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ArticleDISA Archive
… is a freely accessible online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly … elections in 1994, providing a…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… He arrived accompanied by an army and later declared war on the King. After successfully overthrowing the King he named the country Rhodesia. This article…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… and imprisoned soon after the massacre of protesters on 21 March 1960. Political movements such as the African … in March 1960. The government launched a…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… which were placed in storage pending their possible use. On 17 April 1901 the Acting District Inspector, Mr Rix-Trot, … with the erection of two of the…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… their children about what happened, and so it was passed on from one generation to the next. In this way history was … peered over the shoulder of the…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… is of significance regarding the effect it had on historical events. At the time of their rule, colonial … and making labourers out of the people. As such,…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… On 31 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma exercised his … R144-billion in the 2016/17 fiscal year. [4] The grounds on which the president made his decision to…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… and Makapansgat in the mountains to the southwest. Click on image to enlarge A tall bare dome of granite dominates the … of at least four different time…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… by other national legislation. Since its inauguration on 2 October 1995, the Commission has taken up the challenge … awareness of human rights issues 4…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… This year, she convenes the first International Conference on Health and Apartheid held by the World Health … Organisation. 1981 Tshabalala-Msimang conducts…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… ‘Izwe lethu I Africa’ (Africa our land) were lined on the walls of the hall. An estimated 400 delegates from … and sustained protest campaign against pass…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo ja Toivo. The party was … against the South African government’s…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of missionaries, a list of mission stations, and … SAHO has procured the rights to…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On this day the district was declared a White area under the … residents were moved to Uitvlugt …
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… might be represented to consider our national problems on an all-inclusive basis’ to ‘draw up a Freedom Charter for … was endorsed by the ANC’s annual…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… the Xhosa, Khoikhoi and San people focused primarily on hunting, agriculture and stock farming. In the 1700s, the … broke out. Each group felt that the other…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worcester, … pyramid scheme out of their home in…
Bambatha Rebellion 1906 bibliography
… by J. L. Dube in Ilanga Lase Natal, with special focus on Dube's attitude to Dinizulu as indicated in his reportage on the treason trial of Dinizulu ,…
ArticleSouth African History Online and the University of York Collaborative Project
… with South African History Online (SAHO). Students on the course ‘“Race”, nationhood and the literary imaginary … Jeeva Rajgopaul. Those taking Professor…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… the MK in the Western Cape. Hani and Sibeko are arrested on their way to Nyanga East to distribute leaflets against … and then to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… foreign and minority rule, and focused TANU’s attention on this issue as a major element of his government’s foreign … was Nyerere’s model of African…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… foreign and minority rule, and focused TANU’s attention on this issue as a major element of his government’s foreign … was Nyerere’s model of African…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… Meer and Dr. Goonam were the first women to be elected on to the Executive of the Natal Indian Congress. Founded the Durban and District Women's League…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… 1971), was Black Community Programmes (BCP), which focused on community projects. The South Africa Council of Churches … Africa established a research…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… appoints the executive. The right to vote is based on property qualification. 1859 After protracted negotiations … batch of 342 indentured Indian labourers…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… English, known as tsotsitaal. Initially, they relied more on their wits than on violence to manipulate the white system. As conditions in … had "respectable"…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… the vicinity of Moshoeshoe's kingdom. As they were mounted on horseback and armed with guns, the Basotho retreated. This … and the Orange River through…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… the Aryans had the most "pure blood" of all the people on earth. The ideal Aryan had pale skin, blond hair and blue … answers to all their problems. The Nazi…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… On 8 January 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) … in progress, any omissions are unintentional. Please click on the contribute icon on this page if you…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… 1906 Seme presents his speech at Columbia University on “The Regeneration of Africa” which wins him the … for a law degree. 1909 Seme follows deliberations…