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ArticlePan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania (PAYCO)
ArticleGrade 5 term 1 timeline: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… 8985 BCE The San are believed to have first populated Southern Africa 15 … Khoikhoi herders migrated southward and converted…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… know as South Africa from further north in Africa were the San and Khoikhoi. The San are also known as Bushmen and the Khoikhoi as Hottentots, … is an…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… way of life and new ideas about the world. For the San hunter-gatherers many aspects of the Khoikhoi way of life … Vol 3 edited by A. Balkema, pp 441-2…
Khoisan Identity
… provisions would be made ‘for the recognition of the Khoi-San communities, their leadership and structures’. He continued: ‘It is important to remember that…
Exhibition: Kathy - the man behind the public figure
die man wat die groot trek veroorsaak het
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… ago. They brought a new way of life to this area and the San, who were hunter-gatherers didn't always understand them. … backs. They also wore clothes made…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of Tutankhamen Way of life in ancient Egypt The spread of Egypt’s knowledge Together we will learn…
Durban an Overview
In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu, a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially settlement…
Bloemfontein an Overview
Polokwane an Overview
'Street soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… living societies (ethnography) San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age - 8 hours … environment (A deep knowledge of the…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… 2300 BP (Before Present), hunter-gatherers called the San acquired domestic stock in what is now modern day … brought a new way of life to South Africa and…
Make your own ROCK ART
… own ROCK ART Express your creative side! Make your own San rock art. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: THINGS TO DRAW: White A4 … instead of paint brushes. Use the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… as Mbombela. The city and the surrounding area contain San art. Kwa-Zulu-Natal The garden province of South Africa, … status for its dramatic natural beauty…
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
The National Heritage Resources Act , no. 25 of 1999, aimed to introduce an interactive and integrated system to manage and preserve national heritage…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
The first formal settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
In 1899, an investor named Herman Tobiansky envisaged a pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way…
List of SA magazines
Pretoria/Tshwane an Overview
The roots of African nationalism and Pan Africanism (under construction)
Explain the concepts African nationalism and Pan-Africanism (under construction)
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… and Roodezand, later called Tulbagh. 1701 13 March, Khoi-San raid more than 40 cattle of Dutch farmers at the Cape. … rift in his kingdom. A commando attacks…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… cattle-less people became known as the 'Bushmen' and 'San'. The distinction between Khoe pastoralists and San hunter-gatherers has been a topic of debate for…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… pertaining to the role of traditional leadership. The Khoi-San, on the other hand, have struggled to find a voice and … and needs by the national government…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… control of the VOC. As the conflict spread further inland San communities living as hunter gatherers also joined the … For instance, in the 1730s both the…