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Glossary: Americas by the 1500s
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
1902 At the cessation of hostilities, Sir Alfred Milner, the former British High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape and now administrator of the two…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… and chapters of the Qur'adn". The period between 1770 and 1800 proved extremely fertile for the spread of Islam in the … the spread of Islam among the…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Horton and SHEPHERD, RHW. 1954. South African Missions, 1800-1950. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. DELAGORGUE, … Peter. 1967. Calendar of Cape Missionary…
Archive"The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
In all countries where market-assisted land reforms have been undertaken, the outcomes have been disappointing. In the case of Southern African countries such…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a number of challenges to overcome. Most obstacles to the development of women can be…
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
The Beginnings of Protest, 1860-1923
ArticleCommunism in Russia 1900 to 1940
How was communism applied in Russia under Lenin and Stalin? Background and Focus In this topic, as well as the next, the rise of the two economic systems…
Aliens in South Africa, 1860-1914
ArticleList of passenger on the Truro, 16 November 1860
List of the first Indian indentured labourers arriving in South Africa, 16 November 1860 NO NAME FATHERS AGE SEX …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some of these events were carried out…
ArticlePondoland migrancy – 1880 -1911
BiographyKing Moshoeshoe I
Also known as Moshesh, Mosheshwe or Mshweshwe. His name was allegedly changed from Lepoqo after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
1890 - 1899 1890 January 13-18, Gandhi took Matriculation examination. January 23-30, Attended Vegetarian Congress at Ventor. February 19, Result of…
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
John Xavier Merriman was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa…
ArchiveLitemaster workers win R800 000 in biggest claim awarded by court
BiographyDavid Stuurman
David Stuurman was born around 1773, probably near the Gamtoos River in the Eastern Cape. From the 17th century onwards, the Khoi and San people were…
BiographyNathaniel James Merriman
Born in Marlborough, England, on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester College and…
BiographyFrederick Timpson I’Ons
Frederick Timpson I'Ons was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802. His father was John I'Ons, the master of a riding-school in Islington…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800, (1998), New York: Cambridge University Press. Page 83. … and Africans in the Making of the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… site. Islam actually took root in the Western Cape after 1800 when prayer rooms, at five respective sites, were made …
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north…