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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…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… outside of Cape Town. Boesak was elected as patron. By early 1986, the UDF, an umbrella organization for some 700 …
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… Writing at Ohio University in the USA. Beginning with his early drama We Shall Sing for the Fatherland (1977) many of …
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… clerking to the later Chief Justice Ogilvie Thompson. The early years were not easy. He lectured part-time at both …
BiographyGideon Mendel
… the world's leading contemporary photojournalists. In the early 1990s he moved to the UK and embarked on his …
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… and Phyllis developed a questioning attitude. From her early years her experiences did not allow her to simply take …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… a local hospital. Sobukwe was exposed to literature at an early age by his oldest brother. His earliest education was …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… United States. Millar, who did an in-depth study on the early career of Verwoerd, concluded that there is no evidence …
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… the advancement of the Coloured community. He, however, as early as 1907 recognized the need for black unity in the …
BiographyNongqawuse
… and institutions by British colonial authorities from as early on as 1779 . [3] Lungsickness was widespread amongst …
Slavery in South Africa
… Elphick and Robert Shell, "Intergroup Relations: Khoikhoi, settlers, slaves and free blacks, 1652-1795" in Richard … and Robert Shell, "Intergroup relations…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… of land dispossession and the manner in which European settlers accumulated capital and laid the foundations for …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… era, it was a common myth that Black farmers met White settlers at the Fish River in the 17th century as one group …
PlaceElukhanyweni
… establishing a permanent village on this site. The first settlers began building homes at Keiskammahoek soon after the … Africa during 1857 and 1858. A…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… independent African existence in the interest of White settlers. The Act set out to facilitate the formal … The prosperous African commercial agriculture of…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… for a democratic South Africa commenced in the early 1990s, Govender was a delegate to the Convention for a …
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
… of Zinkwazi Beach is fascinating, it was the time of the early Iron Age, about 300 – 1000 AD . "A place of human … he unearthed human remains . Although the…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… to do - a new state and a new culture to build up." In early 1968 - soon after the publication of his greatest work … the Shona and Matabele, rose up against…
EventBernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape
… Wijlant signaled the beginning of a second generation of settlers in the Cape. …
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… beads suggest that Arab traders visited the region as early as 1250 and Vasco Da Gama and his crew are said to have been the first European settlers on the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… the provincial government, and the municipalities. In the early thirties concern was felt over the alleged intrusion of … and which happened to be European…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… Early Life Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise … Mbeki , who allegedly first taught Zuma how to use a gun.. Early in 1976, Zuma secretly entered…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… and New York, attended workshops and conferences on early childhood learning and participated in an … Justice; they did not matter. Elvis was struck down in…
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820's . The Eastern Cape also remains the … town in South Africa. Serving as…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… government. The secession was supported by most White settlers in the province who would benefit the most from …
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… other instances of protest and resistance, and the white settlers demanded that the colonial government take action to …
BiographyMadi Gray
… car for her. Before she left South Africa for Britain, in early 1972, she was involved in the renaissance of the …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… community to re-build their homes after a flood”. Her early role models were Chief Albert Luthuli , Gandhi , her …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… e.V. in Essen in Germany in 1996. He was involved in the early days of Computer Aid International in London and …