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… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a … Transatlantic slave trade, an artist's depiction of life on board a slave ship. Source: Unknown. The Dutch initially … arrived at the Cape, the first shipload arrived in March on board the Amersfort, marking the beginning of the Cape …

… the Dutch colonial administration had driven the AmaXhosa on a number of previous occasions. 1802 The region of the … ) after Commissioner John Graham after his onslaught on the AmaXhosa 1812 Cape Colony: The Apprentice Ordinance is … missionaries lead to tensions between the white settlers on the one hand and their servants and labourers and some …

… 1939 law for two years but makes some concessions based on the Feetham Commission report, providing some security for … F.N. Broome, is appointed to investigate and report on the extent of Indian residential and trading penetration … at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Association (NIA) on 9 June, the Indian Service Corps is formed to provide …

… Africans at the time. Her family of seven fought to get by on what meagre means they had. They struggled to obtain the … to conventional means of promoting education. She took on the Way Community Project [10] while teaching at the … poetry. The three received many submissions that spoke on new topics in a unique light. Eventually, they edited and …

… between 1881 and 1914. The focus of this lesson will be on the causes and results of European colonisation of the African continent, with special focus on the Ashanti kingdom (colonised by the British as the Gold … became involved in a race to acquire more territory on the African continent, but this race was open to all …

… of South African Women (FEDSAW) . FEDSAW was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. It was the brainchild of … 1990. In 1991, Nontsikelelo Albertina was elected to serve on the ANC’s national executive committee. She and Walter … despite some reservations from male comrades in the ANC On the 5 August 1983, Nontsikelelo Albertina was arrested and …

… is not complete. If you would like to contribute a lesson on this topic or have any content suggestions please click on one of the 'interact' menu options on the right. Buddhist monks dress in orange rhobes. Source: …

… in exile. Hallett’s resistance documentary work focuses on the stories of those discriminated against in South … through the lens. Hallett and Nelson Mandela Mandela on the phone with de Klerk, 1994, World Press Hallett is best … showed him as a man, and not just an icon: Mandela talking on the phone, welcoming roaring crowds, thanking his …

… became heavily restricted as German control grew and on 11 January 1904 the leader of the Herero, Samuel Maharero … victims had no time to prepare or protect themselves. On 12 January several hundred mounted Herero invaded … free passage to Okahandja. They reached their destination on 9 April 1904. On 16 January Gobabis was besieged and a …

… preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. Winning a Nobel Prize is one of the highest international honours that can be bestowed on a person. It brings global recognition and attention to a … of the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize On 27 November 1895 Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, …

… became interested in studying a people they saw as being on the 'brink of extinction.' The Aborigines were subjected … from the rest of Australia. In 1777 the British landed on Tasmania and soon established it as a colony. They began a … to protect Aborigines' and take them to a settlement on Flinders Island. In 1856, the few surviving Tasmanian …

… in the Second Anglo-Boer War . When the war ends, he stays on and settles in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng … Communist International and spends most of 1923 in Russia. On his return he becomes the Secretary of the Communist Party … leaves for Russia to take up duties as a full-time officer on the Comintern Committee. As a result, Bunting takes his …

… a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro arrived on 16 November 1860 and the last ship, the Umlazi arrived on 11 July 1911, marking the end of the notorious system of … grandparents (female) side. Not all persons were married on arrival. Some were single, came as children or as single …

… Invasion of Angola. 1978  4 May Air and ground strike on SWAPO refugee camp at Kassinga inside Angola; over 600 … December Maseru, Lesotho; 42 deaths 1983 23 May Air attack on Maputo, Mozambique; 6 deaths.   1 7 October Maputo, … 1986  1 9 May Simultaneous air and ground strikes on Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe during Commonwealth EPG …

… forms of transport. The focus in the classroom should be on how transport has changed people’s lives over time. … the world a smaller place. The impact transport has had on the environment is also included in this topic. Note, …

… by the banning of the ANC and the PAC after Sharpeville. On the positive side, many youths had reached a level of … and his struggle focused critical world attention on South Africa more than ever before. …

… as any proof of their participation or planning was found on a person or at an organisation it could lead to an arrest … which was happening constantly throughout the country and on the borders. The organising of any activities which could … and drama. The theme for the exhibition was a reflection on the struggle that cultural workers faced in finding a …

… expedition of Dutch Calvinist settlers landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652.  van Riebeeck had received a commission from … the emancipation of slaves in 1834, had dramatic effects on the colony, precipitating the Great Trek, an emigration … those of Mzilikazi - a general who broke away from Shaka on a northern path of conquest - caused a calamitous …

… While looking at the background information on the Russian revolution and the change to a Communist state in Russia, we have already touched on many of the curriculum's remaining questions, but we will … could not afford to pay for their education. He embarked on providing free education, especially for adults. In the …

… but equal, development of Afrikaans-speaking Whites on one the hand, and English-speaking Whites on the other. The NP and Labour Party (LP)  joined forces to … ruse. Instead, Abdurahman urged support for the SAP on the ground that while it had not done all that Coloureds …

… in South Africa with far reaching consequences for labour on the mines. Pedi chiefs continue to send young men to work … defeated the Afrikaner republics in the war, set out on a programme of reconstruction in South Africa. Sir Alfred … Boer republics - the Transvaal and Orange Free State - on the one hand and the British colonial governments of the …

… The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This … put South Africans of different racial groups on their own paths in a partitioned system of development. … cities led to the phenomenon of overcrowding and squatting on empty land by those seeking employment. In many cases, the …

… Recruiting Corporation employed local BaTswana to work on the Rand mines. By 1937, the corporation signed three-year … Rustenburg, by a Miss Lilford. Population figures depended on the state of mining and other economic activity (See Box) … was a divided city, whites in the town, and blacks on the periphery, in townships, allowed into white areas only …

… destructive civil wars. The economy of Ghana was based on iron and gold mining along with agriculture. Products were … Culture, Religion and Monarchy The Songhai had settled on both banks of the middle Niger River. They established a … Ali reorganised the army, which was equipped with a fleet on the Niger River. The commander of the fleet was known as …

… To date no publication exists that focuses solely on the history of the school. The original Lückhoff High … yearbooks. In contrast, there has been a great emphasis on the recording and preservation of the history of … an attempt to rectify this imbalance, this article focuses on the establishment and development of Lückhoff High School …

… sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks on through all Africa the child grown to a giant journeys … to ensure that we accede to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Social and Economic Rights and other human rights …

… to maintain the labour, a 3 pound tax was implemented on formerly indentured Indians who failed to reindenture or … the government introduced in 1910, a 3 pound tax on all non indentured adults, boys under 16 and girls under … tax. By 1913, approximately two-thirds of workers were on second and third contracts. In 1914, this tax was …

… African was published. It was written by John A. Chalmers on Rev Tiyo Soga. 1880 With the colonisation of South Africa … founding text of South African literature. The novel draws on the post-romantic sensibility of Wuthering Heights, and … published a book titled God's Stepchildren. Her views on the "tragedy" of racial miscegenation were put forward in …

… of evolution Image source Social Darwinism was based on the theory of evolution, which showed that different earth … often a particular race like White people. The inferior on the other side was the disabled, mentally disturbed, sick, … Eugenics played a positive role in promoting health and on family planning. Countries who believed in eugenics such …

… an application, the Constitutional Court may be approached on appeal. Since the Court may only hear constitutional … to appeal, or if it is unsure and wishes to hear argument on whether leave to appeal should be granted, the case is set down on a certain date so that argument from the parties can be …