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… 2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest … to the two year passive resistance campaign from 1946 to 1948 when several thousand Indians courted arrest. Despite …

… with and resistance to apartheid. Calls were made by the Indian Congress to reject the plans of the newly elected … on their previous lot. After the National Party won the 1948 election on an apartheid ticket, the government moved … only by Indians. The government at first offered the community the area today known as Robertsham, about 10km from …

… shortage forced White settlers in Natal to plead to the Indian Government to send its citizens to work in their cane … the unrelenting vitriol of a largely rabid White racist community, through sheer sacrifice and perseverance, they … to wane. The Joint Council of the PRC decided on 9 January 1948 to change its tactics. It resolved to contravene the …

… taken to mean, “ enforced separation of racial groups in a community … the state of being segregated “. On another … and social fabric and experience of black, Coloured, Indian and white people in South Africa. The South African … The Young Committee in 1939 and the Fagan Commission in 1948, like the Holloway Commission, were critical of migrant …

… A OPEN LETTER TO THE INDIAN COMMUNITY …

… 1948 26 May,  DF Malan 's National Party government follows … executives of the African National Congress, South African Indian Congress , African People's Organisation, ANC Youth … There is no place for him (the Bantu) in the European community above the level of certain forms of labour . 23 …

… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and … apartheid (separateness) measures against Blacks, Indian immigrants and those of mixed race. 1949 October 6 , … the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) , and the provincial branch of the …

… role in World War II, see our Grade 12 lesson, 1924-1948: South Africa's Foreign Relations. Post-war problems The … of Ida Mntwana . Apart from the ANC Women's League, other community-based organisations like the Alexandra Women's … was unable to implement its envisaged fare hike. The 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign Dr GM Naicker, President …

… Control: 1910 - 1948 …

… CPSA’s offices, and private houses of members of the Natal Indian Congress, the Guardian and the Springbok Legion in … evidence to back its accusations. Consequently, in May 1948 the case was dismissed as charges were withdrawn by the … The Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948 …

… 1940 - 1948 1942 August 9, Gandhi is arrested in the early hours of … Unity. Broke fast at 9.15 p.m. on September 4. 1948 January 13, Gandhi, started fast after first meal. Broke … Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1940-1948 …

… Kingdom and the simultaneous movement into the city of Indian workers who had completed their indenture on Natal sugar plantations ( see Indian feature ), the first shack settlements began to be … settled in areas like Cato Manor. In Cato Manor the Zulu community was renting land from the Indian market gardeners. …

… The title is under construction. Community histories on Sotho, Venda, Ndebele and Indian people in the Polokwane region will be added. Please use the contribute link to post a community story The Community histories in … Community histories of Polokwane …

… the present Piketberg, founded the most vigorous mixed community. According to one tradition, Adam Kok married the … River. Some Griqua raided the Tlhaping, a Tswana speaking community, while others obtained cattle from them which was … a Boer accused of ill-treating his people, and the trekker community tried to take over his entire territory. A British …

… South African government needed to rely on the external community for certain products and as a market for South … Initial opposition to South Africa’s racial policies In 1948 apartheid was introduced in South Africa in a post-World … first time in 1946 regarding the treatment of people of Indian origin living in South Africa. In 1952 apartheid was …

… Afrikaans Community (1838-1899) The First White Inhabitants It is … accelerated as a result of this phenomenon. At least one Indian, Bhyat, was not only a very successful business man in … Rosenthal, E. (1979) Rustenburg Romance . Perskor. Indian Community From bondage to freedom - The 150th …

… In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began … proposed. With the Defiance Campaign dying out, the ANC, Indian National Congress, Coloured People’s Organisation and … ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s …

… – Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand , founder of the Natal Indian Congress and father of India’s independence, set up … Durban Historical & community …

… popular protests that erupted across South Africa between 1948 and 1960, showing that they were largely responses to … and Moses Kotane and Yusuf Dadoo of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). Marks, a resident of Newclare, was … this happened in the middle of forced removals of the community to Soweto. At the time of the boycott the process …

… Total strategy 1948-1989: A statistical summary …

… Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1869-1948 …

… 1948-City Hall barred to PRC …

… station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh vegetables and fill their … Paarl and Wellington). The French injection in the white community amounts to about 15% of the cultural group known as … houses and several taverns. Smallpox almost decimated the community in 1713, 1755 and 1767, but at the end of the …

… the BCM subsequently developed a number of political and community organisations to widen the struggle and mobilise supporters from the wider black community. One such organisation, founded in January 1972 … some sources report that it began in 1971), was Black Community Programmes (BCP), which focused on community …

… to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa  The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our larger feature on the … of the Indian indentured labourers and the birth of this community in South Africa. We are using this to launch and …

… is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "passenger" Indians … campaigns of 1908 and 1913 a large section of the Indian community demonstrated its willingness to participate in … TIC jointly led a passive resistance campaign from 1946 to 1948 in which nearly 2,000 men and women went to prison in …

… The Community Arts Project (CAP) was established in Cape Town in … of Cape Town’s cultural life during apartheid. Like other community art centres, CAP was open to the public and … Community Arts Project (CAP) …

… The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be … 1913. During these campaigns a large section of the Indian community demonstrated its willingness to participate in … umbrella organization name, the SAIC. In September 1948, Dr. Naicker was elected as President of the SAIC and in …

… Grassroots Community Newspaper …

… the wave of anti-Apartheid sentiment within the student community. When the language of Afrikaans alongside English … to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly (1948) evolving apartheid society. Education was viewed as a … now effectively separated from white schooling. The 1965 Indian Education Act was passed to separate and control …