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ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… beliefs. The first Indians arrived during the Dutch colonial era, as slaves, in 1684. A conservative calculation … that the indentured Indians were to work…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… 1872. 1874 At a time of extreme labour shortage, the Cape Colonial Government investigates the possibilities of … attempts to provide a platform for the…
Robben Island
… island as an asylum for the mentally ill, and in 1843 the Colonial Secretary, John Montagu, put forward a plan to use … in January 1865. The circular tower,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
… soldiers who participated in the war, due to Australia’s colonial ties with the British Crown. Convention : An …
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… is established. Herero revolt in Namibia against German colonial rule is brutally suppressed by German colonial troops; thousands are massacred. 1904 France …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… is established. Herero revolt in Namibia against German colonial rule is brutally suppressed by German colonial troops; thousands are massacred. 1904 France …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… and genocide on the basis of race in many parts of the colonial world. It should be acknowelegded that notions of … Fair, in Topeka, KS. Image Source…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… . 1902 An archives branch of the Department of the Colonial Secretary is established with the purpose of taking …
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… volume of essays, which penetratingly analyzing racist and colonial prejudices in Afrikaans and South African English …
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… most of Southern Africa paving the way for further colonial expansion. 1870s CE The Kingdom of Buganda (Uganda) … The Madhist war in Sudan was one of the…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… in South Africa coincides with the foundation of the colonial experience at the Cape in 1652. Six years after the … given recognition in the school. Their…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… took back control again. Angola only became a Portuguese colonial settlement after the decline of the slave trade in … Importantly, the abolition of slavery…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Leopold’s plans, and France was quick to engage in its own colonial exploration. French naval officer Pierre de Brazza … for colonisation and trade in Africa…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war with the Transvaal and British colonial administrations. 1879 The battle of Isandlwana … the Union in 1910 undermines these efforts…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… Union split over issues of rail and customs tariffs. The Colonial Secretary Jan Smuts proposed finding a political … on the franchise and the colour bar…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… less independent in relation to their participation in the colonial cash economy. The result was that thousands of … people and free-slaves proletarianised…
A new class struggle
… a sophisticated and active menace to their position in Colonial society, competing for space, place, trade and … "solutions" to their common problems and…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… in the concentration camps, writes to Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary. He requests that such inquiries should be … Sir Montagu Ommaney, the permanent…
America, Spanish conquest
… populations were enslaved, abused and killed. In 1542, colonial laws were introduced to protect the Amerindians. In … and for many, traumatic, periods in…
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… of community among our practising artists across former colonial and provincial divisions, and that it demanded the …
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… traditionally conferred to adorn brave warriors during colonial wars. 3. The green emerald - the core from which the …
ArticleThe Khoisan
… cattle and land raids came to a head in 1868, when the colonial government created a special magisterial district. … the Korana 'raid' leaders and handed…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… Natal is prohibited with effect from 1 July. 13 March, The Colonial-Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) is … October, Albert Christopher, Ruben…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… depictions of Shaka by British traders were not the only colonial written records, but there were also colonial administrators in Nata l who portrayed Shaka…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… beliefs. The first Indians arrived during the Dutch colonial era, as slaves, in 1684. A conservative calculation … that the indentured Indians were to work…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… the eastern seaboard offered many advantages to the Cape's colonial government. It was an ideal landing place for …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… South Africa's history is closely tied to European colonial and economic expansion since the 1400s. This growth …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… and did not try to control land in the interior. As the colonial trade became more competitive, trading stations grew … of settlement. Colonies of settlement…