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BiographyTracy Payne
Tracy Payne’s hyper real paintings evoke a sense of sublime sexuality in the art of constraint, even if she is painting a flower. She was born in 1965 in…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… a colonising imperial Britain Cape traders settle at Port Natal, later renamed Durban The Dutch Reformed Church … Piet Retief and his followers trek…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… as the president of the African National Congress in Natal. June, Pixley Seme , a founder member and … M.B.Yengwa and other members of the ANC Youth League…
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
… Sir James Liege Hulett, Natal planter, industrialist and politician, was born in … first sugar mill in 1903. He was also the first person in Natal to…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… from (1899–1903). There were four separate colonies: Cape, Natal, Orange River, Transvaal colonies and each were ruled … Indian middle class who grew up…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… Africa had a relatively large Indian population. In Natal of the nineteenth century the white economy was based … to satisfy the labour needs of the…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… Indians is clearly expressed. Source: G.H.318, 1883-6, Natal Archives. I.That your memorialists respectfully pray … your Excellency to ask the Government of…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… into 3 parts on the rocks near Port Edward in KwaZulu Natal. About 120 of her 600 passengers died in the wreck and … the wreck of the Sao João may be off the…
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
At first I thought that a reading and a republishing of my Traditions of Poetry in Natal2 which attempted to situate Mafika Pascal Gwala’s work in the late…
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… the City Hall, where the background and development of Natal’s multi-cultural heritage converge. The exhibitions …
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… 1850s, when the British began to consolidate the colony of Natal in what is today Kwa-Zulu Natal , they claimed that only 4 000 to 5 000 inhabitants of ……
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… – Exploring the Legend (Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2012), 107 ↵ [9] Ibid, 105 ↵ [10] Ibid, 106 ↵ … – Exploring the Legend (Scottsville:…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… After resolving the case, he decides to remain in Natal to help the Indian community facing the Indian … Franchise Bill. 1894 August 22, Creation of the…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… did not come from merchants who were the leaders of the Natal Indian Congress . The initiative was taken by HL Paul, … Standard four. From 1868 to 1899…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… Police (SAP) and the South African Government in KwaZulu-Natal; it is about their alleged support of right-wing vigilantes in KwaZulu-Natal. A lot has been…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black … July The first General Council (GC) of SASO is…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black … July, The first General Council (GC) of SASO…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Africa. Under the banner of the revived Transvaal and Natal Indian Congresses, they had mobilised the vast majority … that he led a joint delegation of the…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… British in this period annexed land too, particularly in Natal (with its accessibility to the east coast port) at … reserves were established from as early…
Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
… to curtail Indian property ownership in White areas in Natal. Natal was divided into controlled and uncontrolled areas. The … with two provincial councillors…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… paintings are on display at Iziko Museum, Cape Town, the Natal Museum , Pietermaritzburg, and the Origins Centre, … people had moved from East Africa into…
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat was born on 14 October 1937 in Krugersdorp. As a child, Dinat would often attend meetings with…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and Elizabeth Dube. His father, James Dube was … he married Nokutela Mdima Dube . He…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… Hare), but dropped out after two years. He returned to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became secretary of the Natal branch…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… marriage was to hold up certain negotiations between the Natal Indian Congress and the Natal Municipal Association. The Natal Municipal Association was…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… history of the early trade unions in the Colony of Natal. 2 We will try to outline the birth and development of … concerning strikes in general and labour…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in Natal, Selby Msimang and A. W. G. Champion are at war … will commence on 26 June. January 12 , Ilanga…
EventSir James Liege Hulett dies in Durban, South Africa
… in political, educational social and religious life in Natal. On 5 June 1928 Sir James Liege Hulett passed away at the age of 90 in Durban, Natal (now…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Indians, the Indian Immigration records (I.I.) in the Natal Archives are essential. There are also valuable printed … will indicate how widely scattered the…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… Gcina comes from a mixed family and was born in KwaZulu Natal. Her father was Zulu and her mother Xhosa. This means … honoured by the University of London…