Connections
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
18 TOPICS
- Timeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
- The Natives Land Act of 1913Introduction The history of White colonial land dispossession did not begin with the…
- List of Laws on Land Dispossession and SegregationLegal instruments through legislation, resolutions, proclamations and ordinances played a…
- Timeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was…
- Timeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
- The Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953Traditional authorities were indispensable in the application of the provisions in the…
- Urban Removals - the Destruction of SophiatownIntroduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to…
- Forced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
- PondolandIntroduction. Pondoland is the traditional area of the Pondo people, one of the Xhosa…
- The Group Areas Act of 1950The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This …
- District Six is Declared a ‘White Area’ “District Six is a blot which the government has cleaned up and will continue to clear up…
- How the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape TownThe cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far…
- Cradle of HumankindThe Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and EnvironsThe…
- South Africa’s World heritage sitesA World Heritage Site is declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…
- History of South African National Orders and AwardsThe birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa necessitated a…
- Defining culture, heritage and identityWhat is heritage and identity? Questions of heritage and identity are not as…
- South African National Symbols and HeritageThis feature highlights aspects of South African Heritage and symbols of South Africa. …
- South Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic HeritageIntroduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that…