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BiographySidney Percival Bunting
Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William Bunting, the founder and editor of the Contemporary Review. His…
BiographyEmily Isabel Fern
Born Ballarat, Australia, 1881; died Johannesburg, 1953. Fern arrived in Johannesburg as a child in 1890, and was taught oil painting by a nun at End Street…
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
Arndt, the youngest son of Reverend Johannes Arndt and Luise Pauline Grutzner was born in Bloemfontein on 27 May 1899. He started his education at the Infants’…
BiographyWalter Battiss
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters…
Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan
Born in Moradabad, Khan was, like Raza Ali, an unofficial Muslim appointment from U.P. After attending the Government High School in Moradabad, he studied at…
BiographyJames la Guma
James Arnold la Guma (Jimmy) was born on 23 August 1894 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). A trade unionist and political activist,…
BiographyEmil Sachs
Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs was born on 11 November 1900, in Kamaai, Lithuania. He was the fourth of the five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs'…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… first piece of left literature which Walter read, Stalin’s 1913 article on the National Question. Meets Govan Mbeki, …
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… II never took place as after the passing of Menelik II in 1913, his grandson Lij Yasu who was not a Tafari succeeded …
BiographyLord Kitchener
Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs you", as secretary…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
William H."Bill" Andrews was born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated…
BiographyEthel Edwards
On 2 January 1907 The Cape Argus Weekly Edition published a photograph of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African Artists". In it she stands…
Statement in Court by Dr G. M. Naicker and Dr Y. M. Dadoo, When Charged With Aiding and Abetting Under the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913, February 26, 1948
… Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948 17 Your Worship, We are charged with … of contravening Section 20 (r) of…
Statement In Court By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. G. M. Naicker, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948
… offence of contravening Section 20 (r)of the Act No. 22 of 1913 in that we did wrongfully and unlawfully aid or abet … 4 (a) read with the Minister's Minutes…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… the United Kingdom to object to the implementation of the 1913 Land Act. He was Natal ANC president from 1924-30 and …
Ruth Alexander
… correspondents after Schreiner’s departure for Britain in 1913, with Alexander visiting Schreiner in London in 1920. …
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
… with them on issues such as the Natives Land Act of 1913 . Betty Molteno never married. However she remained …
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… These are the symbols of oppression, viz the Lands Act 1913 , which deprives the Africans of their land and gave 70% …
BiographyHenry Burton
… Affairs in Louis Botha’s first government. In Botha’s 1913 cabinet reshuffle Burton was moved to the Railways …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… Indians was included in the Union of South Africa Act . In 1913, the Satyagraha campaign was revived , helped by three specific issues. The first issue came…
BiographyConstance Stuart Larrabee
Constance Stuart Larrabee was born in Cornwall, England and came to South Africa with her parents when she was three months old. Constance’s interest in…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In 1956 Muafangejo moved to die Anglican mission station at Epinga…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… campaign against the £3 tax at a meeting on 28 April 1913. There were other demands: the right of Indians to … £3 tax – and of antagonising the white…
”Resolution against the Natives Land Act, 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission”, by the South African Native National Congress, October 2, 1916
… ”Resolution against the Natives Land Act, 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission”, by the …
Resolution against the Natives Land Act 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission, by the South African Native National Congress, 2 October, 1916
… Resolution against the Natives Land Act 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission, by the …
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of…
Casting a long shadow: The Natives Land Act of 1913 and its legacy by Colin Bundy
… Casting a long shadow: The Natives Land Act of 1913 and its legacy by Colin Bundy …
Resolution against the Natives Land Act 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission
… Resolution against the Natives Land Act 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission …
BiographyJustice John Mowbray Didcott
John Mowbray Didcott was born on 14 August 1931, Durban, Natal. After matriculating at Hilton College, outside Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… primary standards. He was 18 years old. Between 1912 and 1913, Xuma taught at two primary schools; one in a settlement … to travel to the USA to pursue his…