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BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… but was released with 60 others in late 1957 after the pre-trial examination. He was subsequently called as a …
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… shows that the full gamut of South African History - from pre-colonial through to post-Apartheid - has been tackled in one …
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…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… independence. The coming of independence from European colonial rule was an important watershed in the way that … is that many came to focus too narrowly on…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… would occur between the Boer republics and the British colonial machine. Initial confrontations between the Boers … Rebellion was the sustained pressure put…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… an administrative division set up in 1865 by the Colonial authorities on land confiscated from hostile Xhosa …
BiographyMadi Gray
… Soweto. They travelled for three weeks and met groups from pre-primary schools and creches to trade unions and Christian …
BiographyWilliam Cock
… moored in the Kowie River direct to London with a cargo of colonial produce, chiefly wool. This will be the first direct …
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… fellow gets on the BBC in any other programme than a colonial or commonwealth one, you can know for sure that he’s … London, Lanwood was the brains trust…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… together with Sol Plaatje was full of disappointments. The Colonial office in London received Gumede and Plaatje with … Much of this lobbying turned out to…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… him, as he did not believe the matter fell under the colonial government's purview. As a result, he was charged with insubordination, and on 1 October 1926…
Zulu Community
… in the background. Source: Frescura Collection The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied … history of these communities is…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… which was based on Lenin’s 1920 thesis on the national and colonial question (Mkhize, 134). Alex la Guma’s early …
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… Party. By 1907, he was appointed Minister of Education and colonial secretary in the Botha government in the Transvaal …
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… also believed to be the name of the son of a local Nguni pre-colonial headman, chief Musi, who had lived in the east of …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… The more recent pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th … scramble for Africa, this system was replaced by French colonial rule in…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… refuses trading licences except in Asiatic Bazaars and pre-war licences of Asiatics become non-transferable. Lord … licences and the registration of voters,…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political … They were meant to represent the…
BiographyJennifer Davis
… study of the role of foreign capital in South African and colonial development, and her introduction to the Unity …
BiographyDavid Livingstone
David Livingstone was born on 19 March, 1813 in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was a committed Protestant Sunday school teacher and probably…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… beliefs. The first Indians arrived during the Dutch colonial era, as slaves, in 1684. A conservative calculation … They were meant to represent the chiefly…
EventBambata Rebellion: The Natal government offers a reward of £500 for the capture of Bambata
… Rebellion can be traced to the sustained pressure by colonial authorities on traditional societies in order to … for sugar plantations and the heavy tax…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… Zimbabwe's pre-colonial history is synonymous with the ruins of Great …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… I am interested in the role of NGOs in Africa and pre-colonial and apartheid history of women. I like traveling, … in History at McGill University. My…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The Commandos mounted pre-emptive strikes against British garrisons in Mafikeng, … Lord Robert's only son was killed in…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent. Colonial conquest and rapid land dispossession was … This opened up the interior of South Africa…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… of the emerging leadership of the working class in colonial and postcolonial Africa took place in the languages of the colonial masters, i.e., in French and…
ArticleTswana
… nineteenth century and most belong to a church today, pre-colonial beliefs retain strength among many Tswana. … which facilitated the transition to migrant…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… population. While he was clearly uneasy with European colonial presence, and the social violence that ensued from … of the oppressor, as a communicative tool…