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EventThe first large group of French Huguenots arrive at the Cape
… on to establish themselves in positions of leadership in Afrikaner society, despite the fact that they comprised a …
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… government and rebel groups signed an historic peace accord and set about installing a new head of state. Ellen …
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… violation of both the Constitution and the Arusha peace accord which ended the country’s long civil war, and his …
PlaceKwaNojoli, formerly Somerset East
On the fringes of South Africa’s Karoo in the malaria-free Eastern Cape lies an interesting, attractive and historic little town, which invariably charms all…
Chapter 8. Capitalists without Money
… these garments did the pressing of cheap khaki trousers. Afrikaner workers are not of slender build and this primitive … was briefly as follows: - 1. First…
Chapter 19. The Dutch Reformed Churches - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… They exploited the deeply religious feelings of the Afrikaner people to spread Nazi propaganda and to make … Mr. Justice Murray, a descendant of an old and…
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… and agriculture - and the sectional interests of the Afrikaner petty bourgeoisie. Like any other dominant class, … of racism came from the sectional…
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… workplace struggles on the Rand in the 1940s, the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and the apartheid state. Finally we …
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… for Biebouw's strong identification of himself as an Afrikaner, at least 80 years before the burghers commonly …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… troops. But after suffering a string of defeats by Afrikaner forces, the British were forced to reconsider and …
Control: 1910 - 1948
… support base was the English speaking White miners and the Afrikaner National Party who relied on the support of Afrikaner workers and the rural lobby…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… nationalism that positioned itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and … National Party (NP) led by DF…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… of the South African government existing before the Afrikaner Nationalist Party came to power in 1948. The main … of the award, on a day selected because it…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
Names: Kole, Ernest Levi Tsoloane and Cole, Ernest Born: 21 March 1940, Eersterust, Gauteng (then Transvaal), South Africa Died: 11 February 1990, New York,…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… In 2011 the City government and the PMF signed a peace accord which stated that: No one would be allowed to build or … only people close to the PMF had…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… by sharp and controversial shifts to the left of his Afrikaner nationalist roots. Terreblanche served on several …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… Kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh and Manipuri of Manipur. The Afrikaner community hold folk dancing events (volkspele) as …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… between South Africa and Mozambique, called the Nkomati accord. South Africa promised to stop interfering with …
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… justify white claims to land in the interior. When the Afrikaner Voortrekkers reached the Highveld after their … and abandoned and therefore theirs for the…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… (27). He focuses on many South African cultures: Khoikhoi, Afrikaner, Xhosa, Indian, and Jew. He sees them not as … could look forward. Many of the images…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… party that had risen to power as a result of increasing Afrikaner nationalism. This party enforced laws and acts onto … winning, but without losing either. …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… they also acquired the ability to bar people on their own accord from holding office, attending meetings or practicing … Ravan Press, Randburg, South Africa…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… were removed. The Groote Schuur Minute, the D. F. Malan Accord, and the Pretoria Minute were the first formal … negotiation, but a means to that end, the…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… Transvaal (today Mpumalanga ) were largely held by Afrikaner capital (with ESCOM historically being a key instrument in enabling the growth of Afrikaner…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… have some political influence through the vote, and the Afrikaner nationalist movement did much to further the … National Congress, followed shortly…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… of the Imperialist through their voting strength. And in accord with the favourite tactics of Imperialistic rule in … sections of the subject peoples at the…
Domestic work
… escape this simple truth. On its part, the Government will accord the process of negotiation the highest priority. The … and its entire people, I wish to ask…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… renamed Triomf, was given over to White, predominantly Afrikaner, low-income housing. 26 June, The Congress of the … The meeting agrees to negotiate the…
This doccie about a SA photographer is worth the watch by Garreth Van Niekerk (channel24), 28 May 2017
… all the way to his landmark images of apartheid crimes, Afrikaner identity, the tenuous landscapes of the Karoo, the …