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EventThe last conventional battle of the South African War ends
… faced a full attack by General Sir Redvers Buller's Natal Field Army (also known as the Natal Field Force). By 24 September the entire Transvaal …
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… born at Emzweni in the Qamu Tribal Authority at Msinga, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He joined the Inkatha Cultural Liberation Movement, …
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
… awards, was born on 2 December 1977 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal. Nomvete began his professional soccer career in lower league clubs in Kwazulu-Natal. In 1998…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in …
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… Prof. Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College 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…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… from five black universities; Fort Hare, Zululand, Natal, University of the North and Durban-Westville …
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… (Gert) Maritz, Voortrekker leader, died at Sooilaer, in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal), he was 41 years old. The Great Trek in South Africa …
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… King Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo of the Zulu Kingdom in northern Natal, which is now part of the Kwazulu-Natal province, refused to follow British instructions to …
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… African naturalist, Mary Elizabeth Barber died in Malvern, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu Natal). Barber was a remarkable woman with an extensive …
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… Union, and this was attended by prominent Indians from Natal, Transvaal, and the Cape. The lack of any definite … reason it did not see the light of day…
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,…
Griqua community
… 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,…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… after quitting his medical studies at the University of Natal. He described the rationale behind the organisation as … to that area in 1973. Offices in the…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… into organisational structures. 1971 Revival of the Natal Indian Congress in South Africa. 1972 August 11, Dadoo … . What is worrying for Dadoo is a…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… Theophilus Shepstone, Secretary of Native Affairs in Natal, settled the destitute Ngwane with their young heir, … on a reserve in the Bergville/Klip River…
ArticleWages Commission
… three students from the Durban campus of the University of Natal –David Hemson, Halton Cheadle and David Davis - arrived …
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… forms of political orientation among them. In the Cape and Natal dominated by the wine and sugar producers, the …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… motives are suspect M.D. Naidoo, Joint Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress, has declared that the SAIC delegation … and your colleagues. "You are aware of…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… account of the Indian presence in South Africa, especially Natal, until about 1910. November 1860 saw the arrival of the first Indians in the colony of Natal…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… : Mr. Champion, why do you think the ICU was so strong in Natal? A. Champion : The reason was that the native workers … : How did you go about organizing the…
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… year. This was after metal workers in the Transvaal and Natal (now kwaZulu Natal) protested his release. On 28 June whilst Mayekiso was …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… faced a full attack by General Sir Redvers Buller's Natal Field Army (also known as the Natal Field Force). By 24 September the entire Transvaal …
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba's mutilated body is found
… member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and of the Natal Freedom Charter Committee was found on this date at the Natal North Coast. Giving testimony…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… down from a sky banked with grey clouds, a batch of 15 Natal-born Indians crossed over Transvaal border at Volksrust … interested in the peace. Dr Naicker,…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal area where battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) … deaths occurred here. In 1990 the…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… 1941 in Clairwood, Durban . She went to the University of Natal where she graduated with BA in 1963 and with an LLB in … became the first woman to open her…
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… where in 1851 he produced the first sugar cane grown in Natal that was brought from Reunion Island. This Are was … that the Farm was now a White Area. On 6…
Introduction
… was the sentiment of the new leadership that took over Natal Indian Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress, and the … Africa. 'Little does puny South Africa…
13. Wife lays bigamy charge
… Magistrates Records, Durban Correspondence 102, 1895, Natal Archives. I am the wife of Seeniwasa Padayachi residing … there. They informed me that my husband…