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Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… had to be classified and registered as White, Coloured, Indian/Asiatic or 'Native'. 'Native' was later labelled … National Congress was formed in 1912. The…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… doing manual labour. The shop stocked, among other items, Indian foods and spices, which were much loved in the region. [1] Nokukhanya shared her mother’s…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… was transferred to a school that catered for African, Indian and Coloured children in Ventersdorp. He also was a … African Council of Churches (SACC), which…
ArticleSita’s story
… because there were the people who worked in the press for “Indian Opinion” founded by my Grandfather in 1903 and then … also left to pursue a life of…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 2: Sou
… Notes on the papers; Preface: what is a minority group?; Indian people: current trends and politics; The Afrikaner: …
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President’s Council fails
… changes which would allow for a role for both Indian and Coloured people in parliament but which still …
EventThe Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed
… four different racial groups, White, Black, Coloured and Indian. The Act was repealed by the Population Registration …
The President’s Council, mandated to consider South Africa’s constitutional future, releases its final report.
… Parliament representing the White, Coloured and Indian communities, and a division between national and …
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
… With its pristine Coastlines, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With … Riviersonderend Mountains in the North;…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA's first Executive President
South Africa's Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive…
ArchiveNon-Central Government structures in South Africa today
… Guidelines for a future democratic South Africa, 1-4 March 1988 in Lusaka. Examines local government for Africans, Indian, Coloured and White local…
EventThe Western Desert Force is upgraded
… Troops included South African, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, Free French, and Polish soldiers. World War II started in the early hours of 1 September 1939…
Place'Angra das Vaccas', Mossel Bay
… Inlet on the Coast of the Indian Ocean, South-West of Mossel Bay. Old name for …
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… she penned her study of suicide and suffering in the Indian community trying to balance between the importance of … wealthy and the poor, the rising…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal … the community. A small prize was therefore announced…
”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
… country," said Dr. Y. M. Dadoo, President of the Transvaal Indian Congress, in an interview with The Guardian. "The … "For the first time in the history of…
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… re-enfranchise the Coloured population and enfranchise the Indian population. The Constitution provided for three … community and the third was the House of…
EventMalan introduces Asiatic Bill
… Bill also known as the Asiatic Bill. The Bill defined Indian people as aliens and recommended the limitation of …
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… groups like the African National Congress and Transvaal Indian Congress have received the vast majority of the … in history, played a pivotal role in the…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… meeting of representatives of the ANC and South African Indian Congress in Johannesburg. At this meeting it was … elected to be the treasurer of the ANC…
The African Element in Gandhi by Anil Nauriya
… the transformation of Gandhi from a lawyer-servant of the Indian community to a Mahatma. But, unfortunately, there is …
EventDaryll Cullinan, SA cricket player, is born in Kimberley.
… cricket in 2002. He took up a position as a coach with the Indian Cricket League. …
EventMahatma Ghandi sends a telegram to Dr. Dadoo
… At a meeting attended by 6,000 Indians, at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship … was taken to launch the Passive Resistance…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal … Government to the strictures of United Nations has…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… Vrededorp, Gauteng. 1961 Asvat graduates from Johannesburg Indian High School and moves to Pakistan to continue his … clinic. 22 August, Police arrest…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… were used to control the movement of African, Coloured and Indian people, ensuring the provision of a cheap labour … the first passive resistance campaign…
EventGovernment tables the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa before the House of Assembly
… providing for separate houses for White, Coloured and Indian groups. It excluded African people, on grounds that …
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… to defend the United Democratic Front and the Natal Indian Congress in a treason trial at the Pietermaritzburg …
EventMauritius gains independence
… pot of different nationalities - descendents of Chinese, Indian, African and European immigrants and slaves all make …
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… Mr. Anthony A Simon, a European, who had run a school for Indian children at Isipingo on the Natal South Coast, had … became our second Headmaster. This is…