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EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… of 1801, or Nederburgh's Charter, which established Dutch colonial policy after the government took over the VOC. …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… area was named Cato Manor, it was an extensive piece of colonial acreage awarded by royal decree to George …
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over …
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… the Germans were killed in the long German retreat. A colonial military campaign from 1923 to 1925 brought the …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… worked his own base, using media masterfully in a pre-internet world. He distributed every speech on a mailing …
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… Mahmood Mamdani will speak on “Decolonising the Post-Colonial University”. The lecture is to be held at 17:30 for … the question: What does it mean to…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… of a broader effort to rename places that had names with a colonial or apartheid legacy. Port Elizabeth is the largest … and Monuments. These tell the story…
Document 55 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers’ Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… The greatest, strongest and most brutal of imperialistic colonial oppressors has adopted the role of the champion of … labour organisations, instead of…
Introduction
… the less-privileged sons of ex-indentured parents. These colonial born Indians preferred to look within for their … for me to leave it') formed an…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… countries which had not yet achieved independence from colonial rule. These notes on a conversation with Nyerere at …
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… Sandile, joined by Kreli of the Galekas, waged war against Colonial forces, which included loyal Fingos, at the Battle …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… meeting in Singapore. Amin was a soldier in the British colonial army and became one of its first Ugandan …
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… Sir Alfred Milner was a British statesman and colonial Administrator. Milner came to South Africa in May …
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… he returned to his home country. Unhappy with his post- colonial new reality, Kourouma expressed his grievances …
Mission Stations - M
… MAKCHABENG , Transvaal: Bn MAKODWENI , Mocambique: ABCFM pre-1891 MAKOHABENG , Transvaal: Bn 1877 MAKOHABENG , … 1900 MAKOWE , Natal: SAGM 1892 MAKUPI ,…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… of their temples, and at the same time to request the Colonial Government to be so good as to assist your … of asking the Government of India to intercede…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… century, it was regarded as a stronghold of capitalist and colonial values. The establishment of other suburbs further … lived in large settlements of up to…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… and a fiery orator for independence. He railed against colonial domination, but worked closely with Aparthed South … (though again there are conflicting…
EventJan van Riebeeck is born
… remains a prominent figure in the early history of colonial South Africa, and he was commander of the colony at …
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
… racist policy on sport. Previous to this, in keeping with pre-apartheid segregation, leagues had been divided according …
EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… Janssens, sponsored development and reforms. In short the colonial history of the Cape of Good Hope from its first …
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… In pre-colonial times South Africa was occupied by Khoisan people in … Republics (Transvaal and Orange Free State).The British colonial power, through its…
ArticleZulu
… has no basis in culture or history but arises out of the colonial distinction between the Cape and Natal colonies. … independence ( see Anglo-Zulu Wars )…
Chapter 3: The Pitfalls of National Consciousness by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… result of the mutilation of the colonized people by the colonial regime. It is also the result of the intellectual … middle class which takes over power at…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… because they still had access to land. In later years the colonial frontier expanded and the Zulu’s were forcefully …
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… This book recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria’s communist movement. Meticulously …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
… Algeria and France, Claude Bourdet. Tangier Diary: A Post-Colonial Interlude, Paul Bowles. The Fact of African …
EventNigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom
… enthusiastic demands for political independence from colonial powers that swept across much of the African …
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… was attained between Gandhi and General Smuts, the Colonial Secretary at the time. It was agreed that Indians …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… settlers flooded into the area. The Ovaherero chafed under colonial rule and on 11 January 1904 they rose in rebellion. … Klausdierks The Colonial Period…