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ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… liberals who subscribed to the old Cape egalitarian ideal of equal rights for “civilised” men, irrespective of …
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… participation in its formation and future. The British and Afrikaner land owners and industrialists set in motion a … and an election candidate for Tembuland…
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…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… Union of South Africa in 1910 Transvaal When the Dutch or Afrikaner Boers left the Cape with the Great Trek, they moved … colony called Natal. The…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… The underlying igneous rocks produce a rich, dark soil ideal for sorghum cultivation. Although the area suffers …
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… of the Indian population live in KwaZulu-Natal. The Afrikaner population is especially concentrated in the …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… of the security, freedom and peaceful co-existence of the Afrikaner volk (people), the Democratic Party (DP) advocated …
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… of the South African governments existing before the Afrikaner Nationalist Party came to power in 1948. The main …
Conflict among civic organisations
… was 16 December 1982, a date that was rallying point for Afrikaner nationalists and conversely an important one for …
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… Louis Trichardt, and Potgietersrust were named after Afrikaner leaders. They became, Polokwane, Makhoda, and …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… escape the British imperialism. The formation of Union was ideal for the Afrikaners, as shown in a letter from Jan Smuts … them at their own game: Rugby,…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… support base was the English speaking White miners and the Afrikaner National Party who relied on the support of Afrikaner workers and the rural lobby…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… nationalism that positioned itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and … National Party (NP) led by DF…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… of the South African government existing before the Afrikaner Nationalist Party came to power in 1948. The main … of the award, on a day selected because it…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… by sharp and controversial shifts to the left of his Afrikaner nationalist roots. Terreblanche served on several …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… Kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh and Manipuri of Manipur. The Afrikaner community hold folk dancing events (volkspele) as …
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… along the Apies River to establish the capital of all the Afrikaner communities in South Africa. He called the new town …
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… party that had risen to power as a result of increasing Afrikaner nationalism. This party enforced laws and acts onto … winning, but without losing either. …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… Transvaal (today Mpumalanga ) were largely held by Afrikaner capital (with ESCOM historically being a key instrument in enabling the growth of Afrikaner…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… that preceded the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902, the Afrikaner leaders gave as a third reason the fact that "the … will not be decided until after the…
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… the single most important element in the folk memory of Afrikaner Nationalism. However, far from being the peaceful … the single most important element in…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… York. Thabo Mbeki has dinner for the first time with an Afrikaner Woman, Christine De Lange. The South African … conference in Dakar, Senegal with a group of…
Khoisan Identity
… as belonging to different subgroups. Those of Khoikhoi and Afrikaner descent, for example, often classified themselves … the names of many Khoisan…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… people. Resistance Intensifies The rise of aggressive Afrikaner nationalism and the attempts to reshape and …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… and Moshoeshoe makes Thaba Bosiu his capital. 1834 Afrikaner trekkers enter the territory, beginning a series of …
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… opposed to the President's reform process, such as the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging (AWB), led by Eugene …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… to Delagoa Bay. Andries Hendrik Potgieter set up the first Afrikaner settlement in Ohrigstad in 1845, some distance from …
The people armed, 1984-1990
… the exiled ANC leaders and they even blocked the visits of Afrikaner student leaders by withdrawing their passports. … press was at the centre of the…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… the exiled ANC leaders and they even blocked the visits of Afrikaner student leaders by withdrawing their passports. … press was at the centre of the…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… would be the most efficient way to protect each race. The Afrikaner Nationalism of Malan’s National Party posited that … subjects were taught in Afrikaans –…