Native Life in South Africa

Sol Plaatje

First published in 1916 and one of South Africa's great political books, Native Life in South Africa was first and foremost a response to the Native's Land Act of 1913, and was written by one of the most gifted and influential writers and journalists of his generation. Sol T. Plaatje provides an account of the origins of this crucially important piece of legislation and a devastating description of its immediate effects.

Table of contents

• Who Is The Author?
• Prologue
• I. A Retrospect
• II. The Grim Struggle Between Right And Wrong, And The Latter Carries The Day
• III. The Natives’ Land Act
• IV. One Night With The Fugitives
• V. Another Night With The Sufferers
• VI. Our Indebtedness To White Women
• VII. Persecution Of Coloured Women In The Orange Free State
• VIII. At Thaba Ncho: A Secretarial Fiasco
• IX. The Fateful 13
• X. Dr. Abdurahman, President Of The A.P.O. - Dr. A. Abdurahman, M.P.C.
• XI. The Natives’ Land Act In Cape Colony
• XII. The Passing Of Cape Ideals
• XIII. Mr. Tengo-Jabavu, The Pioneer Native Pressman
• XIV. The Native Congress And The Union Government
• XV. The Kimberley Congress - The Kimberley Conference
• XVI. The Appeal For Imperial Protection
• XVII. The London Press And The Natives’ Land Act
• XVIII. The P.S.A. And Brotherhoods
• XIX. Armed Natives In The South African War
• XX. The South African Races And The European War
• XXI. Coloured People’s Help Rejected - The Offer Of Assistance By The South African Coloured Races Rejected
• XXII. The South African Boers And The European War
• XXIII. The Boer Rebellion
• XXIV. Piet Grobler
• Epilogue
• Report Of The Lands Commission
• Some Opinions Of The Press On The First Edition