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ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… is established. Herero revolt in Namibia against German colonial rule is brutally suppressed by German colonial troops; thousands are massacred. 1904 France …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… is established. Herero revolt in Namibia against German colonial rule is brutally suppressed by German colonial troops; thousands are massacred. 1904 France …
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… . 1902 An archives branch of the Department of the Colonial Secretary is established with the purpose of taking …
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… volume of essays, which penetratingly analyzing racist and colonial prejudices in Afrikaans and South African English …
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… most of Southern Africa paving the way for further colonial expansion. 1870s CE The Kingdom of Buganda (Uganda) … The Madhist war in Sudan was one of the…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… for Linguistic Studies. He was highly critical of the colonial nature of linguistics studies in South Africa and … this in published papers that focused on…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… his students also managed to conduct surveys of 17 small colonial towns and villages, including King William’s Town, … as major projects on mission stations…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… In 1900, C James, an official of the British colonial administration, went on a voyage to South Africa to …
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… in South Africa coincides with the foundation of the colonial experience at the Cape in 1652. Six years after the … given recognition in the school. Their…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Leopold’s plans, and France was quick to engage in its own colonial exploration. French naval officer Pierre de Brazza … for colonisation and trade in Africa…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war with the Transvaal and British colonial administrations. 1879 The battle of Isandlwana … the Union in 1910 undermines these efforts…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… Union split over issues of rail and customs tariffs. The Colonial Secretary Jan Smuts proposed finding a political … on the franchise and the colour bar…
BiographyWalter Ernest Stanford
… his efforts along with the title of Colonel in the Cape Colonial Forces. In 1902 when the position of Chief …
BiographyStephanie Urdang
Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a family staunchly opposed to apartheid. Her father, a lawyer, worked in the…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… less independent in relation to their participation in the colonial cash economy. The result was that thousands of … people and free-slaves proletarianised…
A new class struggle
… a sophisticated and active menace to their position in Colonial society, competing for space, place, trade and … "solutions" to their common problems and…
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… of community among our practising artists across former colonial and provincial divisions, and that it demanded the …
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… traditionally conferred to adorn brave warriors during colonial wars. 3. The green emerald - the core from which the …
America, Spanish conquest
… populations were enslaved, abused and killed. In 1542, colonial laws were introduced to protect the Amerindians. In … and for many, traumatic, periods in…
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
… comprises historical artworks dating from South Africa’s colonial past. How can we today view a collection that offers glimpses of our past through a…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… cattle and land raids came to a head in 1868, when the colonial government created a special magisterial district. … the Korana 'raid' leaders and handed…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… Natal is prohibited with effect from 1 July. 13 March, The Colonial-Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) is … October, Albert Christopher, Ruben…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Introduction
… Wayne Dooling, focuses on the development in the Cape of a colonial slave society, one of the models identified in … and European, the chapter turns to the…
BiographyWilliam Cock
… moored in the Kowie River direct to London with a cargo of colonial produce, chiefly wool. This will be the first direct …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… beliefs. The first Indians arrived during the Dutch colonial era, as slaves, in 1684. A conservative calculation … that the indentured Indians were to work…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… the eastern seaboard offered many advantages to the Cape's colonial government. It was an ideal landing place for …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… South Africa's history is closely tied to European colonial and economic expansion since the 1400s. This growth …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… was initially successful to such an extent that the colonial Germans urgently requested reinforcements in order … Africa, where he served as commander of the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… South African Indian Community with the formation of the Colonial Born and Indian Settlers Association. 4 February, … Manilal Gandhi, S.L. Singh and P.R…