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Matabele Wars 1836-1896
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Mar 21, 2011

Matabele Wars 1836-1896

The reign of Mzilikazi Under the leadership of Mzilikazi, the people who came to be called the Ndebele in Zimbabwe (ori...

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Great Trek 1835-1846
Article
Mar 21, 2011

Great Trek 1835-1846

The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land wher...

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Eastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
Article
Mar 21, 2011

Eastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878

The series of clashes historically known as, Frontier Wars date back to 1779 when Xhosa people, Boers, Khoikhoi, San and...

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Convict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
Article
Mar 21, 2011

Convict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony

Early Convict Stations in the Cape Colony

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Article
Mar 21, 2011

Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497

Vasco da Gama carried out 2 expeditions between 1497 and 1502. This feature focuses on the first, as it was during this ...

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Women and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
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Mar 21, 2011

Women and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902

Due to the fact that Black People were detained in separate camps, the issue of Black Concentration Camps is dealt ...

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June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
Article
Mar 21, 2011

June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986

1976 According to the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451...

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Organisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation Struggle
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Mar 21, 2011

Organisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation Struggle

Black Consciousness Movement South African Students Movement The South African Student Organisation (SASO) The Black ...

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African nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
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Mar 21, 2011

African nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924

General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. ...

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South African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Article
Mar 21, 2011

South African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996

Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow th...

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South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
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Mar 21, 2011

South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)

In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist indust...

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African National Congress (ANC)
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Mar 20, 2011

African National Congress (ANC)

The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in power since the transition to demo...

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uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
Article
Mar 20, 2011

uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)

On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The...

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Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)
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Mar 20, 2011

Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)

On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody of security police. The period...

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Cradle of Humankind
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Mar 16, 2011

Cradle of Humankind

The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs The Sterkfontein Valley landscape is i...

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