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BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
The history of Queen Njinga (or Nzinga) of Ndongo/Matamba is contested. Portuguese colonial historians and missionaries would emphasise her conversion to…
Archive1000s children live on the street: why?
Stamp of Molo Songololo Community House, Salt River. Multicoloured poster. Artwork of children playing and sleeping in the streets.
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… factions over who was going to rule continued into the 1800s, further eroding the legitimacy and power of the kings … changes to happen in the Kingdom of…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… into what is now Zimbabwe. It is likely that by the mid 1800s the small settlement on Melville Koppies was abandoned. … one - now vandalised - possibly still…
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
The Government of the Republic of South Africa announced in Parliament that 18,000 people had been arrested and detained since the declaration of the State of…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… education on a sustained basis until the 1790s. Before the 1800s, Cape Town had no newspapers. A library, bequeathed by …
Sketch map of Pondoland and the Transkeian Territories in the 1880s
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… 1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of …
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1858 at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor …
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… the Batavian Republic from British invasion in the early 1800s and the Battle of Muizenberg in 1795. They also played …
Africa Since 1800: Fifth Edition by Roland Oliver and Anthony Atmore
BiographyChief Kgosi Sekonyela
Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… lived in the east of Pretoria in the late 1700s or early 1800s. [vi] A second theory argues that the name stems from …
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… mainly executed through forced prison labour. By the late 1800s, the idea of imprisonment shifted with the aim to …
BiographyChief Sekonyela
Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
Parts of it have been referred to as the "Imperial Ghetto" (Badsha: 2001) or the "Duchene" and "Casbah" (Hassim: 2009) or simply "town" by the many who have…
The Peoples's Hospital: A History of McCords, Durban, 1890s–1970s by Julie Parle and Vanessa Noble
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… the feature on the pass laws in South Africa from the 1800s – 1900s. … South African History Online, ‘Pass Laws in South Africa 1800s ”“ 1900s’ ,From: South…
BiographyMweli Skota
Mweli Skota was born in Kimberley in the 1880s and attended school there. He worked at various times as a clerk, journalist, court interpreter, and independent…
BiographyPambani Jeremiah Mzimba
Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba was born in the 1850s at Ngqakayi in the Eastern Cape. His father, Ntibane Mzimba, was educated in Lovedale and became a deacon in the…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… 27 February 1917. [1] Russia before the Revolution By the 1800s a number of countries in Western Europe had already …
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… most likely arrived with the iMfecane during the mid 1800s, fleeing from the wave of Shaka Zulu's territorial …
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… the Waterfront and Green Point. In the 1700 and 1800s, the authorities used this extensive area as a burial …
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… Molokwane, Kaditshwene and Dithakong, which in the early 1800s housed 10 000 people or more. Early travelers to South …
BiographyAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo
Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe…
BiographyEdward Clark Churchill Mace
Edward Clark Churchill Mace was born in Leicester, England, 1863. He emigrated to Australia when he was eighteen and made a fortune from mining. Rendered…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… and has been a favourite picnic spot since the late 1800s. The botanical garden was started in July 1982 and is … has been used for recreational purposes…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from December…