8, Labour Party and the Socialists 1. But as Bunting points out: "The enormous majority... was … Simons state "of all those in the…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… ‘grey areas’ were beginning to emerge, where African, Indian and Coloured people took up residence in formerly … were Afrikaans speakers. The appeal of the…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Wanterer . Not unexpectedly Byrne went bankrupt in 1850. 1 August, Death in office of Martin T West, first … meeting was held in Durban to propose the…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… as Maureen Swan has demonstrated, was not the initiator of Indian political activity in Natal and South Africa. Indian traders and middle classes had already…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… of South Africans classified 'Coloured' and ' Indian ' but excluded Blacks. Blacks were seen to have … (Coloured representatives) The House of Delegates …
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… you create music that can find a home on both sides of the Indian Ocean beyond the cliché of “fusion”? Are Indian forms compatible with their African…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… people. Cas spearheaded the formation of the Johannesburg Indian Social Welfare Association (JISWA), and served as its … Under the banner of the revived…
ArticlePondoland
… area is situated on the South African coast of the Indian Ocean , in the Eastern Cape Province. The boundaries …
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… Africa is seen as, largely, led by M K Gandhi and the Indian Congresses campaigns. However, this form of passive … Gandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… parliament to include the participation of Coloured and Indian people and exclude Black people. The proposal … for Coloured people and the House of Delegates…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… Khoisan people. South Africa’s Asian population is mostly Indian in origin and is largely based in kwaZulu-Natal . … These are English (9.6%), Afrikaans (13…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British Indian Association, explains to the Secretary of the Interior … another issue: marriages contracted…
ArticleHigh Farce in the House
… one NPP MP voting to support military conscription for Indian youth because he could not read Afrikaans, the … Areas Act, the Labour Party opposed the…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Venture in Brakpan, will facilitate the re-processing of 1.7 billion tonnes of gold tailings to refine a further 15 … could lower the wages of all skilled…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of … They are prevented from speaking in eight…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… Fatima, at Nursery Road, Fordsburg. He attends the Newtown Indian Primary School. 1940s Kathrada meets Yusuf Dadoo , … 1945 -1946 Kathrada is a founding…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… Club (Whites-only) is established. 1880 African and Indian soccer clubs are active in Durban and Johannesburg … SAFA affiliates to the English Football…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… South African Communist Party (SACP) , the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) , banned members of the Communist … (ANC) South African Communist Party (SACP…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
… Advisory Com mittee] MR R.F. Botha [SA Government, CODESA 1] Geoff Budlender [Rapporteur of Sub Group 2 in Working … 1 and 2] Professor H.M. Coovadia …
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… and to form a Pact government. It would have restricted Indian residential and trading rights, but due to vehement … public opposition within South Africa,…
Community histories of Polokwane
… Community histories on Sotho, Venda, Ndebele and Indian people in the Polokwane region will be added. Please …
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… unions registered under the same legislation as White, Indian and Coloured unions, and the strikes provided another … In the 1980s, TUCSA unions, to which…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… to Professor Surendra Bhana, in his book, Indentured Indian Emigrants to Natal 1860 1902 , between 1876 and 1902, … arriving in Natal. The first ship, The…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… were dislodged from the land. African, Coloured and Indian and other Asiatic we segregated and banned from owning … to ownership of 7% of South Africa’s land…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… African empire during the 15th and 16th Centuries, and the Indian Mughal Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. This … Century Songhai, African Empire,…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline
… movement. Starting at the beginning of the South African Indian resistance against the government and continuing …