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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 …
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… colonial states into nation-states. Gandhi Arrives in Natal Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbander, … from Dada Abdullah and Co. in 1893 to…
EventRuben Xulu is born
… South African artist Ruben Xulu was born in Hlabisa, Natal. Xulu, born deaf, began carving with Bernard Gcwensa at … Inter Faith Art Exhibition and…
EventSouth African artist Michael Zondi is born
… a South African artist was born in Msinga in Greytown , Natal. He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran … design. He worked at the Appelbosch…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general … dead outside Bridgeway Supermarket in…
EventRuben Xulu, SA artist, dies in Marian Hill
… his subject matter was solely religious for missions in Natal. Xulu eventually left Hlabisa mission station, where he … learned to carve and moved to several…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… and FEDSAW member, is born near Dundee in northern Natal. 1932 Pixley ka Isaka Seme outlines his reform scheme, … Unions (SACTU) and founder member of the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). Mandela drove to Natal in a battered Volkswagen with ANCYL colleagues Joe … M.B.Yengwa and other members of the ANC Youth…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… government passed Act 25 in 1891. The Act withdrew the Natal Coolie Law of 1859 to discourage the settlement of … parliament bringing together four colonies,…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… boarding school for boys near Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. Situated on a 1762 hectare estate, Hilton … Cambridge under William John Colenso, later…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… the late 1860s. While the events described took place in Natal in the late 1830s, they probably are similar to what … later in the Transvaal. Part 2…
EventDorothy Nyembe is released from jail
… Dorothy Nyembe, a prominent political activist in KwaZulu-Natal who participated in many political demonstrations … After her release she became an active…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… The organisations and the individuals were as follows: Natal Indian Congress ”” Abdoola Hajee Adam, Dada Osman; Natal Indian Patriotic Union ”” P. Subramania…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… First Recorded Settler was a Poitical Prisoner' in Post Natal, Durban, July 14-18, 1982. 3. Davids, Achmat, The … in Southern Africa, Pietermaritzburg,…
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
… granting this oldest Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Natal to continue its service in its new home. That day … The emigrants left Bremen on 10 November…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… Part Two Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946 Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 -…
PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
… was erected in 1900 as part of a general upgrade by the Natal Railways. It replaced an earlier structure built … and the latter Custom House. Ships entering…
EventPius Langa is born
… Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now …
EventANC’s Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… throughout the country, with specific reference to KwaZulu-Natal and the Rand where things were getting out of hand. On the very same day, Mandela flew to…
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
… (IEC) to defer elections in the Empangeni region, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). In its report, the IEC raised concerns over the …
EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… and children led by Mahatma Gandhi marched from Newcastle, Natal Colony (now KwaZulu Natal) into the Transvaal to purposefully defy the … [Accessed: 28…
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… Durban. He studied Fine Arts at the University Of KwaZulu-Natal and later went on to teach the subject at Techinkon Natal. He specialises in sculpture and…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… from five black universities; Fort Hare, Zululand, Natal, University of the North and Durban-Westville …
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… From 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 … including 7 children, in a house in…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… years, in order to provide time for a new commission, The Natal Indian Judicial Commission, to investigate all aspects of Indian life and labour in Natal. It…
Griqua
… West The Boers arrived in the area of Griquatown after Natal was taken over by the British. They acquired land from … the territory known as No Man’s Land,…