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Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of or regarding for the history of the nations,…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
Introduction In a democratic society, the observance of chieftaincy faces many problems. One of the key issues relates to chieftaincy operating on principles…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace Charley-Ann Pearson Politics and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… and Commercial Union (ICU) is rigged by internal struggle over its relationship with the Communist Party of …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… This area is regarded as particularly strategic in the struggle between the AmaXhosa and the colonial government for …
The Afrikaner Bond
… a national bank, and the Taalbond was launched, taking the struggle for the Dutch language outside Parliament. The Bond …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… attack and rose to fame for his role in the anti-apartheid struggle, is awarded the Tang Prize, touted as Asia's version …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectAbstractInanda Seminary, a private all…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
This article was written by Peter LaNasa and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract: This essay discusses…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
1700 The first "placaat" (ordinance or statute) restricting the importation of Asian slaves is promulgated. Dlamini chiefdoms move south from Delagoa Bay…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
Chinese civilisation stretches back to least 2000 BC. It became a single empire in 221 BC. [1] China was ruled by a series of dynasties until 1911 and from…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TIMELINE — 2011 – 2020 2011 8 January 2011 African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma delivers the traditional ANC…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… and started shooting pictures of the anti-apartheid struggle. • Anna Zieminski moved from Cape Town to …
Polokwane the Segregated city
Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in the…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
The section below on the Mfecane can be used as an introduction to this section. It is important to note that CAPS 2011 does not require it to be covered in…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
Introduction The history of White colonial land dispossession did not begin with the passing of the Native Land Act in 1913, it spans back to the expansion…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… (1978: 473), this Act signalled the beginning of the struggle against ‘Red arms' as opposed to purely ‘Red …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… 2009] |Fattal, A, (1993), Photography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa . Chapter 2: Resistance Photography … N, (2011), The Final Prize: My Life…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… “Comprehending Class Compromise in the History of Class Struggle on the South African Gold Mines: Variations and … “Comprehending Class Compromise in the…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… Most of her family joined her, but life was a hard struggle for existence. According to the Minister, she had …
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded…