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Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… his date of birth varies substantially in various sources, from 1939 to 1942, Prince Mbusi Dube confirms his birth year … every evening. Shortly after his…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… VOC used this as an opportunity to import political exiles from the East Indies to work as slaves in the Cape Colony. … of the seventeenth century with the…
Grade 4 Archive
… come into being every month. More than ten million Jews from all over the world observe the Sabbath every week and … In a country like South Africa many…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… Indian Ocean in the medieval period. They shipped spices from India to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and eventually on … routes that led to Europe. European…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… Oxford. 1893 William H. Andrews immigrates to South Africa from England. 1896 Clements Kadalie the future leader of the … a meeting for the Central Committee…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries. … and reconstruction. The two individuals…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… were proud of their past and culture. Where did they come from? It is difficult to say where the Khoikhoi came from, but they arrived in southern Africa from…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… Street. The NIC officials worked through the entire night from the NIC offices as Cato Manor (a suburb in Durban) went … refuge in camps staffed by NIC…
Letters: Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… the Rivonia Trial. Some of these items have been scanned from originals by Pambili Productions , others are text files and transcriptions from various…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… to work for them, they turned to importation of slaves from other colonies. This was particularly true of the … which broke out in 1850 and became…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… ship’s carpenters, they set about building a decked boat from the remains of the wreck, which the Master and nine men … behind at the wreck were joined by…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… in Africa received military and economic support from one of the Superpowers. Despite its racist policies, the … www.schoolhistory.co.uk (provides additional…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… by competition for wealth and the search for independence from more powerful kingdoms. The earliest African … It was ruled by the dynasty or royal family of…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… Of these, the British, who had taken over the Cape from the Dutch in 1795, were the most powerful group. This … as Morena oa Basotho (Chief of the Basotho)…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… Mapungubwe were early Iron Age settlers. They lived there from about 1000 AD to 1300 AD, and around 1500 Iron Age … was structured along social classes. This…
The Atlantic slave trade
… labour in the form of slaves. The first shipment of slaves from West Africa to the Americas, across the Atlantic Ocean, … salt. It also had a currency, in…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… and tried to protect politically active Black students from government counter-action by speaking out for them. … own struggle and reject the white liberal…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… for their opposition to legislation that prevents Indians from entering the Transvaal. Many other Passive Resisters … Gandhi leads the first batch of…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 10) … the Freedom Charter and the Congress of the People (COP) from which it…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday … land area was set aside for this purpose and it was from these reserves that the mines…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from parents to children, but it also has to do with what has been passed on from the family,…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee … she was a national representative of…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… elements Central motif/symbolism The shield, made from animal hide, particularly cattle, is processed and woven … which is given to visitors who come into…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… of an armed unit was that it was to be separate from and independent of the ANC. The drafted resolution, … and a number of militant ANC groups anxious to…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… in 1896. After the 5-year contract was over, the Indians from India were given the option - to return to India or … He quit the job and aquired a few acres…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always … types of tactics used to move people against their…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… into smaller groupings that eventually peopled the region from the Highveld to the Kalahari. Between 1440AD and 1560AD … smaller groupings that eventually…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… Compagnie (VOC) trading company receives a charter from the States General, the highest authority in the … who are not drowned or killed by Khoikhoi are soon…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from the 1950s to today, when she continues to promote … of an intentional process to strike all non…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… attracted to its ranks possessed common traits; aside from vehemently opposing the apartheid regime, members … SACP - a number of them Trotskyites who had…