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33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… all but one was to curtail the immigration of Indians into Natal. The anti-Indian sentiment intensified after Gandhi, … as well as on the Naderi , were seen…
BiographyViacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev
Viacheslav Shiryaev, popularly known as Comrade Ivan, was born in January 1938 in the town of Orsk, south of Urals, Russia. He completed the Higher Engineers…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… provinces. Populations of the Cape Province and Natal were considered to owe allegiance to Britain, while …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… they would not have sailed further south, towards KwaZulu Natal and even the Cape East Coast. If they did some of these …
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… was the son of Chief Cetshwayo who reigned over Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) from 1872. Dinizulu was recognized as the legitimate … in 1882 after a…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… rose alarmingly in the Esikhaweni location in KwaZulu Natal in 1992. On 16 February the IFP called its supporters … based on previous experience. They called…
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… trains were readily available to transport refugees to Natal and many Black mineworkers could afford to pay the … escorted by Mr J.J. Marwick, representative…
76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa
… will have been a hundred years of Indian settlement in Natal. European settlement in the province is about thirty … Smuts, Mr. Heaton Nicholls, the former…
ArchiveNUSAS 1984 Congress
… National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2-7 December 1984. Includes short articles on forced removals in Natal, on…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… body condemned Resolutions supporting the policy of the Natal Indian Congress and to give every assistance and … and representative organisation of the…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… such as the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) , Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) and the United Women's … Women like Dorothy Nyembe, who became…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… the Zulu also started to trade with the British at Port Natal. The Zulu bought firearms and other manufactured goods … the Ndwandwe kingdom again in 1826…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… the Electro-acoustic studio of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban where Jürgen Bräuninger started the magic of … theatre performances. Apart from…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… Resistance Campaign Dr GM Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress, addresses a Passive Resistance rally … despite the opposition of the Indian…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National … the ANC underground structures in the then…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… the town of Potchefstroom after moving away from Natal and heading inland and eventually settling in the … Transvaal. In 1838, more Voortrekkers were…
EventSouth African cricket player Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Rhodes is born
… Jonathan Neil Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu Natal) on 27 July 1969. Better known as “Jonty”, his diving …
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… young man who was born in 1925 in the Vryheid District of Natal . The first of six children, he left home at the age of … after this employment, he found his…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… is the Zulu and the majority of them live in KwaZulu Natal Province and Gauteng Province. The second largest is … the majority of the Indian population live…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… cane farm, situated near Dududu on the South Coast of Natal (now Kwazulu Natal province), had bought prisoners to work on the farm. …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… was the family of Louis Johannes Nel, who had moved from Natal into the eastern Transvaal in the 1850s and taken up … from the British-controlled ports of…
The girl child
… train girls in critical life skills is underway in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces. Another issue is … An example is the virginity testing…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… - Cape Province, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and Natal. The new South Africa has eight provinces - Western … Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, the Free…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… the following universities were represented: Pretoria, Natal, Witwatersrand, Rhodes, Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom and … Hare and Non-White section of the…
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… thesis examines the ways in which the Liberal Party - the Natal Division in particular attempted to become an effective … the boundaries of parliamentary…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… Headman Tshabalala was born in 1945 in Ladysmith, Kwa-Zulu Natal. In 1960, he joined the first incarnation of the band … He was on his way home from a family…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… at the recent tragic happenings in Durban and elsewhere in Natal, during which there has been considerable loss of life … bodies particularly the African…
Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
… at the recent tragic happenings in Durban and elsewhere in Natal, during which there has been considerable loss of life … bodies particularly the African…
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… rights in the British Colony 1894 He establishes the Natal Indian Congress 1896 He becomes an established …
The South African War
… of the Uitlander community, which moved to the Cape and Natal and, in some cases, did not return after the cessation …