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Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… officials of the Natal Indian Congress and the wing led by Dr dicker, who sought a court order for the holding of the … his dislike of Communists and…
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… B. Tabata, Professor Davidson Don Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Dr. Alfred Bitini (A. B.) Xuma, Z. R. Mahabane, R. V. Selope Thema, Dr. James Sebe (J. S.) Moroka,…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
… swollen and cut. He remained shackled on the mat after Dr. Lang saw him, for the day of the 7th and during the night … to a police cell, ostensibly to make…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… the pay. In 1880, Lucy’s employment was terminated and Dr Theophilus Hahn appointed in her place. In 1989, Lucy … – 30 May 1946) was born in Worcester to…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… After a brief period of transitional government Dr Manuel Pinto da Costa, the leader of the Committee for the … the MLSTP became the nations' sole legal…
Indian education in Natal
… at Clare Estate ?both these schools were mission schools. Dr Booth's school in Durban had over 100 pupils.A Mr Vinden?s … girls? school was opened in Durban…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… find that a medical certificate issued by district surgeon Dr Lang was 'unsatisfactory and incomplete, if not a … were found guilty of improper and…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… of the African National Congress over the weekend. Dr. A.B. Xuma urged the African people to re-elect the … Tracing the history of the N.R.C. over recent…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… to the Minister of Foreign Affairs who was, at the time, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma , and requested a diplomatic post, …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… East London and Cape Town as well as some rural areas. Dr. J.S. Moroka was the main speaker at the Johannesburg rally chaired by Dr. Dadoo . In Port…
EventThe Conservative Party is formed
… (CP) was founded in the Skilpadsaal in Pretoria, with Dr Andries Treurnicht as leader. It brought together, in alliance with Dr. Treurnicht and the National…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… Society (WMMS) which had been established in 1813 by Dr Thomas Coke after he arrived from England, for a visit. … with Rev Makgatho that he named his son…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… the first Surveyor-General of the then Colony of Natal, William Stanger. KwaDukuza which incorporates the Town of …
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… This was solidified by a royal charter, granted to William Mackinnon's Imperial British East African Company in …
PlaceElukhanyweni
… of the Amatola Mountains, located some 50km from King William's Town, at the confluence of the Gxulu and Keiskamma …
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… sent to the annual conference of A.N.C. in December by Dr. A.B. Xuma, a former Congress President. It is rather remarkable that Dr. Xuma should have sent…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… along with Chief Albert Luthuli and Dr. Yusuf Dadoo , the ANC’s highest award. Fearing for his …
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… Code of Native Law were well-founded. None other than William Beaumont, Judge of the Supreme Court of Natal, … members of Parliament like Keir Hardie,…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… of South African work that grappled with the local such as William Kentridge’s Ubu Tells the Truth (1997) in …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… On 28 May 1980, two students Bernard Fortuin aged 15 and William Lubbe aged 19 were shot dead from an unmarked police …
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… the attempted murder of the South African Prime Minister, Dr. H. F. Verwoerd at the Milner Park Showgrounds in Johannesburg. On 9 April 1960, Dr Verwoerd…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… one of South Africa leading entrepreneurs and businessmen: Dr Anton Rupert. In the Year 1999, the Museum had been placed … the Collection to: 'L’Ormarins…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… our respective peoples. For African National Congress. Dr. A. B. Xuma, President General. A. W. G. Champion, … Ntlabati, 0. R. Tambo. For South African…
Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
… our respective peoples. For African National Congress. Dr. A. B. Xuma, President General. A. W. G. Champion, … Ntlabati, 0. R. Tambo. For South African…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… the turn to armed resistance in South Africa” 22 March, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd tells the South African Parliament that … Pratt, a White farmer from Natal,…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… system, after it was refined in a new edition in 1966 by Dr. Cornelius Pama, one of the founding members of the … Susanna Celliers, aunt of the poet Jan…
EventSir George Gray, governor of the Cape, lays the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital
… Cape Town. The hospital was established in 1818, after Dr S. Bailey saw the need for a public hospital in Cape Town. Dr. Bailey used his own funds to build…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… Act, and Separate Representation of (Coloured) Voters Act. Dr Moroko reminded South Africans of injustices inflicted by … campaigns since that mounted by…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… African people. They also introduced missionaries such as Dr John Philip of the London Missionary Society. Dr Philip was a humanitarian who was shocked at…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… Art School), Aeneas R Pennacchini (memorial sculptor) and William John McWilliams (architect). Within a month the … in an honorary capacity to design a…