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BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…
Organisations involved in the Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
ArticleFrom Union to South African Republic 1900-1976
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. The formation of the Union of…
100 Years of Struggle for Freedom
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. At least 15 000 Blacks were used as combatants by the…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1802-1899
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
Curtis Nkondo was born on 1st February 1928 in Louis Trichardt, Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma…
The Partition of Africa 1880–1900 and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century by John M.MacKenzie
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
Johannes Jane Tane Kekana was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed …
BiographyPaul Grendon
… military brass bands of Cape Town, that hark back to the 1800's. Always brimming with enthusiasm and energy he …
English Settlement in South Africa
British presence in the Cape between the 1600s and 1795 was largely confined to the shores of the Cape and Table Bay as a halfway stop by the East India…
The transformations that occurred in Southern Africa between 1750 and 1850
Activity: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
Lesson: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the…
BiographyCharles Du Val
Charles Du Val was born in Manchester, England in 1810 of Irish parents. Du Val and his business manager and long-time associate, Arthur Fry, arrived in Cape…
BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
Leander Starr Jameson was the son of Robert William Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin in…
BiographyJacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer was born in 1850 at Burgersdorp in the Cape Colony. He did his education at the South African College in Cape Town. After completing…
ArticleKey terms: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
Due to the fact that Black People were detained in separate camps, the issue of Black Concentration Camps is dealt with in another chronology.Boer women,…
BiographyChief Kgosi Sekonyela
Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father…
2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances.
BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's farm, Bulhoek, in the Cradock district, near the present day town of…
Archive1000 days of repression
Green poster with black lettering. Artwork of women with raised fist behind them. Notice of a vigil at St Mary's Cathedral, De Villiers Street. March 7th. …
A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994
ALiz AbrahamsMagdelene Malotane Adams Rachel (Ray) Alexander-SimonsRuth AlexanderPhyllis AltmanRuth Elizabeth ArndtJacqueline ArensteinZainab AsvatBFrances…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
"The past week will long be memorable amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the discussion of years and the extinction of hopes innumerable, the planters'…
BiographyThomas Maclear
Thomas Maclear was born on 17 March 1794 in Newton Steward, Ireland. He trained to be a medical doctor. He was a keen amateur astronomer and was made a Fellow…
BiographyChief Sekonyela
Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father…