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English Settlement in South Africa
… they had settled in Table Bay in 1620, earlier than the VOC. The British were determined to prevent the Cape from …
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… van Riebeeck on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Initially, he was authorised to set up a refreshment …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT. 1958. The Art of Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian. Undated. The Popular Art of Africa…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… relevant examples. In 1602 The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established to trade spices, silks and calico with … slaves from Madagascar, Mozambique…
Afrikaner
… sea route to the East, and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) established a refreshment post in Table Bay (present day … Free Burghers, had been granted…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… colonial settlers. In 1652, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) founded a refreshment outpost at the Cape. By the 1670s, the VOC decided to establish a…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… a commission from the Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC) to establish a refreshment station for passing ships. … response to the colonists' growing…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… Slavery was introduced to the Cape Colony by the VOC in its desire to boost the agriculture and food supply …
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… Dutch East India Company (known by the Dutch abbreviation VOC) was established in 1602 to conduct Dutch trade with the … the Khoikhoi to use the guns against…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
1904 6 January, The settler Frau Sonnenberg tells German soldiers stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… the 17th and 18th centuries. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established in 1795 with the aim of being a … livelihood through their land and livestock…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… the ‘cargo’ of officials and sailors on the ships of the VOC . Others arrived in a more regularized manner off the …
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, domestic…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
1 September 1983, London We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
Present day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always involve physical threat or force, but sometimes coercion…
ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
The fate of Natalia After the defeat of Dingane, the Kingdom of the AmaZulu was hurled into political strife. Mpande was open to the demands for land by the…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
The Kingdom of Kongo was a large kingdom in the western part of central Africa. The name comes from the fact that the founders of the kingdom were KiKongo…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
ALBERTI, Ludwig. 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape Town: AA Balkema. ALEXANDER, James…
ArticleSouth African Council of Churches (SACC)
Brief political context on the formation and history of the SACC ...read on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The role of the Church and the 'Healing of…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
In an attempt to restore artistic exchange and dialogue after the Cultural Boycotts of the Isolation Years, the first Johannesburg Biennale titled Africus,…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
After the fall of Port Natal Port Natal Andries Pretorius arrived from Graaff-Reinet. On 25 November 1838 Pretorius took over leadership as Commandant-General…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As…
People associated with Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Mahomed Dadoo Fatima Dadoo PS Joshi Sarojini Naidoo Molvi Cachalia V. Srinivasa Sastri Jimmy Maxwell Salif Walla Mohambry Gangathura 'Monty'…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
As part of the governmental process for transformation of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Apartheid South Africa, historically White…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
Abstract: For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively unknown, especially since he died very young at 28. Activist Dennis Brutus called…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
South Africa battles water scarcity as it is one of the thirty driest regions in the world. On average the country receives 500 mm rainfall in a year. [1] As…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified Apartheid as an "anti-poverty program for whites".[1] This poor…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by abolitionists like Granville Scott and William Wilberforce,[i] for the…