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ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… also lived under appalling conditions and Coloured and Indian people fared a little better. Walker (1991:71) quotes … Communist Party Publication In the…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… campaign (which the then Government introduced for the Indian and Coloured communities) as soon as he was strong …
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… was unable to implement its envisaged fare hike. The 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign Dr GM Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress, addresses…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… Party support. Furthermore, he did not award Coloured and Indian moderates with real partnership in the new Tricameral …
BiographyShaka Zulu
… area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and the Indian Ocean, a region populated by many independent Nguni …
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
… at the age of 17 when she was a high school student. The Indian community suffered the enactment of the first … residential rights to specific areas in the…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… proximity there were between White, Black, Coloured and Indian people by creating new residential areas, new parallel … that all the White students went…
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
… now effectively separated from white schooling. The 1965 Indian Education Act was passed to separate and control Indian education, which was placed under the…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… Simons state "of all those in the liberation movement, the Indian radicals put up the strongest resistance to the … it was decided on the Agent's suggestion…
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
… meeting was held in Durban to propose the introduction of Indian labour. 1852 13 August, The first steamship to sail … possible for the Colony to implement a…
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…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… bloodlines constituting ‘coloured’ or Camissa, - white, Indian, Cape Khoena, amaXhosa, Griqua and Nama and he has a … to appearance and association. His…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… are different. Already the names – African, Coloured and Indian – are practically out of date; they no longer … the subsequent developments that came with…
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 …
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…
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…
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 . … women in society, war victories and…
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
… could lower the wages of all skilled miners. Anti- Indian Legislation Legislation was enacted in order to limit Indian trade and businesses to flourish. In…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of … from the following organisations: South…
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…