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Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… Abantu-Batho (‘The People’), a multi-lingual (English, Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho language) weekly newspaper. 18 May, …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… that combined aspects of Christianity and traditional Xhosa religion. She drew on the notion of the Apocalypse …
Control: 1910 - 1948
… We are children of Africa We cry for our land Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho unite We are mad over the Land Act A terrible …
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… "remain elusive". Referring to clashes between Sotho and Xhosa factions in Freedom Park, he continued: "It is our … by problems. In 1996, clashes occurred…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… South Africa but other populations groups like the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazis and Basotho and Sotho’s were also involved in …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… Nguni-speaking people in South Africa (later split to form Xhosa , Zulu , Swazi and Ndebele groups). Their move down to …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
… Source A shows how Africans, whether they were Zulu, Xhosa or Sotho, united to fight against the injustice of the …
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… his music, which drew on local African, and particularly Xhosa, styles, but also in the new activism with which he … trumpeter Elijah Nkonyane in the late…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… the novel, Camagu shifts stances between the two groups of Xhosa people and concludes by supporting the Believers’ … “ The Heart of Redness juxtaposes…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… at the rally in Bunga Square, Langa were asked for a Xhosa translation of the organisation’s name, Mr Allan Bula, …
ArticlePoqo
… African state. The word 'poqo' means 'pure' or 'alone' in Xhosa and the organisation drew most of it's following from …
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… South Africa but other populations groups like the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazis and Basotho and Sothos were also involved in …
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… 04/13/news/africa/) Nongqawuse Nongqawuse was a young Xhosa girl in the 19th century. She told her elders that … cattle, the White people would disappear in…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… and Swazi people and the Northern Nguni comprises of Xhosa, Bomvana, Mpondo and Thembu people. [i] Zulu Stick …
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… Union of Black Artists), FUNDA (means ‘Learn’ in Xhosa), and the Alexandra Arts Centre. Location: …
Mission Stations - T-Z
… The sight of this fortification so discouraged the (Xhosa) that they did not venture to attack them any more. … school master besides a great many small…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo … congratulating him. March: Xuma unveils a…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… way have wished us to believe. Lichtenstein wrote of the Xhosa in 1812 that: "Most of the Koossas have but one wife; … This was reinforced by Alberti who…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… of both an African and a Christian name like many other Xhosa children had at the time. [2] It is unclear whether or … heritage. He mixed the influence of…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Further land dispossession and defeat of African kingdoms: Xhosa 1878 and Pedi and Zulu 1879 ”¢ Deep-level gold mining …
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… Dingane than Louis Tregardt had formerly received from the Xhosa king Hintsa, and that Dingane himself had made some …
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… Africa. He had heard how the British had defeated the Xhosa on the Cape Eastern Frontier. The first boundary line …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… became secretary of the "Orlando Brotherly Society", a Xhosa organization, which prompted an interest in tribal … and once back in the Transkei, undergoes a…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… prepares its defences against a possible attack from Xhosa warriors. The attackers eventually turn back before … of a “Stranger's Location where Hottentots,…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… for the registration of contracts between employer and Xhosa workers. Once the contract expired, black Africans, the majority of whom were Xhosa people had…
ArticleTswana
… the remainder were other Sotho peoples, as well as Xhosa, Zulu, and Shangaan. Another 1.5 million Tswana lived …
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… 1932. She was the daughter of a Swazi woman, Zenzi, and a Xhosa man, Caswell. She was the youngest of five children, …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… to the dominant ethnic groups in the main cities, Zulu or Xhosa, was attacked. Members of smaller ethnic groups in …
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… differences between the Sotho and the Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swazi). The Sotho people tend to group their …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… the new organisation would be Umkhonto weSizwe, Zulu and Xhosa for the Spear of the Nation. Its short name would be …