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BiographyJoão Albasini
João Albasini was born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 June 1813. Beside the fact that his father was a sea captain, little is known about young Albasini’s youth. In…
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
Leo Linda Sihlali was born on 9 September 1915 in Butterworth. He went to primary school in Tarkastad where his mother worked as a teacher. On completion he…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… resistance against the JBM Hertzog’s draft bills – the Natives Trust and Land Bill, which sought to limit Black … of land outside the reserves; and the…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… impractical. In Smuts’ own words: “The idea that the Natives must all be removed and confined in their own kraals …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… unsuccessful. Nonetheless, this did not deter him, as his failure proved to be the motivation he needed to ensure that …
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… named Porto Seguro (the present Baia Cabralia). As the natives proved friendly and attractive, the Portuguese went …
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida was born in Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923,he was one of seven children in a rural family that was later…
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… for Africans was extended by the 1936 Representation of Natives Act. The Durban Land Alienation Ordinance, No 14 of … it was not needed. Industrial…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… we have already settled it. The Whites are against the natives as two against one.’ Later years After gold was …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… factions in the Transvaal. However, the meeting ends in failure. NB. February, The decision of the Natal Indian … African Convention (AAC) special session…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… The Thornton Commission castigates the Council for its failure to provide housing for Indians. The Commission found … British Royal family during their visit…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947 16 The Joint Passive Resistance Council of the Natal and … Africa's racial policies. She was…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… them from buying land in prescribed areas were passed. The Natives Land Act, Urban Areas Act,The Native Trust and Land … was to investigate the 'status and…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… up most of Gumede’s time. Unfortunately, following the failure of the African deputation to England in 1909, Iliso … liberal whites. Not surprisingly, the…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… factions in the Transvaal. However, the meeting ends in failure. February, The decision of the Natal Indian … I.B. Tabata , at the AAC’s conference,…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… Africa of creating parallel institutions... giving the natives their own separate institutions on parallel lines … site-and-service schemes in Moroka and…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… creation of new administrative bodies (such as the 1953 Natives Resettlement Board) and new laws (such as the 1954 … all non-Whites from Sophiatown, a…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… hectares was given to white farmers over four years. Natives Land Act (No: 27) 1913 The Natives Land Act was passed on 19 June 1913. The Act’s most … Black…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… plus the President General of the ANC, members of the Natives Representative Council, and chiefs from several areas … the shifts going down for their normal…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… Street, to be used for the purpose of granting permits for Natives leaving the District. A building composed of wood and … and allow for possible future…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… agitation of resistance photographers. As late as 1947 Leveson introduced his exhibit "Meet the Bantu: A Story … Life," "Photographs of Native Life A Camera…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… political activities in Mozambique and South Africa. In 1947, he was deported from the United States to Greece, which … “the idea of Mozambique’s…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission in the then…
Chapter 13
… are serious symptoms of mounting discontent among the Natives. The Bantu people are not only losing patience with … unequivocally, that the experiÂment has…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… Territories Act No 46 of 1959. The Representation of Natives Act No 16 of 1936 The Bills proposed by General Barry … and Bantu Trust and Land Act) and the…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… in the application of the provisions in the 1913 Natives Land Act in areas of rural South Africa designated as … were appointed. The impact of and reaction…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… met a property-ownership qualification. Blacks saw the failure to grant the franchise to them, coming on the heels … over Black people. The most important…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… met a property-ownership qualification. Blacks saw the failure to grant the franchise to them, coming on the heels … over Black people. The most important…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… many (including himself), “regard the introduction of our Natives to the social conditions of Europe with the greatest … high, with barbed wire running along…