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… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1654-1899 1654 Slaves from India and South East Asia are introduced to the Cape. 1820 A number of Indians arrive in Cape Town from Bencoolen. A certain Mr Hare provides security that they … 1843 August, Natal becomes a British Crown Colony — ruled from the Cape 1849 By this year the first Indians, had been …

… Where is Great Zimbabwe? The Great Zimbabwe ruins date from the Iron Age and lie between the Limpopo and Zambezi … map ). What does its name mean? The name "Zimbabwe" comes from the Shona term "dzimba dzamabwe", which means "stone … settlements, like Great Zimbabwe. The name may also come from the word "imbabwe", which is the Shona word for "house …

… carry on their struggle, inspired neighbouring tribesmen from other districts in East Pondoland who carried back the … ears and that their new-found unity was being undermined from within by government agents. Drastic action was taken … their huts were fired, and many were forced to flee from the area. Between March and June, 27 kraals were …

… has a rich diverse heritage, many people have learned from stories told to them by their proud elders and community … as well as shared customs, traditions and memories passed from parents to children. In this lesson we will explore … about their local areas by collecting information from various sources, namely through the use of pictures, …

… fellow enthusiasts all over the country. Upon his release from prison, he continued his political activism and was … the international isolation of the apartheid regime. From 1998 to 2000 he studied at the Georgia State University …

… Universiteit van Amsterdam. He acquired doctorate degrees from both of the universities. From 1963 to 1965, Abraham worked as the art editor for a …

… women’s organisations and a member of parliament from 1994 to 1999. Today, she lectures over women’s rights … African peoples can learn, live, and die, as they liked. From the beginning, however, the Black, Coloured, and Indian … political organisations following the strike at Soweto in 1976 . These women’s rights organisations were created as a …

… white British workers who had begun to form trade unions from 1880 onwards. During the first thirty years of their … union and national movement in South Africa. Recruited from the four corners of the country and beyond its borders … and, up to 1973, Angola, the African miners are spread out from Randfontein to Springs in the Witwatersrand, spilling …

… The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the … They hunted using arrows coated in poisons obtained from snakes, plants, beetles and scorpions. They made tools and musical instruments from wood and stone and clothing from animal skins. For …

… and their demand for a living wage received much support from the general public. The GWIU and the GFWBF was able to garner support from a network of political organisations and institutions ranging from student groups (NUSAS and SASO), the Natal Indian …

… the next. It is also an important way to pass heritage on from parents to children. Some people feel that oral history … the same. It is possible that as the story is passed on from one person to the next over a long time that it changes completely. Oral history is passed from one generation to the next through storytelling and …

… today. Yet! There are! All over the world in every country from Brazil to Australia you will still find people living as … 11 000 years in Southern Africa. The name ‘San’ comes from the Khoi-Khoi word ‘Saan’, which means ‘people who … `Sarwa' or `Basarwa', and `Twa' SAN HUNTERGATHERERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Aborigine Yanomami South America Native …

… small game. In his vision, he receives several revelations from an angel, one of which requires him and his people to … to their Old Testament beliefs. 1912 Mgijima breaks away from the Wesleyan Methodist denomination and joins the Church … the test of reality. 1914 Mgijima receives another message from God, who asks him if he could hear the thunder in the …

… at Marshall Square Police Station. He later escaped from the police station along with  Abdulhay Jassat , Harold … of the ANC’s news journal Spotlight on South Africa.  From the time of his escape in 1963 until 1968 the apartheid … the Islamic Republic of Iran. He held the post until 1999. From June 2000 until 2004 Mosie was appointed as high …

… Organisation. On 18 May 1982, facing constant harassment from the police, Nyoka fled into exile with the help of Chief … fellow officers fired countless gunshots at the vehicle from mostly 9mm Uzis. An injured female staggered out of the … to shoot her.  As stated by De Kock, no shots were fired from inside the vehicle, nor were any weapons found on the …

