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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…
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 … Riotous Assemblies Act and warned to…
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 …
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 …
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… and political arrangements. The truth is always concrete. 1. The National Question: General Considerations According to … question: firstly, the political…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… of key features of political resistance during the 1980s. 1. The Soweto uprising and banning of SASO and other Black … the kind of politics that was…
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
… force. According to official figures, nine were killed and 1 248 injured. Fifty-one persons, mainly Communists, were …
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
… reshuffled the cabinet. This was to come into effect on 1 April 1993. He reduced it in size and for the first time … respectively, while Bhandara Ranchod, a…
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
… it was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. 1952 1 June, Despite being banned by the government, Kotane … leaves South Africa with Maulvi Cachalia …
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 … covered by the original indictment …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. … CPSA, African National Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress …
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 …