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EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… She was therefore able to dramatically reduce the death-rate of her patients, and this began a life-long effort …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… Pondoland (1939-1976), accepted the limitations placed on his power by the Colony. For example, in 1889 and 1894, … Authorities at a public meeting. However,…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo , was elected the … while in prison. He also published a…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… Modisane's Blame Me on History (1963). Abrahams drew for his inspiration in his early poetry and prose on a combination of socialism and … name of the…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… Mangosutho Buthelezi strenuously denied any involvement by his party or supporters in that murderous incident, at the … 7th 1992? Who is here so callous as…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… 1862, the Rev William Impey also visited Thaba 'Nchu, and his report was similarly published by Samuel Broadbent: "On … of the Cowie River, on lands granted…
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… rabbi or a minister. 5. At your mom or dad's work, her or his boss is a leader. 6. Political leaders include the … Here are some of them: A good leader: 1…
ArticleThe missionaries
… missionaries to establish a mission station within his kingdom. The missionaries were first given land in the … travelled to the Mpondo Kingdom to introduce…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… was the influential thinker W.E.B. Du Bois. Throughout his long career, Du Bois was an advocate for the study of … most prominent among the few scholars who…
PlaceZimbabwe
… in the southern part of the middle Zambezi valley he and his followers conquered the Tawara peoples and founded the … , or to acquire salt deposits according…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… even by the chief, virtually wielding powers of life and death over any individual or society suspected, rightly or … was the uncrowned king of the community…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… joined the S.A.I.C. in 1969 and remained a member until his death in February 1979. Source: Copy supplied by the late Dr. … options: either to return to…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… under the escort of a white N.C.O. should be returned to his unit under guard, or failing this, handed over to the … conflict: An African”¦[by the name of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… 11 June, Meshach Pelem president of the Bantu Union gives his testimony before the Select Committee on Native Affairs … of J.T. Jabavu and the first African…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… 1896 a celebration was held in honour of H.C. Msikinya for his acceptance into Wilberforce University. At the party Msikinya listed his membership in the…
PlaceCameroon
… the country was ruled by Ahmadou Ahidjo [vi] . During his rule the country experienced a large degree of stability … grassfields. In 1986 a natural gas leak…
PlaceThe Haven Night Shelter(s)
… been found in Roeland Street and had grass stuffed down his throat. He was dying, was he dying from suffocation or … the grass on the side of the road did…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
… and photography enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then … the age of 19? McGregor visited the country…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… doctrine of "Khalwatiyyah", which he had learned during his years spent in Mecca. He eventually joined forces with Sultan Ageng in his fight against the…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… Durban mayor and arts patron Vernon Shearer specified his perspective on the larger social implications of the show in his opening address: ‘This exhibition…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… coming into power - (1910-1948). Jan van Riebeeck and his expedition of Dutch Calvinist settlers landed at the Cape … - the rise to power of the great Zulu…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… the next section will detail how one photographer used his access to the medium of photography to set a precedent … photographers. As late as 1947 Leveson…
Why did so few Black South Africans make films before the 1990s?
… the coloured doctor was played by a white actor who had his face darkened with make up. …
Bambatha Rebellion 1906 bibliography
… focus on Dube's attitude to Dinizulu as indicated in his reportage on the treason trial of Dinizulu , unpublished …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… time, Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma resigns from the ANC NEC after his differences with the African National Congress Youth … A court ruling allows the liquidator to…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… agents, likely acting as proxies. Arthur Maimane detailed his flight to Ghana in 1958 after publishing a series of … of Drum, Antony Sampson, William “Bloke”…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… of an Americanised Southern African scholar, Camagu, and his interactions between two competing sects within a rural … Camagu’s interactions with the…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… waving placards and singing. A white policeman drew his revolver. Black journalists standing by the police heard … to the ground, a white WRAB official was…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… He declared that good relations existed between his administration and the local Branch. Here there was none … Free State.] Mr. R.G.Baloyi then required to…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… TANU’s attention on this issue as a major element of his government’s foreign policy. Even before Tanganyika … commitment to socialist principles, which…