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Natal Indian Association (NIA)
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Sep 06, 2018

Natal Indian Association (NIA)

The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers In...

Kingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
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May 18, 2016

Kingdom of Kongo 1390–1914

The Kingdom of Kongo was a large kingdom in the western part of central Africa. The name comes from the fact that the fo...

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline
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Sep 22, 2014

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline

The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African communist movement. Starti...

Indian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
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Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1960-1969

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1960-1969 1960 19 February, Dr Monty Naicker called for strength in resistance, ci...

Cradle of Humankind
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Mar 16, 2011

Cradle of Humankind

The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs The Sterkfontein Valley landscape is i...

Indian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
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Jan 18, 2019

Indian South Africans timeline 1930-1939

1930 The Durban Municipality was a major employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through the...

European missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
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Mar 22, 2011

European missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries

European missionaries to southern Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role...

Indian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
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Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1920-1929

1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to inquire into laws concer...

The Empty Land Myth
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Apr 09, 2015

The Empty Land Myth

 

Indian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
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Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919

1910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act. Discrimination against Indians – Indians were excl...

A history of Indians in South Africa Timeline: 1654-2008
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Mar 21, 2011

A history of Indians in South Africa Timeline: 1654-2008

This is a collection of timelines of Indians in South Africa  from 1654 until 2008.

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Apr 04, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 2000s

Indian South Africans Timeline: 2000 2008 16 November, Billy Nair is given a given a state funeral in Durban, a testam...

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Mar 31, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1990-1999

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1990-1999 1990 23 July, Billy Nair was detained following police allegations of an uMk...

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Mar 31, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1980-1989 1980 Kay Moonsamy was sent to India to replace Mosie Moolla, as the African ...

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Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1970-1979 1970 HA Naidoo passes away while still in exile. 17 February, African Peopl...

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Apr 04, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal ...

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Apr 03, 2011

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919

1910 February 26, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi supports the African Peoples’ Organisation (APO) resolution to...

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Mar 31, 2011

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909

1902 At the cessation of hostilities, Sir Alfred Milner, the former British High Commissioner and Governor of the Ca...

Grade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
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Jan 26, 2012

Grade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt

 

The Order of Mapungubwe
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Apr 03, 2011

The Order of Mapungubwe

This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, musi...

South African Indian Congress (SAIC)
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Mar 30, 2011

South African Indian Congress (SAIC)

The period 1860-1923 is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "...

Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe
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Mar 22, 2011

Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe

Landing page content This topic provides a brief introductory overview of the settlements in the Limpopo Valley before ...

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Apr 04, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat, a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of C...