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Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… capitalism developed out of a mining industry set in a colonial economy (in which white settlers were able to seize … mining capitalism was able to benefit…
PlaceAuwal Masjid, Cape Town
The Auwal Masjid, is the first and oldest Mosque built in South Africa. This is evident according to very strong oral tradition which also confirms that Imam…
PlacePringle Bay, Cape Overberg
The little seaside village of Pringle Bay is one of the towns set within the natural beauty of the Kogelberg Biosphere, the only reserve in South Africa to be…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
The Transvaal, is one of the former Province of South Africa. It occupied the North Eastern part of the Country. The Limpopo River marked its border with…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… Museum is housed in an authentic old house typical of the Colonial era. Set on park-like grounds this veranda home's …
PlaceAlgeria
… Then in 1848, in a move unprecedented amongst French colonial possessions, it was made another French department …
EventBelgium annexes the Congo Free State
… and Portuguese had been relatively successful in their colonial expeditions. Belgium, on the other hand, had been …
PlacePhillipton
… in 1828, antagonised both Dutch settlers and British colonial administrators. Philipton's first missionary was …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… 1980. Carton, Benedict. Blood from your Children: The Colonial Origins of Generational Conflict in South Africa . …
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… and heemraden when they were abolished by the British colonial government. In 1846 the government sold the Drostdy …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… by the threat of violence or actual violence. The Cape colonial slave society was no different. For slaves on the … and join with other groups living on the…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… Khumisho Moguerane on the portrayal of African men in colonial South Africa and how the Black male body and their …
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… destabilisation. Now we can together address the legacy of colonial under-development and imbalances within and among … the region. The lop-sided development…
PlaceSwakopmund, Namibia
… From sandboarding down towering dunes to exploring German colonial architecture, there’s something for every Historian … Swakopmund is a beach resort and an…
PlacePort Alfred
One of the many difficulties faced by the 1820 Settlers, was accessibility to the outside World. In 1821, the first ship entered the Kowie River and the…
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… of Chief Mhlonthlo of the amaMpondo. In 1874 the British Colonial Government offered to extend its "protection" in the …
PlaceHermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
The "Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg" (or Hermannsburg School) is located in the hamlet of Hermannsburg on the North Eastern fringe of the Natal Midlands between…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… part of the country, into a family committed to anti-colonial activism. Her grandfather was a Presbyterian lay … clergy across the continent was virulently…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… our continent to end the inhuman and pernicious system of colonial, white minority domination which continues to blight … to say that at a dangerous moment,…
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
… of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [resolution 1514 (XV)], which … been waging a relentless struggle to rid…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… of this system extended to the farthest corners of the colonial world, in Asia, India, and Africa, sucking the blood … key to the function of the missionary…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… of Kgosi Mampuru, a 19th-century local chief who resisted colonial rule and was subsequently hanged in 1883. As part of … are (i) occasional settlement…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… The rural African population changed from their pre-colonial status as pastoralist-cultivators to their current …
PlaceSomalia
… expeditions had been defeated, embarrassing the colonial administration but also sapping the strength of … neighbouring Ethiopia, which had long been coveted…
PlaceOudekraal Beach, Bakoven
… it was a refuge for slaves who had escaped from the colonial authorities and their masters. Among them were … it was a refuge for slaves who had escaped from…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… were forced to work for European landowners to survive.The colonial government turned a blind eye to the widespread … people retained the same inferior…
PlacePort St. Johns
… colour is contrasted with some crumbling reminders of a colonial History. In the streets you will hear Xhosa, …
PlaceMontagu Pass
… The Pass was named after Sir John Montagu , who was the colonial secretary of the Cape at the time. Named for the …
PlaceGreytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… and decided on 'Pretorius' after Andries Pretorius . The Colonial Government however refused to allow this, … and decided on 'Pretorius' after Andries…