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EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… On this day, Allen Kwela was born in Kwazulu Natal. He was exposed to Western and traditional African …
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… Funeral arrangements will be announced later. ANC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Executive Committee Contact Dumisani Makhaye …
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… Marsha Marescia Cox was born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 13 January 1983. She is a South African hockey …
EventManto Tshabalala - Msimang, controversial minister of health, is born
… was born at Emfume south coast of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Tshabalala-Msimang matriculated at Inanda Seminary …
EventMac Maharaj is born
… elected government in 1994, was born in Newcastle, Natal. As minister he formulated a new policy and …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… of the visiting delegation. Shariff was born in Verulam, Natal and began fighting against apartheid from an early age. …
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… of which forty-seven were in the troubled KwaZulu-Natal province. Further Reading: South African Human Rights …
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… clergyman and headmaster, was born in Mbulwana, Ladysmith, Natal. Molefe was one of the first black Presbyterian …
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… and Bridglal Pachai Vendenayagum Lawrence petitioned the Natal Governor on 3 August 1907 for exemption from such laws … of class, caste or creed. Source: G.H…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… and suffered bouts of asthma. His family sent him to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older brother in the …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… confined him to the magisterial district of Lower Tugela, Natal. He was to report frequently to the SA Police in the …
EventPretoria receives city status
… Republic of the Orange Free State), the Cape Colony and Natal Colony. Thirty years later, in 1961, when the Union of …
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… The premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr L. Mtshali, welcomed guests at the opening of Ncome … (1999), WELCOMING ADDRESS BY THE PREMIER OF KWAZULU-NATAL , from South…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party resurfaced in KwaZulu Natal in the late 90's. In order to prevent open hostilities … Political Violence and Vigilante…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… include being appointed the first Chancellor of KwaZulu-Natal University (UKZN) in 2005. Prior to her return from …
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
… African politics and are particularly strong in KwaZulu-Natal. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) , formed in 1975 by … ANC, however, which has gained the upper…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… Sugar farming grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced … Shamim Marie. Divide and profit: Indian workers…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… to South Africa soon thereafter for service on the Natal Government Railway. It is the oldest working steam …
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… was captured in Cedara, a small town near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, shortly after his return to South Africa on completing …
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
… known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated in kwazulu/Natal. It was changed to National Heritage Day in 2004 when a …
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… Campaign, led by Yusuf Dadoo (TIC) and G.M Naicker (Natal Indian Congress), began in protest of the Asiatic Land …
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… South Africa (Transvaal, the former ZAR, the Free State, Natal and the Cape) the latter was the only one where …
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… independent of the harbours of the British Colonies, Natal and Cape. After discovery of the main gold reef on the …
EventThe South African government is to grant self-government to KaNgwane
… in June 1982, claiming to restore Ingwavuma, in then-named Natal, to South African jurisdiction, was null and void since …
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… was captured in Cedara, a small town near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, shortly after his return to South Africa on completing …
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… mostly on events that were taking place in the Cape and Natal as well as landscapes. Bowler began teaching art to …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
… extension of British power in the Cape, Eastern Cape and Natal contributed to the pattern of state formations in South …
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… and Coloured populations (Marquard, 1969: 163). Trouble in Natal - Group Areas. October, 1959. The Drum Archive / … areas for Whites in provinces of the Cape…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… committee discussed future strategy. He also travelled to Natal, disguised as a chaffeur, to report back on the … 17 months after going underground, near…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… is * Two Indian representatives are to be elected to the Natal Provincial Council to represent 228 119 Indians; * … Addressing the members of the Durban…