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History of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to establish an…
HIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from animals to humans, according to a Washington-based study in May 2003…
Indian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1654-1899 1654 Slaves from India and South East Asia are introduced to the Cape. 1820 A number…
Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refugees from war in the…
Indian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
1910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act. Discrimination against Indians – Indians were excluded from receiving…
Indian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to inquire into laws concerning the right of…
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 1930s and 1940s. …
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress …
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 Communism Act. He…
Indian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1960-1969 1960 19 February, Dr Monty Naicker called for strength in resistance, citing the example of…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1970-1979 1970 HA Naidoo passes away while still in exile. 17 February, African Peoples Democratic Union…
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 National Congress …
Indian South Africans timeline 1990-1999
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1990-1999 1990 23 July, Billy Nair was detained following police allegations of an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)…
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 testament to the esteem…
Industrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
1919 The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) is formed in Cape Town after World War I, with a membership of 24. The Industrial and…