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… visual source. (2 x 3 marks) Source B is a cartoon of an African farmer, who owns two cows and a small patch of land, … clear that there is a lot of free land surrounding the African farmer, but it is not available to him. Rather than … the economic impact the Natives Land Act had on African farmers. They could not compete in the economic sector …

… conquest of Africans came the issue of how to deal with African people, which the government termed the “Native … enacted by both the Afrikaners and the British to dislodge African people from their land while consolidating areas of … in farms with black labourers, especially “native” tenant farmers. Pressure to introduce such legislation came more …

… had contact with the Khoikhoi and San peoples. The Dutch farmers moved further north to colonise more land to … the north and northwest. In the northeast the Dutch farmers met with serious resistance from the Khoikhoi and … into being in 1809, but no action was taken until 1820. Farmers had, however, been settling outside the official …

… including the unhealthy relationship between Afrikaner farmers and Coloured labourers, we can better understand the … would later escalate into a larger issue during the South African War’ , which lasted from 1899 to 1902 (34, … has caused a cycle of poverty and abusive home lives for African farmers and their families. The historical events …

… tuberculosis. The farm is now owned by Illovo sugar. The farmers paid the government a certain amount per convict. The … Attempts to reform this system were made by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) which appointed … A series of reforms were suggested. However, the South African government of the time was not sympathetic to the …

… group of settlers were moved to farms of their own. These farmers would grow crops and would sell these to the VOC for … occurred as a result of the appropriation of land by Dutch farmers. The Khoikhoi were nomadic and felt they should have … as had been the case up to that point, while the Dutch farmers had been given land as part of the policy of freehold …

… land reform has been slow due the inflating of prices by farmers on identified land on the one hand, and the falling … land claim. 1996 February, The Green Paper on the South African Land Policy is published. Subsequently, about 30 … use or alternative land”. April, The White Paper on South African Land Policy is published and outlines a strategy …

… a group of over 300 mutinous slaves and servants. Why the farmers didn’t do more to resist and defend their property … have confirmed the very worst nightmares of many European farmers in the Colony at the time. The group were also … comparison to similar revolts elsewhere in the world. The farmers who they had encountered on the farms were mishandled …

… were, by the 1940s, increasingly under threat however, as African resistance to the racially based system rapidly … industrialisation and a substantial growth of urban African populations, as well as growing trade union activity … of modernisation however, the labour requirements of farmers began to change. The labour shortages of the 1930's …

… and the Restitution of Land Rights Act. The South African Constitution of 1993/1996 gave people and communities … 24.5-million hectares by 2014. The White Paper on South African Land Policy of 1997 favoured a market-based approach, … has been slow due to the inflating of prices by White farmers and landowners on identified land on the one hand, …

… two sides. On the one hand, there were the people of the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress, … On the other hand, there were the rural crop and stock farmers who did not like the new measures relating to …

… from the Natives Land Act of 1913 , numerous independent farmers or sharecropper families spread across the Transvaal … The Act was transgressed not only by independent African farmers and sharecroppers but also by landowners. … enterprise was labour intensive at this stage. African sharecroppers, many of whom were polygamous, had …

… in 1854, describes the village as being more beneficial to farmers than areas such as Potchefstroom, and he mentions … of Gotha in Germany published a map of Natal and South African Free States.  He wrote: “The country at present … which began: “ This State shall bear the name of South African Republic. ” It also marked the end of Rustenburg’s …

… near Greytown employed 606 indentured Indians. Many farmers in the midlands of Natal employed indentured Indians.  As these farmers owned cattle and sheep, Indians on these farms …

… settlers and colonial companies like the British South African Company for farming and mining. This was also largely … in areas-like agriculture and the collection of taxes from African people. After the war colonial governments began to … aimed at improving the revenues collected from African farmers. African societies were deeply affected by these …

… new Constitution is signed, bringing into being the South African Republic. Potchefstroom is made the capital. June, … sympathetic response. 1894 The National Bank of the South African Republic opens its first branch. The Hervormde Church … governments, about 4,5-million cattle die, bankrupting farmers and halting transport, which is almost totally …

… claimed the land by conquest and allocated seized land to farmers. Successive defeats of the Khoikhoi resulted in their … Dutch expansion. Some Khoi entered into arrangements with farmers where they would be allowed to graze their cattle on the farmers’ land in return for providing labour. Although the …

… trans-Saharan trade routes between Songhay and the North African traders provided Europe with gold coins used to trade … area. The remainder of the population follows traditional African religions. Portuguese trading stations in East Africa … land. The Trekboers As the settlement grew, some of the farmers became hunters and cattle farmers in the interior of …

… cultural interests, especially the interests of Afrikaner farmers in the Cape. The Bond also wanted to forge … their Fatherland, and only want to fill their pockets with African wealth in order to go and spend it in Europe’. He … British flag was an obstacle to a confederation of South African states, but proposed that South Africa would need the …

… is still developing content for this section Trade Some farmers became very wealthy as they had many cattle and had … section Medicine and healing Medicine and healing in the African society was linked to the spirit world of the …

… call for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress(SANNC). Bantu/Batho (people) … in Johannesburg. 22 March, An article on the South African Native National Congress authored by Seme appears on … Natal . 1913 Seme establishes the South African Native Farmers Association, which bought the Daggakraal and …

… of diamonds in 1869 and of gold in 1886 changed the South African economy significantly. European investment flowed in; … lenders increased cash and credit available to local farmers, miners, and prospectors, and they, in turn, placed growing demands for land and labour on the local African populations. The Europeans resorted to violence to …

… their cattle, primarily, led this expansion.  These cattle farmers had no fixed dwelling places and many led a … of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade … and gold that black miners extracted from the earth.  Most African miners became migrant labourers, spending nine to …

… Cape of Good Hope. It was the biggest of the four South African provinces. Cape Town began as a small trading post … India Company. This caused unhappiness among the White farmers especially those on the eastern border of the Cape … Republiek or ZAR (this is Dutch for South African Republic). The first president of the ZAR was …

… house a garrison of 380 men, which not only provided local farmers with a welcome market for their produce, but also … place for visitors wishing to travel into the southern African interior, and the route, pioneered by Burchell in … made the transport of trade goods to and from the southern African interior more specialized. Instead the port began to …

… eventually named after him. 1899 11 October, The South African War is declared, and fighting commences. Steinacker … had to stable at Nelspruit. Sekhukhune II saw the South African War as an opportunity to unite the divided Pedi, and … at a horticultural show in London. March, White River Farmers Association is established. Percy Fitzpatrick writes …

… mineral revolution and development of mines forced smaller farmers off their land. [1] This led to an increase in … not improve at the start of the 20th century. The South African War (1899 – 1902) also left the country’s economy in … had economic superiority. C.W. de Kiewiet, a South African historian, described the circumstances: “At the base …

… of sufficient space for proper stock farming forced the farmers to pack their possessions into their ox wagons and … move deeper into the interior of the Cape Colony. These farmers were called a "Trek boers" (Migrant farmers). Map of the Eastern Frontier. Source: …

… lived in the Drakensburg foothills and Nguni mixed-farmers lived throughout the Transkei. The names of some … During the apartheid era, it was a common myth that Black farmers met White settlers at the Fish River in the 17th … with Khoe pastoralists. Both Nguni and earlier Black farmers were not particularly interested in the country west …

… and was excommunicated. As a result, in 1914 the South African Church of God and Saints of Christ split, with one of … Mgijima’s lawyer contacted the government’s inspector of African locations at Kamastone, Mr GE Nightingale, for … They became desperate and started to steal livestock from farmers and other residents in the area. At this point the …