… QUICK INFO GUIDE: Southern Africa hunter gatherers learnt from oral history/storytelling and archaeological research. … and rocks.  TOOLS: Stone Age technology- tools made from stones, animal bones and wood. THE ROCK ART OF THE SAN … The artist would scrape and chip out pieces of rock from the greater surface and create beautiful art. They would …

… 29 March Mvulane, Bheki (18)   Katlehong Brain injuries from alleged police violence while awaiting trial.   5 May … Mzwandile (20) Karoo Youth Congress Steytlerville Died from gunshot wounds during arrest at memorial service.   5 … (35) KWT Youth League/UDF King William's Town Died from head injuries.   24 September Ndondo, Batandwa (22) SRC- …

… of NUSAS and to establish their own... organisations" (1976: 12). The UWC rector was reported as saying: "I don't … UDW and UWC were to prohibit Indian and Coloured students from joining SASO. During 1969 and 1970, SASO's constituency … At UNIZUL, there were meetings and demonstrations in 1976 at the award of an honorary doctorate to Buthelezi …

… SASO came under increasing attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness … nine SASO members were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years for their involvement in political activities during the first half of the 1970s.  From 1973 until 1977 when SASO was banned, state repression …

… and university I worked on a fruit farm some 85 miles from Cape Town near the town of Ceres . The hard physical … was given a small grant which, with an investment from his brother- in-law, was sufficient to buy a derelict … “Bantu education”, against which school-goers rose up in 1976. I knew all about the inequalities, but the pressure of …

… anniversary of the release of President Nelson Mandela from prison, which was one of the most remarkable episodes in … Antoinette, Mr Sam Nzima. We also salute the class of 1976 for their bravery in standing up against the brutal … seems to be at risk of losing its investment grade status from ratings agencies. If that happens, it will become more …

… mixed group of people such as a slave tailor named Louis from Mauritius, two Irishmen, James Hooper and Michael Kelly; … slave and two Khoi men.   This group planned to march from the rural districts of the Cape gathering slaves on the … and a place to sleep. The next morning the party proceeded from farm to farm, persuading slaves and Khoi servants to …

… about losing the support of the peasants who benefited from the NEP and wanted to unite them with the working class. … national economic plan in 1927. The plan was to run from 1928 to 1933, and the objectives of this plan were: The … to begin a policy of rapid industrialisation flowed from his particular belief in socialism.  Stalin believed …

… inhabited this area about 300 to 400 years ago. The period from 1820 to 1832, known as the Mfecane or Difeqane, was … movement of several Nguni groups across the Drakensberg from KwaZulu Natal, in order to escape Zulu expansion. Mzilikazi , a general who had fled from King Shaka's army, was the cause of much of the …

… Act prohibited Africans, except those in the Cape Colony, from buying or renting any land except in the restricted … Act of 1923 was passed to separate the so-called location from White towns through the establishment of a separate, … account. Furthermore, the government excluded Africans from White-funded amenities in White areas to which Africans …

… hundreds of years. The Trekboers, who moved into the area from the Cape. The British settlers, who arrived from Britain in 1820. Each group needed land for their … years. They argued that the Xhosa were stealing cattle from the settlers. Soldiers and officials After the British …

… the British and the Afrikaner republics were dislodged from the land. African, Coloured and Indian and other Asiatic we segregated and banned from owning land in urban areas in the Afrikaner republics … June 1855 which prohibited anybody who was not a burgher from owning land. The Resolution specifically proscribes …

… fleet on their way to East and/or on their return trips from Batavia (i.e. present day Java as part of Indonesia). … of these, Abraham, was a stowaway who, in 1653, arrived from the East aboard the ship Malacca, claiming to have run away from his master, Cornelis Lichthart of Batavia. Abraham was …

… to Angola. Here he underwent a basic commander course from December 1981 to the end of 1982. Thereafter the ANC …