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PlaceDelgoa Bay Now Known as Maputo Bay, Mozambique
… as an outlet for ivory and slaves, as a way station for Indian Ocean trade, and as an avenue of approach to South …
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… Paton, Mr. P. R. Pather, President of the South African Indian Organisation, Dr. Naicker, President of the S.A.I.C. … J. N. Singh, banned Vice President of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
… February 1947 I have received a cablegram from the Natal Indian Congress which says that the Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress, the Coloured People's…
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… Not at all. There has never been a moment in the history of South Africa since 1652 in which the white ruling … nor to internationalism. The Role of the…
ArchiveSCANC Newsletter No 3
… PDF youth interview and the consription of Coloured and Indian men into the SADF. …
ArchiveAn approach to the Democratic party
… and its decision over participation in the coloured and Indian houses remains an explosive situation. Incomplete …
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… of the Tricameral Parliament gave Coloured and Indian minorities a limited say in running their own … Omar Badsha attended a meeting of the TIC (Transvaal…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… also a land of violence and of fierce race hatred, with a history marked by a succession of bitter conflicts. Most … adopted a more liberal policy towards…
ArchiveBrothers and sisters of Chatsworth
… The flyer is aimed at the residents of Chatsworth, an Indian residential suburb in Durban and discusses the bus …
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The … movements that there were among the Bantu (I.C…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… as a hundred years. The black race pharaohs in Egyptian history were actually Nubian or Sudanese kings. The two … East Africa. This information was useful…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… Prehistory of the Region Pre-history of Southern Africa Africans who worked with copper … pottery characterised early Fokeng settlements ( see pre-history of…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… struggle and are imbued with historical significance. The history of this constitutional development spans nine decades … in South Africa: black, or African,…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 2: Sou
… Notes on the papers; Preface: what is a minority group?; Indian people: current trends and politics; The Afrikaner: …
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President’s Council fails
… changes which would allow for a role for both Indian and Coloured people in parliament but which still …
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… now has become a melting pot of: African; European and Indian Cultures . After Dingane was replaced by his brother … harvest and the hum of tractors lies a…
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India', and 'Admiral of the Indian Sea', with the rank of Dom, and many other rewards. … Prehistory to the year 2000,…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
… With its pristine Coastlines, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With … Riviersonderend Mountains in the North;…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… The Portuguese are eager to control trade around the Indian Ocean. ) Vasco da Gama. Image source 16th century The … fast, but is delayed in Tsavo. Two lions…
EventThe Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed
… four different racial groups, White, Black, Coloured and Indian. The Act was repealed by the Population Registration … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
The President’s Council, mandated to consider South Africa’s constitutional future, releases its final report.
… Parliament representing the White, Coloured and Indian communities, and a division between national and … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… questions are still unanswered because there is no written history from the inhabitants of the kingdom, and because its oral history seems to have…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA's first Executive President
South Africa's Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… been called to commemorate two significant events in the history of the peoples of Great Britain, Portugal and Africa. … is the frontier zone stretching…
ArchiveNon-Central Government structures in South Africa today
… 1988 in Lusaka. Examines local government for Africans, Indian, Coloured and White local government, regional …
EventThe Western Desert Force is upgraded
… Troops included South African, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, Free French, and Polish soldiers. World War II … Body-Evans A. ‘This Day in African History:…
Place'Angra das Vaccas', Mossel Bay
… Inlet on the Coast of the Indian Ocean, South-West of Mossel Bay. Old name for …
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… in time, which archaeologists can study to understand our history. Ships have had an immeasurable impact on how we live … ships is important when trying to…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… by armed police contingents. Amongst the Coloured and Indian people there have been more signs of growing … African people. Solidarity with their African…
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… re-enfranchise the Coloured population and enfranchise the Indian population. The Constitution provided for three … community and the third was the House of…