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ArticleA history of Soweto
… intensive and, as a result, attracted more labour away from the countryside to Johannesburg. It was also … of gold brought to the Rand not only gold seekers…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on … people who live in southern and central Africa, ranging…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the … based strictly on records shows over 16 300 slaves from the Indian subcontinent having been brought…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… Later that year, 250 random blood samples were taken from homosexual men living in Johannesburg, of which a … 12.8% were infected with the virus. The first…
ArticleHeritage
… Heritage – our past, and where we come from – means different things to different people. Some … World Heritage Sites? Investigating heritage resources from…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… the question of independence of the latter two provinces from British control. During the eight years of negotiations, … determined to forge a settlement…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… Alphonce Baraza I'm an international student from Kenya. I'm a computer science major and I like to play … College studying Global Studies and Education. She…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… of the existing climate of violence and intimidation from whatever quarter as well as a commitment to stability … and to a peaceful process of negotiations…
ArticleFrontline States
… Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and, from 1980, Zimbabwe. The Frontline States were formed in 1970 … for the collection and distribution of…
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… into two categories - those relating to receipt of money from the urban discretionary fund and from funds relating to staff loans that he received, both from…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships from Europe to travel to the East with ease. Before the canal … They paved the way for thousands of…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… shows that the full gamut of South African History - from pre-colonial through to post-Apartheid - has been … of a National History Commission bringing in…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… their tyranny and the South African society is as far away from equality, peace and development as it was in 1975. In a … blaming the violence that erupted…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… to sweep the fort, and one slave at the surgeons. It is from this account that most historical works make the claim … the Cape with VOC officials returning…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… arose between the British colonizers and the Boers from the Transvaal Republic or Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). The Boers had some help from their…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… changes to colonial rule in an effort to increase revenues from the colonies. These changes included taking land from African people and giving it to the…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… Other campaigns included the Western Areas Campaign from 1953 to 1957 and intended to undermine efforts to forcibly remove the community from Sophiatown to…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… who were probably Sotho-speakers, were at Phalaborwa from the eighth century and at Melville Koppies in the Johannesburg area from the eleventh century. Oral…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… small town, a hub for the transport of agricultural goods from the surrounding areas to the larger cities inland. … positions and paid a 'civilised' wage…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… (which most of the world adheres to today) it took place from 8-12 March 1917. The Julian calendar, which the Russian … the latter calendar, which dates the…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… to which so many have such an emotional connection, come from? The exact origins of the word ‘Africa’ are contentious, … for the origins of the term 'Africa'…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… west of the imaginary line that splits the world in two from top to bottom, the Greenwich meridian. There is no sure … answer to the question of where the…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from Saturday evening, December 29th to Wednesday night, … with a 'social' entertained by talent of a…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… The places we come from are a part of our heritage. Where we grew up and where we live are important because we learn from the people who live there with us,…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… tools with materials available to him. Brushes were made from bird feathers stuck into thin reeds, or from animal hair. We know this because in some…
Robben Island
… seals and tortoises. Its name "robben" is derived from the Dutch, meaning a seal. It also had a plentiful supply of fresh water available from a number of…
ArticleMapungubwe
… border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, 75 km from Messina. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo … The civilization thrived as a…
The Cape Northern Frontier
… northeast the Dutch farmers met with serious resistance from the Khoikhoi and San, discontinued their bid for more … British annexation of the Cape continued…
ArticleThe Nile river and its influence on settlement
… that country, and the Nile different in the way it behaves from rivers elsewhere, but the manners and customs of the … River Valley, had the opportunity to…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… traced back to as early as 1652 when the first officials from the Dutch East India Company settled there. Reaching Table Bay in 1653, Abraham from Batavia…