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Chapter 11. Court Cases - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… I could go elsewhere. Then, he asked me the extraordinary question: "Sachs, did I give you a fair trial?" was not prepared to answer this question in the…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… groups. Other liberation organisations, such as the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), were not banned. These were …
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… Act of 1950. The four groups were White, Coloured, Indian and Black. Using these categories, the apartheid …
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, former president of the South African Indian Congress and J. Kozonguisi of the South African United …
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… African Communist Party (SACP), the ANC, South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Coloured …
EventThe first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg
… in small towns throughout the country, for example, where Indian traders had set up general stores. Despite this, OK …
EventNatal Law society apologises to Gandhi
… Natal Law Society opposed his application because he was Indian. The president of the Natal Law Society, David …
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… according to race. Gandhi was practising as a young Indian lawyer in South Africa at the time, and this event …
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… Hospital Medical College. In 1881 he joined the Indian medical service and visited Madras, Burma and Andaman …
Archive1996 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 1996
… As we enter these areas in a decisive manner, the question will arise, over and over again, whether we can … a smile in his or her face, when we pose to…
PlaceMogwase, Bojanala Region
… has a predominantly Black African population, with fewer Indian, Coloured and White groups, mostly residing in Sun …
PlaceSutelong a township in the West of Mortele, Pretoria
… African people are 4,044 making up 99.85% of population. Indian or Asian are 5 people. White is 1 person. (This was …
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… reckoning the determining factor in social change. The question of race and colour, racialism and colour prejudice, … movement. The only honest way of…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… held a special session on 2 August 1992 to deal with the question of violence in South Africa. The UN adopted special … their release. Botha responded by…
PlaceLimietberg Nature Reserve, Paarl
… pull yourself up to the top and it is here that I began to question my fear of heights. Once we reached the waterfall, …
ArticleThe Western Front
… successfully beaten back by a joint force of British and Indian armies. Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 – 13 March 1915: …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… German offensive at Verdun. 29 April 13 000 British and Indian soldiers surrender to the Turks in the five month …
47. The assault on Gandhi
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal … which appeared originally in the Gujarati section of…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… with Africa, after everything that has happened. That question was asked repeatedly in this debate, and outside … and voted against South Africa whatever the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… first time in 1946 regarding the treatment of people of Indian origin living in South Africa. In 1952 apartheid was again raised, this time in connection…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
Anton Fransch was born and raised in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. He was the second youngest of 7 siblings. He attended Modderdam High School and joined Cosas …
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… issue any thought and was rather taken aback that I should question a suggestion that had come from the ANC, but since I … the August 2016 local government…
Address on disturbances in Bloemfontein location, by I. J. Nthatisi, March 4, 1919
… mode of governing the people. "With regard to the burning question of the increase of wages, we beg to thank you from … is over they feel it is time that…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs' (CAD)
… its head. "Coloured" South Africans, along the black and Indian population, waged a long battle to have their …
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… these parts, often addressing the plight of the indentured Indian and African labourers. I was happy to hear that the graves of indentured Indian and African…
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
… national hero whose name was a household word among the Indian community. I faintly realised in those early days the … visitors of the day. We had come to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… fundamental transformation of South Africa, the principal question that faces us now, that confronts all the people of … This year we must focus our…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… they could only do by controlling the Griqua. The land question was the core of the problem, as it was for all the … pledged to friendship" with the British…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… protest against the importation of Chinese workers. 1911: Indian plantation workers went on strike over working … number of hours they were expected to work…
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… art, international printmaking and Oriental art (including Indian miniatures and Chinese textiles). The the Arts Hall … art, international printmaking and…