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Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… revolutionary pact, signed on behalf of the ANC, the Natal Indian Congress and the Transvaal Indian Congress, was a step towards the achievement and … after…
ArchiveAir India - immigrant labour
… of immigrants. Advertisement for Air India showing Indian woman dressed in sari. Contrast photograph of an Indian woman cleaner at Heathrow Airport in London…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so … was the turn of the African, today it is the turn of…
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so … was the turn of the African, today it is the turn of…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… with the ANC Youth League. 25 March, The ANC and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) hold a ‘Defend Free Speech’ convention … is attended by the representatives…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … was not influencing by false statements and pretences any…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… passionate about folk music traditions as well as the history and culture of the Zulu nation , which explains his …
EventHashim Amla retires from international cricket
… first of these was becoming the first South African of Indian descent to represent South Africa on the international … and a role-model off-field. End notes …
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… racism. While writing this collection, Serote studied the history of racism and oppression around the world. “I was … joy and peace [14] Serote described…
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… Klaarwater and St.Wendelin’s proclaimed, as an Area for Indian people. Land between the River and Pinetown, was … the East of St. Wendolins was proclaimed…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… of the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for … of the African National Congress and the…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the NIHSS, … forward to help us develop a more complex picture of the history of the groups and…
EventSmuts refuses call to postpone Anti
… During the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a … to postpone the legislation on the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… A Day of Prayer, called by Natal Indian Congress (NIC) , was widely observed. Indian businesses were closed at 1pm, and many Indians took a … SAHO, General…
SAAAH Conferences
… Carman Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history Dr Karl Koperski …
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… varying degrees by the teachings of Marcus Garvey, a West Indian who had moved to the United States during the First …
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… of Faure, Caledon, Rawsonville and Bains Kloof. The history of the Mazaars starts with the Dutch invasion of … leaders were banished to the Cape. Citizens…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… the White minority over Native (African), Asiatic (mostly Indian) and 'Coloured and other mixed races'. This Act … Act was passed on June 14 1913. The Act…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… or the Freedom Charter was written. The South African Indian Congress described the Congress of the People “as of … the event would be the most significant…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… anti-Semitism, and discrimination. The millennia-long history of “social isolation, curtailment of opportunities, … Photograph by Eli Weinberg. Permission:…
PlaceKingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban
… Stadium is within walking distance from Durban’s famous Indian Ocean coastline and is the home ground of the 'Sunfoil … when England had to catch the boat…
ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… and others who had left the NEUM and formed the Transvaal Indian and Coloured Teachers Association held regular … Johannesburg. This had been set up by the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… Government Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, commenting on the Indian policy of the South African Government, said in New … The struggle in South Africa is, however,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… the African National Congress (ANC) and the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) jointly organised a 'Defend Free Speech … son, Makgatho, was born. The ANC and…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… for many students was their encounter with South African history in the form of racially biased textbooks. Several … of written works cover topics such as…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… organizations or nationalist movements such as the Indian and African National Congresses or those formed by … Africa”.12 They said this despite the fact…
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… daughter of Moosa Meer who was the editor and publisher of Indian Views a weekly publication aimed at the … children in her family. She attended school at…
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… This was the first Indian High School and Teachers Training College, built in … V.S. Srinivasa Sastri , who was appointed as Agent of the Indian Government ,…
Statement In Court By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. G. M. Naicker, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948
… to the Court that the said Minute which deems the entire Indian community on economic grounds to be unsuited to the … the then Minister exceeded his powers…