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ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… of these communities in danger. Where did they come from? Some of the earliest people to arrive in southern Africa were the San. They came from further north…
BiographyRaymond Basil van Staden
… man in great difficulty trying to rescue his two children from a whirlpool in an unguarded section of Warner Beach, … For his selfless act in saving a person…
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
… and deported to Charlestown. He had to proceed to Durban from there because of his brother’s serious illness. He was a … • E.S.Reddy. (2012). From an email…
BiographyGeorge Mokate Ramafoku
… order, dated 19 December 1955, which banished Ramafoku from Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Western …
BiographySolomon David Lion
… Solomon David Lion’s father, Edward Lion, was expelled from Basutoland to the Union after his religious sect was … by Professor S. Badat, Rhodes University,…
BiographyNancy Graham Dick
… the Suppression of Communism Act and was later banned from union involvement. She dedicated much of her energies in … Portraits of Women’s Lives in the…
Lenore Cairncross
… Cape Town, 1974. Received her MSc (Chemical Engineering) from University of Cape Town and MBA from Gordon Institute of Business Science, UP. Studied …
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… Street Mosque, 1880-1930 Indians began settling in Natal from 1860 when the first indentured workers arrived.1 They were followed from the mid-1870s by…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… The city of Thulamela from the air. It has walled areas like the ruins at Great Zimbabwe, which separate royalty from commoners. Source: www.chico.mweb.co.za…
The oldest forms of human communication
… drawing or painting, dancing, acting, and using symbols. From sounds and symbols to written communication and language … tongue and feet, all in time ” Jan…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… land dispossession, economic impoverishment, and exclusion from citizenship of Africans. Part one examines the historical roots of apartheid, from the…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… who live as herders have to be nomads, they must move from place to place to find enough grazing for their animals. … of herders followed its own seasonal…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van … – minutes of the meetings of the…
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to South … administrator. Abdurahman retained a seat…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… shrill cries of 'Izwe Lethu' - women's voices it sounded - from near the police, and I could see a small section of the … were firing blanks. One woman was…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… and ethnic label that referred to the noble class from the Āryāvarta parts of India. The Nazis, … their image of 'the honourable people'. This vivid poster…
ArticleSouth African National Symbols and Heritage
… up of the practices, and traditions that are passed on from parents to children. Heritage is also about what has been passed on from the family, community…
Indian Community
… Indian rituals and traditions can still be observed today. From bondage to freedom - The 150th anniversary of the … labour was stopped) nearly 152 184…
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… Currie’s Fountain Stadium on 9 February. With no support from TUCSA, she warned Arthur Grobbelaar, the Secretary, that … supported the protest meeting, or…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… attracted to its ranks possessed common traits; aside from vehemently opposing the apartheid regime, members … SACP – a number of them Trotskyites who had…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… his work ultimately changed the focus of human evolution from Europe and Asia to Africa. In many ways this discovery … known as the ‘Cradle of Humankind’…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) was started up with a loan from the GWIU. Initially it offered funeral benefits and a … bonus, but later supplied sick and…
Allister Starke
… and attended Weston College in Mooi River, Kwa Zulu Natal. From 2003-2005 I travelled by public transport from RSA to Europe and back, via East Africa and…
Mandela: Message to India
… of the African National Congress. Here the excerpts from Mandela's messages which bring out the bonds of … formed part of the first batch of slaves who were…
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… European countries were facing increased political dissent from the growing working class. The influence of socialist … colonial and imperial policies and to…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… come into being every month. More than ten million Jews from all over the world observe the Sabbath every week and … to answer questions like "Where did the…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… The Khoi at the cape attempt to regain their territory from the Dutch settlers at the Cape but are unsuccessful and … The Khoi at the cape attempt to regain…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… shifts that took place in the ANC’s economic views from 1990 can only be described as breathtaking: from an explicitly socialist, redistributive approach…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… assets, the region today known as Tanzania was transferred from German to British control. Britain renamed the country … [1] Neighbouring Zanzibar also…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… assets, the region today known as Tanzania was transferred from German to British control. Britain renamed the country … [1] Neighbouring Zanzibar also…