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ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… varying degrees by the teachings of Marcus Garvey, a West Indian who had moved to the United States during the First … adopted Garveyism, which quickly…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… administrator Alfred Milner followed by the discriminatory legislation enacted by the Union of South Africa engendered … the White minority over Native …
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 July 1980. Beachwood Mangroves Nature … as it completes its terrestrial course and…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… now effectively separated from white schooling. The 1965 Indian Education Act was passed to separate and control Indian education, which was placed under the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… The 1946 Campaign was seminal in the gestation of the anti-apartheid front, at home and abroad. it was the … Laws Campaign, organised jointly by the South…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… ‘grey areas’ were beginning to emerge, where African, Indian and Coloured people took up residence in formerly … were Afrikaans speakers. The appeal of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… by law. [9] This enabled the Union of South Africa to pass legislation that gave 93% of the country, with its rich … while forcing Africans into servitude…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… under the leadership of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). Events leading up to the Defiance … as the stricter application of existing…
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…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Royal Visit - 1947
… outlined the attitude of the Congress. He said that the Indian community had no personal grievance against His … was set alight. Dr K. Goonam, Vice-president…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… dissolved, the one that endured in spite of the new labour legislation of the 1920s was the Non-European Trade Union … and more than 1,000 were convicted in…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… government’s rule for 46 years were racially divisive legislation, and sheer brute force. The period from the 1960s … imprison those who fought against its…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… those who called for support of the war and those who were anti-war. At its annual conference in East London in January … African National Congress (ANC) …
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… Thus was born pan-African (in the broad sense) anti-colonialism under the aegis of Federation des Etudiants … have been listening. We contextualise and…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… mines. The migrant labour system is the evidence of how legislation was used to the benefit of mining magnates and … Migrant Labour later replaced it in 1947…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… music, arts Introduction Due to the numerous segregation legislation and grievances that affected South Africa during … affiliation with organisations such…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… of South Africans classified 'Coloured' and ' Indian ' but excluded Blacks. Blacks were seen to have … (Coloured representatives) The House of Delegates …
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… ‘White’ areas subject to a permit system which Apartheid legislation subsequently extended into the now-infamous … the implementation of racially-motivated…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… additional powers and responsibilities by other national legislation. Since its inauguration on 2 October 1995, the … Rights Commission has the powers, as…
Bloemfontein - segregation in education
… in the early years of the Free State. However, in 1895, legislation was introduced which made education compulsory. The legislation was later expanded so…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class boycott. … prepared them to become cheap black…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… that Mr. Kajee had betrayed the interests of the Indian community when he suggested the withdrawal of economic … here, and under these circumstances, the…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… country estates. The landowners leased and sold plots to Indian market gardeners, among themformer indentured … from labour contracts on the sugar…
The strangulation of activity
… was one of the measures imposed in a spate of restrictive legislation following the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March, … of the ANC, Coloured People's…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… people. Cas spearheaded the formation of the Johannesburg Indian Social Welfare Association (JISWA), and served as its … Under the banner of the revived…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid activist Professor William Tilden McClain … the University of London. Initially he was going…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… not happen suddenly. It was the end of a long process of anti-Semitism and the belief in the pseudo-science of … The Nazis used propaganda and terror to…
ArticlePondoland
… area is situated on the South African coast of the Indian Ocean , in the Eastern Cape Province. The boundaries …
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… of segregation placed an inhumane burden on African, Indian, and Couloured people of South Africa. The government … much of the praise missed one critical…