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Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker On 19 September 1937 a violent collision rocked Vereeniging's Top…
Mission Stations - A-F
… Zimbabwe: see TSCHIBI , Zimbabwe CHIBI , Zimbabwe: DRCSA 1900 CHIBINI , also spelt CIBINI , Cape: No data available … , Cape: see KIMBERLEY , Cape DIEP RIVER…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
The first Kroomen to be employed by the British Navy in Simon’s Town arrived on the HMS Melville in 1838. [i] Their date of arrival was telling, having…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
When Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
Innate resilience in conjunction with unmatched passion forms a characteristic that proves to be unstoppable, yet the rarity of this combination stems from the…
The fall of the ANC: what caused it by Chris Kanyane (News24), 11 December 2016
… had a checkered unbroken history that began at the dawn of 1900. Like the ZCC, the ANC dominated the lives of ordinary …
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… it was captured by the British and came under siege in 1900 during the Boer commandos’ struggle to liberate it. A …
PlaceIxopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
… Prison which grew from the remains of an early fort in 1900. Two churches built in the town during the 1880s are …
Indian Community
… young or told religious stories orally. From the early 1900’s, books on prayers, histories of divine saints and … of unity amongst the Indian community…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
1919 Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa, immigrants from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… composition of this suburb changed considerably between 1900 and the 1960s, when its original Malay residents slowly …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
1. Introduction ↵The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors and clues of the past that lead up to one particular moment, event or…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… the town was a natural choice for shopping trips. The 1900 students also spent much of their money in the town. … the town was a natural choice for shopping…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… 5 December 2008. https://mg.co.za/article/2008-12-05-how-arms-deal-bribes-were-paid ↵ [8] The Guardian, 2009. ↵ … 5 December 2008. https://mg.co.za/article…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Threads of solidarity: Women in South African industry, 1900-1980. Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press … Consciousness, life strategy and…
From Amsterdam with euphoria
A Report of the CASA Conference and Festival We want the world to know We have come a long way now We are not like spotless white shirts We are khaki…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… accelerated, interest groups began coalescing early in the 1900's - they required labour rather than tenant surplus. …
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… PASCOE, CF. 1901. Two Hundred Years of the SPG 1701-1900. London: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in …
A new class struggle
… contribution in the form of the Stretcher Bearer Corps in 1900 was acknowledged. The insanitary habits of the Indian …
PlaceGarden Route, Cape Town
The Garden Route begins about four hours outside Cape Town, and includes one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline, the starting point of which is…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… War (1899-1902), the city of Pretoria was captured in 1900 by British forces under Lord Roberts and the Transvaal …
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… Roberts as overall commander of British Forces in November 1900. He subsequently inherited and expanded the successful …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
This short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history of the power utility over its first seventy-eight years…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
The year 1944 was one of the busiest for the union. In the midst of the trouble, which started in February, we became involved in a series of court actions,…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… it, black and white. During its founding conference on the 05 and 06 March 1955, SACTU clearly signalled its advanced …
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
The Kingdom of Kongo was a large kingdom in the western part of central Africa. The name comes from the fact that the founders of the kingdom were KiKongo…
ArticleKey sites
… Street area, behind the present Post Office. From around 1900, the market moved to the Juma Masjid or Grey Street … Street area, behind the present Post…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… to be lit by these lamps. Electricity and transport In 1900, the electricity system was put into effect. In August … Bros and Co. The project, which was only…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
July, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade union in Bloemfontein. 11 September, Gerrit…