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EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King …
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… with imported horses. This represented the earliest colonial buildings until the Royal Observatory emerged … and joyous, but is largely hidden due to…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… weaponry. Questions I will pose include; how has the colonial state employed photographic imagery to construct and … The beginning of chapter one will…
ArchiveObituary of Benita Parry (1931—2020) by Professor David Johnson
… Luxemburg and Gramsci with the insurgent claims of anti-colonial writers like Aimé Césaire, C. L. R. James and Frantz … most influential essay, ‘Problems in…
PlaceWalvis Bay, Namibia
Walvis Bay is a lively Port and Namibia’s second largest City, which is protected from wind and waves by the long arm of Pelican Point (SHOWN IN PICTURE). With…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… runs adjacent from North and South!). There are several Colonial Buildings and a very dilapidated, Victorian Jail. … runs adjacent from North and South!)…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… 1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes … Khoi in their own music making and in the dances of the colonial centre, Cape…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Immigration Registration Bill (TIRB) is addressed to Colonial Secretary and circulated for signatures September … and wishes to meet Gandhi. January 30,…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… is very aware of David’s ‘conventional patriarchal and colonial prerogative’ (Boehmer 344) towards women, as he … black. David himself views his daughter’s…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… of the economic and emotional security within the pre-colonial family' (Walker 1990:19). For African women in the …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… River Police forces. With unification on 31 May 1910, colonial and city forces were still serving the country, but …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… acts as a buffer between the Afrikaners and British colonial interests, and supplies seasonal farm workers to …
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… been asked for by Moshoeshoe, where they are broken up by colonial forces. 1828 The Kora, under leadership of Jan …
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… granted to the Voortrekker Solomon Maritz by the English Colonial Government. In 1849 Reverend Posselt established the …
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… and inheritance, enslaved Africans were passed between colonial planter families, resulting in close kinships among …
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… for the protection of the trading post. However, when the Colonial Office in London refused to ratify his actions, …
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… that the white population of SA in contradistinction of colonial countries like India and China, comprises an …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… peak in the late nineteenth century. In South Africa, the colonial period began with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in …
PlaceKakamas, Northern Cape
Kakamas is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built by a church and named after the Khoi…
PlaceFish River Canyon
… from local rock , in to a house for 'Schutztruppe' (German colonial forces) . I t was then converted into a Hotel in the … from local rock in 1896 to house …
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… a period from the 1870s to the mid-1970s; from early colonial intervention against togt (day) workers to the … for the earlier sections came from archives of…
PlaceCabo Verde
… could be considered as the starting point of Portugal's colonial Empire. The first settlement on Cape Verde was … the other Portuguese African colonies it…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… they were groomed to maintain. Fast-forward to the post-colonial moment. Universities were established across the … that has a long, unfortunate history in…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to The Progressive Professionals Forum on the occasion of their launch, 2 August 2013
… Cabral to sacrifice for the freedom of their people from colonial bondage. This is in line with the fact that struggle … You are doing what professionals…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… South Africa, the last country in Africa to get rid of colonial shackles, attained democratic rule under the … from the Labour Party, the Liberal Party, the…
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
The Portuguese arrived in the area in 1488, followed by the British in the 1820's. The region was the site of frequent wars and skirmishes between the Khoisan,…
PlaceTransvaal Province
The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed from 1910 to 1994. It's now part of the…
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
The Somerset Hospital in Green Point opened in 1864 and has been declared a National Monument. The Hospital replaced one of the same name in Cape Town which…
PlaceTokai Manor House, Tokai Road, Tokai.
… In 1883, the farm with its buildings was acquired by the colonial government who, for a time, used it as a … In 1883 the farm with its buildings was acquired…