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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…
‘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…
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…
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…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… • Omar Badsha and Heather Hughes, a lecturer at the then Natal University, compile a travelling exhibition, You Have … at the Cultural Festival, organized at…
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,…
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,…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… The Sunday Times, New Nation, The Graphic, The Leader, Natal Post, The Indicator, Lenasia Times, Gauteng Times, …
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…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway worker and his mother, a…
EventPius Langa is born
… Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now …
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…
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…
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…
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… Andrew Charles Hudson was born on 17 March 1965 in Eshowe, Natal (KwaZulu Natal). He distinguished himself as a cricketer by playing in …
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… was born at Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission, Camperdown, Natal. Ngubane occupied many high political positions in the … In March 1997, Ngubane was appointed…
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… In an effort to promote peace in Natal, the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson … Freedom Party (IFP) leader and Chief Minister of Kwa-Zulu Natal,…
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… Former Commander-General of the Boers in Natal and later Republican statesman, Andries Wilhemus … also instrumental in the establishment of the short-lived…
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
… of non-Europeans and natives in the province of Natal as voters for Parliament and for the provincial council of natal; to establish a Board for Coloured…