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EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… crush these aspirations were however quite difficult. The settlers were determined, were quite able to survive in the African climate and were well armed…
Durban an Overview
… under British control. At this point many of the Dutch settlers chose to leave the province, resettling in the OFS …
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… together with animal bones and stone tools. The Dutch settlers referred to the Khoikhoi as Hottentots, because of …
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…
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
… was the man originally responsible for bringing German settlers to the area. The emigrants left Bremen on 10 … the babies born on the voyage. This he did,…
PlaceFort Frederick, Port Elizabeth
… outskirts of Port Elizabeth. By the arrival of the 1820 settlers, no retributive shot had been fired from Fort … Captain Evatt is known to have overseen the…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… These tell the story of the first British Colonial Settlers to arrive on the shores of Algoa Bay. "The Donkin … Africa and sent to Algoa Bay to supervise the…
PlaceDonkin Mount, Port Elizabeth
… owes its origin and development to the arrival of British settlers in 1820. Sir Rufane Donkin was the Acting Governor … in South Africa. Shortly after the…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… struggles going back to the 16th century. Records from as early as 1510 the year that the greatest Portuguese military … prison. After bad behaviour on the…
BiographyLeigh Davids
… to describe her identity around 2010, when she was in her early 30s when she encountered the terminology. Upon …
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… Transvaal. Hard work was introduced to the young Mthembu early on as, from the tender age of just seven years old, he …
BiographyOprah Winfrey
… has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teens and became pregnant at 14; her son was born …
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… and skirmishes between the Khoisan , Xhosa , and European settlers . Its history is intertwined with the broader … out in 1909, though a General Store…
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… Trek, there were other equally compelling reasons for the settlers to leave the Cape Colony. Further reading list: A … list of Indian Indentured Labourers…
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… courage at Ingogo and in the storming of Majuba in early 1881. After the war and the restoration of Transvaal …
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
… His grandmother was divorced from his grandfather very early on. His grandfather, an authoritarian businessman, …
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Transvaal. Kathrada’s political work began in 1941, at the early age of 12 when he joined the Young Communist League of …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… breakaway and establishes The Colonial Born and Indian Settlers Association (CBISA). The Colonial Born and Settlers' Indian Association (CBSIA) holds its…
PlaceCuylerville
… Low, one of Bailie's servants, did not land with the other settlers but remained on the ship as a sailor. Another … made his camp while supervising the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… law can be seen with the 1652 arrival of colonial settlers and their administrations, during the era of … tolerated and provisionally acknowledged by…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… This museum is also known as the Natal Settlers Museum. The property originally extended from the … of the elite class lifestyle introduced by the Victorian…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… Province , named "Keerom" (which means "Turn around"). Settlers occupied the Area in the 1830's and the Town was … Africa, the first concentration camps were…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… along the River in 1657, shortly after the first Dutch Settlers arrived in the Cape. This was the first River that …
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… In 1820, efforts were made to settle four groups of Irish settlers, along the Jan Dissels River, This was met with … mayor was Charles Fryer, an Irish…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
… National Congress (ANC) and the National Party (NP) in the early 1990s, Moodley did not agree with what she felt was the …
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
… Early Life and Teaching Career Matsie Angelina Motshekga …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… Bay. 1717 The VOC decides that future grants of land to settlers at the Cape should no longer be done on a freehold … Khoi-Khoi are killed by gunshot in this…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In the early nineteen twenties the Indian problem had not assumed … an education in itself, and Kajee…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… mining industry set in a colonial economy (in which white settlers were able to seize most of the land and wealth of … the forces that shaped the new…