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A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… NeverÂtheless the Indian community, particularly in Natal, was undergoing a difficult time. During the 1914-1918 … time certain anti-Indian moves were being…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… of Rand 100 000 per month. 1963 Muslim Judicial Council [Natal] 96 The Muslim community of Natal formed their own Muslim Judicial Council [Natal] with the…
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 …
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…
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…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… 5000 Indian workers had gone on strike in northern Natal. 23 October, Ghandi issues a public statement … union. Among some its leading figures are AWG…
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…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… the municipal workers as well. The ANC hardly existed in Natal. The Natal Province had broken away from the national body to form the Natal ANC under the…
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 …