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Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… - Africa for the Africans. It was first expressed by a Xhosa missionary, Tiyo Siga, in the 19th century. During the …
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… ANCYL. 1958 Hani matriculatess at Lovedale with English, Xhosa, Latin, History, Mathematics and Hygiene as his final …
ArticleNdebele
… Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… Abantu-Batho (‘The People’), a multi-lingual (English, Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho language) weekly newspaper. 23 …
Insurrections: The Storming
… a special focus in umngqokolo, the overtone singing of Xhosa-speaking adolescent girls. She is an active member of …
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… a special focus in umngqokolo, the overtone singing of Xhosa-speaking adolescent girls. She is an active member of …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… formed Northwest Province. 1996 Clashes between Sotho and Xhosa factions see 36 people killed. 1997 Establishment of …
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… anti –pass campaign message touched a raw nerve for the Xhosa migrant workers residing in Paarl and they heeded the …
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… KwaZulu-Natal. The Mpondo were a sub-group of the Xhosa, but had distinct cultural practices. The Mpondo was at …
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… made a final attempt to prevent violence by sending two Xhosa-speaking officers to negotiate. However, they were …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… member. 3 March, 24 IFP members are killed, allegedly by Xhosa speakers in Meadowlands, Soweto in an attempt to take …
ArticleAll Members of South Africa’s 5th Democratic Parliament 2014
Surname First names Party Abrahams …
Mission Stations - M
… native. The little children were taught the alphabet in a (Xhosa) hut; the school for older children was kept in the … for building his house with a chimney…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… by Marks and Majoro in English, with translations into Xhosa and Sotho. They resolved to strike on 12 August. AMWU … of the labour force – tended to be more…
Mission Stations - I-L
… one of which was used for a school. There were a few (Xhosa) huts near his dwelling, and fifteen kraals within six miles. "At sunrise, a congregation of…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
… Gordon Makgothi Gordon Hendricks Gordon Ngalo Guga Xhosa Gugushe Andile Gusha Malamba Guy Harry (Mphephethwa) …
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… been composed at the end of the nineteenth century by a Xhosa poet. Today, it is half of independent South Africa's …
Zulu Community
… homelands or Bantustans , and KwaZulu was ‘set aside’ for Xhosa people. Later, these regions were proclaimed …
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… European settlers were Christian while the Khoikhoi and Xhosa people originally followed traditional African …
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… been composed at the end of the nineteenth century by a Xhosa poet. Today, it is half of independent South Africa’s …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… The confusion led to many refugees settling among the Xhosa and Thembu as Mfengu along with the remainder of the …
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
Introduction Nationalism refers to an ideology, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. It emphasises the collective of a…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… Knox Bokwe began composing hymns that drew on traditional Xhosa harmonic patterns. The development of a black urban …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… Mandela attends his first day of court in a traditional Xhosa leopard-skin kaross. 7 November, Mandela is sentenced …
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… Geelbooi Magoqwana and Bettie Nothemba Mgxaji, were of Xhosa origin. They named their son Zwelidumile, or “a person …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… known as the Wild Coast. Capital City: Bisho Bisho is the Xhosa word for buffalo, which is also the name of the river …
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… Indian team and a South African representative Zulu, Xhosa or any other Bantu (sic) national team can compete in …
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… known in prison language as ‘stokkies’, from the Xhosa word isitokisi, meaning ‘prison’. [6] Renaming of …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… becomes secretary of the "Orlando Brotherly Society", a Xhosa organisation, which prompts an interest in tribal …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… returns to Johannesburg after undergoing traditional Xhosa initiation rites in Transkei. In Johannesburg Sisulu …