Vernon Shearer | |
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MP for Durban Point | |
In office 1938–1958 | |
Succeeded by | Vause Raw |
Mayor of Durban | |
In office 1964–1966 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Dominion Party (1938-1943) Independent (1943-1948) |
Vernon Shearer was a South African politician. [1]
He was the Member of Parliament for Durban Point.
He later served as Mayor of Durban after leaving parliament. [2] [3]
Two of his grandsons,Robin Smith and Chris Smith played cricket for England. [4]
Fatima Meer was a South African writer,academic,screenwriter,and prominent anti-apartheid activist.
Helen Beatrice Joseph was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Born in Sussex,England,Helen graduated with a degree in English from the University of London in 1927 and then departed for India,where she taught for three years at Mahbubia School for girls in Hyderabad. In about 1930 she left India for England via South Africa. However,she settled in Durban,where she met and married a dentist,Billie Joseph,whom she later divorced.
The Natives Land Act,1913 was an Act of the Parliament of South Africa that was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica:"The Natives’Land Act of 1913 defined less than one-tenth of South Africa as Black “reserves”and prohibited any purchase or lease of land by Blacks outside the reserves. The law also restricted the terms of tenure under which Blacks could live on white-owned farms."
Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority live in and around the city of Durban,making it one of the largest ethnically Indian-populated cities outside of India.
The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was a trade union federation in South Africa.
Sathiseelan Gurilingam "Ronnie" Govender was a South African playwright,theatre director and activist known for his community theatre efforts. He was known as a pioneer of Indian South African theatre in the country. Some of his notable works included Black Chin White Chin,Song of the Atman, and At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories. At the Edge won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book,Africa.
Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy,also known as E. S. Reddy,was an Indian-born diplomat at the United Nations who led the anti-apartheid efforts at the UN's Special Committee Against Apartheid and its Centre Against Apartheid. He also served as director of the UN Trust Fund for South Africa and the Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa. During his time in these roles,he campaigned for economic boycott of the then Government of South Africa,advancing anti-apartheid actions including a combination of economic and social measures. He also lobbied for the release of the imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act,1946 of South Africa sought to confine Asian ownership and occupation of land to certain clearly defined areas of towns. The Act also prohibited Asians from owning or occupying property without a permit when such property had not been owned or occupied by Asians before 1946.
Inanda Seminary School is one of the oldest schools for girls in South Africa. It was founded in 1869 at Inanda,a settlement just over 20 miles (32 km) north of Durban,by Daniel and Lucy Lindley,an American missionary couple.
Durban South Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.
Ruth Segomotsi Mompati was a South African politician and a founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. Mompati was one of the leaders of the Women's March on 9 August 1956.
Sydenham is a suburb west of central Durban,South Africa.
Kesaveloo Goonam,also known as Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (1906–1998) was a South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist. She was also called "Coolie Doctor",which became the title of her 1991 autobiography.
Jan Gerritze Bantjes was a Voortrekker whose exploration of the Natal and subsequent report were the catalyst for mobilising the Great Trek. He was also the author of the treaty between the Zulu king Dingane kaSenzangakhona and the Voortrekkers under Andries Pretorius.
The Beer Hall Boycott of South Africa was a women-led national campaign of boycotting municipal beerhalls. According to the Native Beer Act of 1908 it was illegal for women to brew traditional beer. Police raided homes and destroyed home brewed liquor so that men would use municipal beerhalls. In response,women attacked the beerhalls and destroyed equipment and buildings.
Mayville is an area west of central Durban,South Africa. It has a post office,a police station and primary schools. It has a significant Indian population,who were targeted by the apartheid Group Areas Act.
Benjamin Johnson Langa was a South African activist,poet and brother of Pius Langa,Bheki Langa and Mandla Langa. Ben was assassinated in 1984 as part of the apartheid regime's destabilisation of the ANC;an Mkhonto WeSizwe (MK) commander who was also an apartheid agent instructed two operatives to kill Langa,saying that he had betrayed the movement. The operatives were later hanged for murder by the apartheid regime. Langa's killing and its aftermath have been used to illustrate the danger of accepting without due process accusations of treachery,and by implication,of organisations which enable or condone this.
KwaMakhutha is a township in KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa,located south-west of Durban and means "at the Makhutha location".
Durban Point was a constituency that elected one member to the Parliament of South Africa.
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