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Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… Urban Bantu Councils, Coloured Advisory Boards and Indian Affairs Departments it is inconceivable that the … apartheid. Bantu Councils, Bantu Authorities,…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class boycott. … areas, and included students from…
PlaceParliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town
… the Constitution was reformed to allow the Coloured and Indian minorities limited participation in separate and …
PlaceStorms River Mouth Rest Camp
… Where the booming breakers of the Indian Ocean relentlessly pound rocky shores, where temperate …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… was ‘White’ owned, 26% ‘Coloured’ owned and 18% was 'Indian' owned. This meant that P. W. Botha ’s 1966 …
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… one of the few vantage points where both the Atlantic and Indian oceans can be seen. Built from Cape granite quarried …
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… concentration camps, Hobhouse was also concerned with the Indian situation, and reportedly assisted M.K Gandhi in his …
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… who had supported the school boycotts by Coloured and Indian students. They were released on bail the following …
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… primarily composed of affiliated women's groups, African, Indian, Coloured and White political organisations and trade …
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… question: firstly, the political liberation of all the Indian national groups from Imperialism: and secondly, the right of every Indian national group to…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… the kind of politics that was represented by the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). The NIC had been part of the South African Indian Congress which, in the 1950s,…
PlaceHerold's Bay, Gwaing River Valley
… natural landscape between the Gwaing River Valley and the Indian Ocean. The beautiful Coastal Fynbos in and around … natural landscape between the Gwaing…
PlaceBuffalo Bay Beach, Goukamma Nature Reserve
… completely surrounded by waves, the best view of the Indian Ocean is at your doorstep. Holiday activities are …
EventAfrican Mineworkers' strike starts
A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… a column entitled "African Viewpoint" in the Natal paper "Indian Opinion." It is difficult to write at all temperately … unspecified persons or organisations…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the South Indian Congress (SAIC) and the Congress of Democrats (COD). …
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… Passive resistance campaign mounted by the South African Indian Conference (SAIC). In 1952, the young guard in the …
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… The rest were members of UDF-aligned Transvaal or Natal Indian Congress (TIC and NIC).The trial followed an anti-Tri …
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… a boycott of elections in August 1984 of the new Indian and Coloured chambers of Parliament and a 90 days …
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… The new constitution caused a split in the Coloured and Indian communities between those who saw it as a chance for …
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… respectively, while Bhandara Ranchod, a member of the (Indian) House of Delegates, was appointed Minister of …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… Born in the predominantly Indian community of Cato Manor near Durban, Sipho Gumede …
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Britain saw its vital trade route through Egypt and its Indian Empire threatened. Comparison of Africa in the years …
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… leaves South Africa with Maulvi Cachalia , leader of the Indian Congress to attend the Asia-Africa conference 5 in …
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… primarily composed of affiliated women`s groups, African, Indian, "Coloured" and white political organisations, and …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… and Debi Singh, prominent officials of the South African Indian Congress. Of the ninety-one accused, fifteen had been …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… CPSA, African National Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress (SAIC) passed a resolution to hold a strike … for “nationwide action” between all…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… the government set up semi-urban townships for Black, Indian and Coloured population groups. With the establishment … It became a source of resentment to the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… in 'Unit 2 of Chatsworth, Durban. At the beginning, some Indian residents of Chatsworth objected to the Zanzibaris being settled in an Indian area but…
Apdusa Views
… forms; the unity of all the oppressed African Coloured and Indian people; the policy of Numbern-collaboration which …