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ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… it had on historical events. At the time of their rule, colonial forces were at work fragmenting Xhosa society for … of leadership juxtapositioned with the…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… is inherited through kinship ties. During the pre-colonial era for one to assume the leadership position one … Black African communities. For example, during…
Gallery
… The struggle for freedom and equality has its roots in the colonial period, but the South African struggle for women’s … influenced by women’s roles in local…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial authorities 1800 Cape Colony: An official newspaper … the west of the Fish River, an area…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… earlier movement of African migrants in search of work in colonial labour markets was greatly accelerated . As the … on their land and encroached on African…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… and resistance, and the white settlers demanded that the colonial government take action to deal with it. In February … by Chakijana kaGezindaba, Bambatha…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… left the farms and joined the Xhosa in a rebellion against colonial rule, commonly known as the Third Frontier War (1799-1803). These Khoi ex-servants…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… as a source of cheap labour for the white-controlled Natal colonial agricultural economy. The list can be searched by: … one's ancestors - Often serial…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… wrought on African societies by the imposition of European colonial rule occurred in quick succession. In fact, it was the speed with which change occurred…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… of South Africa could be viewed as an effort by Capital, colonial authorities and Afrikaner Nationalists to counter … their entitlement to land by…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… in a mostly bloodless coup, thereby ending Portuguese colonial rule in Africa. Thus, Angola attained official … Angola’s hard-won victory problematic. As…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… produce to the market. In addition to participating in the colonial economy, they sought to use the colonial political systems and institutions for their own…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… interests include the history of Islamic law, anti-colonial resistance movements, and indigenous history. … Science. Her academic areas of interest are…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… The exploitation of convict labour at the Cape during the Colonial era is closely connected with the work of John Montagu, Colonial Secretary for the Cape…
Khoisan Identity
… settlers from 1652, and the establishment and growth of colonial settlements over the ensuing two and a half … were dispossessed of most of their land uring…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
… on the world: Firstly, colonization enriched and empowered colonial empires by extracting resources from colonized … of the colonies. [11] Colonization…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… for nearly a hundred years. This was largely due to colonial expansion which in turn dispossessed Xhosa and … one; other Xhosa ethnic groups cooperated with…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Meeting of Durban residents resolved to petition the Colonial Government for the establishment of municipal … posting in West Africa. Finding itself short of…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… of the nature and basis of the power of chiefs in pre-colonial African societies. They believed that traditional … to 30 locations in a district. A headman,…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) … members of the NIC resigned and formed a body…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… wrought on African societies by the imposition of European colonial rule occurred in quick succession. In fact, it was the speed with which change occurred…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… on the eastern frontier however, although annexed by the colonial authorities, were retained largely as 'tribal … wage labour but the weak administrative…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… Centralisation and Competition The Role of European Colonial Expansion Key Events and Leaders The Rise of the … Demographic and Social Transformation…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… devastated by the Atlantic Slave Trade. 1659-1799 With the Colonial administrations facing a labour shortage due to Khoi … at the Cape. 1800-1886 The advent…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… for historians to construct narratives of precolonial and colonial history in Southern Africa is derived from the … of the indigenous people of Southern…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… inferior. [5] Therefore, racism was an integral feature in colonial societies, and this essentially meant that Africans … which recognized all non-white…
Comparison between racial policies of Nazi Germany before 1938 and apartheid laws in South Africa
… also affected South Africa. Because of South Africa's long colonial and apartheid history, the ethnic and racial terms …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 4: Transformations in southern Africa after 1750
… from the idea of the mfecane, which is linked to outdated, colonial-era ideas of the centrality of the ‘wars of Shaka’. …