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Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… of Documents Act of 1952, had begun to segregate Black, Indian, and Coloured South Africans. H. F. Verwoerd led the … the Blacks. Verwoerd also suggested…
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…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… enabled them to control the trade in the western Indian Ocean as well as the trade with the African kingdoms … people living there. The Portuguese control of…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… the Black Women's Federation , was formed in 1975. Indian women and resistance in the 1960s Amina Cachalia In the early 1960s the government set up the…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… the country). Commenced: 19 June 1913. Repealed by section 1 of the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 … Land Alienation Ordinance, No 14…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… the ANC was held at Morogoro, Tanzania, from 25 April to 1 May 1969. The conference has become known as the `Morogoro … we Sizwe - the ANC`s military wing -…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… of families o Skilled and unskilled white workers o Anti-Indian legislation o Forms of labour resistance o The city of … 1902; African Political Organisation…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… , Molly Fisher , Violet Weinberg and Sonia Bunting . April 1, A State of Emergency is proclaimed in 31 more magisterial … from outside. In consultation with…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… another boost. Afrikaner women, like their African, Indian and Coloured counterparts, began to enter the labour … also lived under appalling conditions and…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… and showed him the sea route to India across the Indian Ocean. They arrived in Calicut in 1498. While the … empire was destroyed by the Spanish. Conquest…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… still exists within the church. In 1996 the DRC had 1 288 837 White members, the Uniting Reformed Church (mainly Coloured) had 1 216 252 members, and the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… The British colonial government imposes an annual rent of 1 pond on every male adult who was considered to be … areas in Durban. Whites were not allowed to…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… in 1970s South Africa Abstract: Black, Coloured and Indian women faced harsh oppressions in the workplace during … shops were closing and the once lively…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… abolishing laws that made life for Black, Coloured and Indian people difficult, but at the same time tightening …
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… Natal from 1860 when the first indentured workers arrived.1 They were followed from the mid-1870s by entrepreneurs from … as homogeneous groupings.6 This…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… racing. 1940 Chief Scout Sir Baden Powell was welcomed by Indian scouts and guides at Curries Fountain. 1947 Queen …
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… them. See South African History Online’s Timeline of Anti-Indian legislation for a closer look at this series of … of pegging laws which limited the freedom…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… a National Anti-Pass Council is elected to collect 1 million signatures. Moses Kotane is voted onto the council … the Smuts government racial policies. The…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… segregation. Other legislation targeting Black African and Indian people were also passed, such as the Native Trust and … Act among other laws sparked forced…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… is ‘the correct spelling in Zulu or Xhosa orthography’]. [1] In this essay, several factors about Fanakalo are … acute difficulties of communication’. [28]…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… elected as Prime Minister. The (Coloured) Labour Party, (Indian) Reformed Party and Inkatha formed the South African … training in Angola, Mocambique, Libya…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… charter to the Dutch East India Company to establish an Indian trading empire in the East. 1652 The Dutch East India … people for the first time. They are…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… and retained their identity to a degree. In America many Indian nations were destroyed by the European desire to …
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… throughout the 1950s unrest in African, Coloured and Indian communities escalated, becoming more frequent and … according to whether they were White,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… the members of the Congress Alliance, the South African Indian Congress, the Coloured People’s Congress and the … Executive met in Durban including…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… September Dr Yusuf Dadoo , future leader of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), South African Indian Congress (SAIC)) and the South African Communist Party …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… The need for a controlled labour force: indentured Indian labourers (sugar); also labourers for railways and … Zululand to farm. A roster showing photos of…
Durban Historical & community
… – Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand , founder of the Natal Indian Congress and father of India’s independence, set up …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… conditions in locations, but actually expropriates Indian property. Under the pretext of Sanitation, the Act is … Minister of Interior empowered to exempt…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… turning point in the long struggle of Black, Coloured and Indian workers to build non racial trade unions and to open …