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EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South Africa, the Indian Congress and the African People Organisation organised … Committee decided that, for the first…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi – published by the Indian government without any attempts at contextualising or … have the right. You, in your wisdom,…
PlaceMadagascar
… Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 450 km (280 mi) east of the coast of … Tananarive). To learn more about Malagasy…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… a small, but almost forgotten museum, rich with the city’s history. Located between the Brixton Cemetery and the Enoch … Africa vulnerable." The museum is…
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… from the north around 100,000 BC. Little is known of the history of the first residents, as there is no written history of the area before it was first…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… and the people of India on behalf of the South African Indian Congress. Carrying the Brown Man's Burden Delegation's … are suspect M.D. Naidoo, Joint…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… enabled them to control the trade in the western Indian Ocean as well as the trade with the African kingdoms … people living there. The Portuguese control of…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… the Black Women's Federation , was formed in 1975. Indian women and resistance in the 1960s Amina Cachalia In the early 1960s the government set up the…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and four years later advised the … schools?. In that year the Government aid…
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … period. 10.Your petitioner is president of the Catholic Indian…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… had to be classified and registered as White, Coloured, Indian/Asiatic or 'Native'. 'Native' was later labelled … National Congress was formed in 1912. The…
61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … was given at emergency conference of the South African Indian…
ArticleHigh Farce in the House
… one NPP MP voting to support military conscription for Indian youth because he could not read Afrikaans, the … Areas Act, the Labour Party opposed the…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… While on Robben Island, Solomon completed a BA in History and Economics through the University of South Africa … for another five years, during which time he…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… Esau. Ferus also awakened Esau's interest in the political history of Worcester and surrounding towns. In 1974 … In 1980 Esau was elected Vice-Chairperson of…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… to India and pressure was exerted by European creditors on Indian merchants to force them into insolvency. At the last stage of the satyagraha in 1913, when…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… about ocean voyages and the littoral zone in the fields of Indian Ocean Studies and Black Atlantic Studies, there is … related to the conference theme. What…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… resonates with a fascinating and grossly un-documented History. Stanger was the site of King Shaka’s Capital, from … an authentic Eastern influence, brought…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… of Shakespeare’s Tempest. Thanks to a range of experts Indian, Mauritian, Caribbean and local adaptations the … around the themes of violence that resonate…
4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … on this estate lodged complaints with the Protector of Indian…
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… marked one of the most important turning points in the history of the Organisation's existence up to that time. The … Passive resistance campaign mounted by…
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 … [Accessed: 23 June 2011] South African…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… of India, Manmohan Singh, And esteemed members of the Indian delegation, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Premier of … anniversary of the beginning of a…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Republic of Congo. To add to this, Portugal, had a long history in the are through its trade and treaties with the … Britain saw its vital trade route…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… and Debi Singh, prominent officials of the South African Indian Congress. Of the ninety-one accused, fifteen had been … after the longest Treason Trial in…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… of Distributive Workers (NUDW), which organised white, Indian and coloured workers (the latter two categories via … employers to hire black women into…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … by anti-Asiatic vigilante groups grew strong after 1902. Indian…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… could lower the wages of all skilled miners. Anti- Indian Legislation Legislation was enacted in order to limit Indian trade and businesses to flourish. In…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the community. A small prize was therefore announced in Indian…