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ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… the Moor Park type first developed in KwaZulu-Natal ( see pre history of Durban ). Using this pattern, Ndebele … living near the hill Ntsuanatsatsi in the…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
… its past, with at least 200 historical buildings, restored pre-Victorian homes in almost every street and a collection … Its construction followed an…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… South Africa consolidates existing Immigration laws of the pre-Union colonies and excludes immigration of all persons to … Act of 1910 consolidates existing…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… assisted land reforms have served to justify and legalise colonial land apportionment, and effectively freeze in time all that has gone before. In the course…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
… University, She is majoring in history and biology on the Pre-Med Track. Her passion is to read and go on long, … University, studying Human Rights and…
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… became increasingly vocal in pushing for an end to British colonial rule. Moi emerged as a leader and spokesman for the … by several minority ethnic groups…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… Mission Societies, the laws of the British and German Colonial administrations in southern Africa and, finally, by …
BiographyShaka Zulu
… precipitate clashes with the military forces of the Cape colonial government. H F Fynn, who knew him well, found him …
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… - this sort of myth was rife in the Rhodesian settler-colonial imagination. Having been met with resistance from … as a justification of the "civilising…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
Apollo Milton Obote (some say Milton Apollo Obote) was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Immigration Registration Bill (TIRB) is addressed to Colonial Secretary and circulated for signatures September … states that amendment of TIRA should uphold…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with the expansion of the Dutch colonial settlement established by Jan van…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the rebels, … which was finally achieved in 1963…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… expense of the economic and emotional security within the pre-colonial family' (Walker 1990:19). For African women in the …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants … acts as a buffer between the Afrikaners and British colonial interests, and supplies seasonal…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… those elsewhere-in Africa - and the people of any other colonial territory. "Colonial" living standards, deprivation … bourgeoisie) the imperialist leaned…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… long distances for many hours to and from work each day. Pre-dating apartheid, the colonial era Land Act allocated only 13 percent of the land … 000 children…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… helped to establish the New Era Fellowship (NEF), an anti-colonial and leftist debating society. The NEF was the … “With few exceptions”, observed Jaffe …
Gallery
… The struggle for freedom and equality has its roots in the colonial period, but the South African struggle for women’s … influenced by women’s roles in local…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede I knew Anton Muziwakhe Lembede for only four years before his tragic and untimely death…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… earlier movement of African migrants in search of work in colonial labour markets was greatly accelerated . As the … on their land and encroached on African…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… Period and ushering in one of the nation’s most powerful pre-modern phases. With much political influence on the … most of Southern Africa paving the way for…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… and resistance, and the white settlers demanded that the colonial government take action to deal with it. In February … by Chakijana kaGezindaba, Bambatha…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… left the farms and joined the Xhosa in a rebellion against colonial rule, commonly known as the Third Frontier War (1799-1803). These Khoi ex-servants…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… the 1890s onwards as a military outpost for the Italian colonial power. After 1935, Asmara underwent a large scale … testimony to the encounters between…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… as a source of cheap labour for the white-controlled Natal colonial agricultural economy. The list can be searched by: … one's ancestors - Often serial…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… Albert Christopher and PR Pather breaking away to form the Colonial Born and Settler Indian Association (CBSIA) - this …
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… wrought on African societies by the imposition of European colonial rule occurred in quick succession. In fact, it was the speed with which change occurred…