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12. The pickled money-order receipt
… to Negapatam and if you go to inquire there you might know about it. Accordingly I went to Negapatam Post Office where I …
Introduction
… what it could do nationally and internationally to bring about changes in South Africa. 'Little does puny South Africa …
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… also fought with the Xhosa over land. In the end, in about 1838, thousands of these farmers moved away from the …
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… The port of East London , as well as the land immediately about it, was annexed to the Cape in 1848, probably in an …
PlaceElgin
… in the Overberg region . This broad upland valley, lies about 70km southeast of Cape Town , just beyond the …
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
… known writers have either lived in the area or written about the area. Some of these writers are now participating …
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… own plan for a general strike on 1st May and actively set about disrupting meetings held by the Convention organisers. …
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… these dates so as not to confuse the reader when talking about the February Revolution. The historical records of the …
From Segregation to Apartheid
… institution of apartheid. Thus, apartheid was very much about maintaining migrant labour, and extending the economic …
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… in southern Africa during the period between 1815 and about 1840. In 1818, King Moshoeshoe , who was the son of the … About Lesotho: History [online]…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… people across the board also felt bitter and disappointed about the recently passed Natives Land Act (1913), so …
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… of the government) downwards (to the citizen). But what about private individuals - people such as employers, …
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… of the word ‘Africa’ are contentious, but there is much about its history that is known. We know that the word …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… and attempted murder. The population of Lesotho stands at about 2,067,000. 2010 The People’s Charter Movement, which …
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… This process was known as Germanisation. For more about the Lebensborn policy, go to www.jewishgen.org For …
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… immigrants, and 300,000 indigenous residents. Of these about 600 White residents farmed the Witwatersrand region, …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… work. A church was established by the Hervormde Kerk about 10km west of present-day Pietersburg in Marabastad. The …
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… released after spending one or two months in jail, but about 400 remained in jails across the country until the …
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… January, At the Boschhoek concentration camp for Blacks, about 1 700 inmates, mostly Basuto, hold a protest meeting. …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… leaders or township councillors. The police were pleased about the development of these groups and the violence that …
ArticlePoqo
… who disclosed Poqo information was sentenced to death and about ten members of the organisation were executed for …
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… received no pay. On the British side It was estimated that about 100 000 Blacks were employed by the British army and …
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… along the school’s circular drive."People may know about our 150-hectare Hilton College campus, but few know about the wider 1,600-hectare school property,…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
… The Commission took into consideration a number of facts about these killings which seriously challenge the official … feared that should … he speak to other…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… to be stationed around Paris. In addition to this, rumours about a potential ‘royal clampdown’ were sparked. The rioting … The mob ended up storming the…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… of animal skins and horns. President Paul Kruger was told about the rapid destruction of wildlife in the area by … which we are so dangerously close to…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… the family to safety. At that point, he was more concerned about the safety of his Athlone family than he was about the police. Having to explain why they…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… My article starts with Toynbee’s warning in the article about the consequences of a failure to adapt timeously to … prestigious black organisation, there…
PlaceRwanda
… of Rwandese storytelling or royal poetry) we know much about the Kingdom of Rwanda, and the royal dynasty of … contradictory and shrouded in mythology, there…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
… there, shackled, until he was removed to the prison h at about 21.00h. No channels of communication were established … 7th pertinently put the question to…