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Mar 31, 2011

Bambatha Rebellion 1906 bibliography

References Gillings, K.G. (1989). "The Bambata rebellion of 1906: Nkandla operations and the Battle of Mome Gor...

The Bambatha Rebellion begins
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Mar 31, 2011

The Bambatha Rebellion begins

The first sign of open resistance against payment of the tax came when a magistrate called A.W. Leslie went to collect t...

Events leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
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Mar 31, 2011

Events leading to the Bambatha Rebellion

In 1887 Zululand was annexed by the colony of Natal and the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable land. T...

Aftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
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Mar 31, 2011

Aftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906

The Bambatha Rebellion claimed the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,00...

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Mar 31, 2011

Biographies of Trade Union Activists

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Mar 31, 2011

A selection of documents related to the Defiance Campaign

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Mar 31, 2011

Second Matabele War

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Mar 31, 2011

A F R I C A N T R E K S

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Mar 31, 2011

The Dutch and the Khoisan

The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or Dutch East India Company came into being on 20 March 1602 and is seen as ...

Treks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
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Mar 31, 2011

Treks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966

1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into being. 1652 Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of the...

The Basotho
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Mar 31, 2011

The Basotho

In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the...

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Mar 31, 2011

Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy

DOCUMENT 37. "Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting." Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969 F...

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Mar 31, 2011

Gallery

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Significance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
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Mar 31, 2011

Significance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter

The campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter was the climax to a decade or so of multifaceted and...

The Freedom Charter
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Mar 31, 2011

The Freedom Charter

Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on 26 June 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our co...

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