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BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… play an active role in the ANC's Defiance Campaign in the early 1950s, as the organisation in Natal had not been …
Griqua
… quickly crossed the Orange River and defeated the settlers at Zwartkoppies. Maitland, who was Governor at the … Government, faced with the objections of both…
Griqua community
… quickly crossed the Orange River and defeated the settlers at Zwartkoppies. Maitland, who was Governor at the … Government, faced with the objections of both…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893 its name was … On this site same the Nottingham party of…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… consistency.” But Meyer did not stay for long. During the early frontier wars of the 1790s, he abandoned his farm and … in Britain and the Cape Colony…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
… 5.9% Toponyms 0.3% Unknown 9.25% Facetious Names The settlers’ facetious spirit found its fullest expression in … own name. Old Testament Names It was also a…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… of the first trading post in Port Natal in 1824, but the early English traders and hunters found themselves unable to … but not yet granted, as a…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… Church to commemorate the arrival of French Huguenot settlers in 1688. Its foundation stone was laid on 24 August … a move to Mowbray, too the Old Bloemendal…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… he worked as a waiter and manual labourer.Mabhida’s two early political motivators were his father, a dedicated …
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
… among whites of the National Party (NP), under Graaff's early leadership many UP parliamentary speeches - especially …
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Hutchinson and Dennis Brutus . He had to leave school early to look for a job as his brother, Indres Naidoo, was …
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… of the African National Congress (ANC). This coupled with early experiences of interacting with people of all races, …
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… by hunting and gathering. DID YOU KNOW! The European settlers had many names for the hunter gatherers: Bosjesman, … most challenging environments, and to…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… the San people , around 1500 the Area saw its first white settlers in 1853, with the Town being officially established … . This name reflects both the…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… New York: Fleming H Revell Co DOWER, William. 1902. The Early Annals of Kokstad and Griqualand East. Port Elizabeth: … in the Southern African Region During…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… with the formation of the Colonial Born and Indian Settlers Association. 4 February, The Second Round-table … S.L. Singh and P.R. Pather form the Colonial…
PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
… was erected to commemorate the landing of the 1820 Settlers and is situated at the entrance to the railway … and docks in Strand Street, the spot where it is…
PlaceUmlazi
… of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 when British settlers forcibly occupied what was then Natal (now KwaZulu … to six locations. According to research,…
PlaceDullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
… referred to as “Dullies.” Established in 1883 by Dutch settlers, it boasts the highest railway station in South … ocean at the seaside. The smell of ‘moer’…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… life of anti-apartheids activist took off. Europe in the early sixties was just starting to wake up to what apartheid …
BiographyPeter Clarke
… wanted to go to school. I fell in love with freedom early in my life and when I saw what looked to me like …
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… whose husband Dr. Vallabh Jaga, was very involved in the early days with the Transvaal Indian Congress . Dr. Vallabh …
BiographyChris Ledochowski
… unions in the Western Cape which continued into the early nineties. Meanwhile, Ledochowski continued his …
EventThe last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
… the quagga was brought upon by aggressive hunting by the settlers. The quagga could not be tamed and the settlers began to view them as pests. They were…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… African farmers moved South around the same time as the early settlers from Europe moved North and East. Recent research … and East Africa. Iron tools were…
PlaceGriqualand West
… later known as the Orange and Vaal rivers. Up to the early 1800's this area had only been penetrated by the … Government , faced with the objections of both…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… 'Uitkijk' which belonged to Barend Jacobus Pienaar . The early settlers on the Farm were always on the lookout for wild … farm Uitkijk which belonged to…
PlaceWinburg
… architecture, which tell the story of South Africa’s early settlers. The Town is also known for its connection to the … and offers visitors a chance to learn…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling
… they could not be pressed into service for the Dutch settlers. The settlers practiced a form of settled … and dispossession of the indigenous Khoisan…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… of the African National Congress (ANC), Walter Sisulu . Early Life In September 1918 the Spanish Flu , a strain of … sporting activities. She showed…