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BiographyRichard Msimang
… the alleged maltreatment of blacks during the SANNC's anti-pass campaign. Msimang appeared before the commission on …
BiographyShirley Gunn
… work while she was still in South Africa. As result of her anti-apartheid activity she was arrested by the security …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… elected as Prime Minister. The (Coloured) Labour Party, (Indian) Reformed Party and Inkatha formed the South African … 1978. 1979 The Wiehahn Commission of…
64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal … Congress rejected the Bill. This document dwells on…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… the left wing or nationalist Block of the Natal Indian Congress . The group developed into a student group of …
BiographyBasil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira
… was born on 4 October 1931, in Signal Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s …
BiographyStrinivasa “Strini” Moodley
… Moodley, a teacher and later Director of the Durban Indian Child Welfare Association. Moodley matriculated from …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… responded by launching the Defiance Campaign and rallying anti-apartheid forces in the country to intensify resistance. … with the ANC Youth League. 25 March…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… the NP began enacting and implementing racially divisive legislation. This was met by strong opposition from the … South African Communist Party (SACP), the…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Victoria on her birthday. August 14, Defends indentured Indian, Chellagadu, charged for absenting from work without … High Commissioner objecting to rigorous…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the Indian … World War II effort) has been a failure mainly…
A new class struggle
… While historians are generally in agreement that the main anti-Indian feeling in South Africa was directed towards the … While people such as Harry Escombe,…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… into organisational structures. 1971 Revival of the Natal Indian Congress in South Africa. 1972 August 11, Dadoo … one of the greatest acts of resistance…
BiographyViacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev
… military engineering, radio communications, artillery, anti-aircrafts, political education, motor mechanics, …
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
… as they are against the Chiefs, the Government, and are anti-White.’ He added that he had ‘reliable information’ that …
BiographyPixie Benjamin
… Pixie Benjamin was a strong anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from …
BiographyRomeo Zamani Makhanya
… history. The property was the site of a former underground anti-apartheid publishing press; a parcel bomb had exploded …
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… during the Black Consciousness era when he participated in anti government student activities under the South African …
BiographyRobert John McBride
… Reconciliation Commission after the full disclosure of his anti-apartheid actions of violence. Mcbride married Paula …
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
… be subordinate to his loyalty to the other. Even staunch anti-communists in the ANC held him in high regard for his …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… mine-owners could lower the wages of all skilled miners. Anti- Indian Legislation Legislation was enacted in order to limit Indian …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… event, a massive stay-away from work was organised and anti-pass demonstrations continued. Prime Minister, Hendrik … groups. Other liberation organisations,…
BiographySipho Gumede
… Sipho Gumede was born in Cato Manor, a then mainly Indian area in Durban. From a young age he showed interest in …
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
… his family, the separation of his family through Apartheid legislation spurred Mamagobo on to fight the injustices of …
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship … to the South African governments…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as … the 1950s. She was one of the organizers…
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
… of Communism Act to its leaders despite their strongly anti-Communist sentiment, and finally by making non-racial … An anti-apartheid activist, member and…
BiographyTraci Mackie
… a missing piece of the puzzle of the death of the revered anti-apartheid activist. Her other career highlights include …
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so … - in principle approved of this reactionary piece of…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… to the ideal of African unions registered under the same legislation as White, Indian and Coloured unions, and the strikes provided another … In the 1980s,…