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ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… as trackers, herdsmen and shepherds. Some even joined boer commandos and attacked other Khoikhoi groups. The boers …
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
After nearly five years in exile in Britain, Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Ethiopia to reclaim his throne with the help of the British. Selassie lost his…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were totally destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The American government…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… over all the inhabitants of annexed territories. The Boer Republics, however, were chiefly concerned by British … Finally, denying the franchise to…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
Historians recognise the significance of popular struggles over the past 100 years. But debates among historians about their relationship to formal political…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… Malema in 2010 not to sing the struggle song “Kill the boer, kill the farmer”. Mokaba had also sung the song in …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Essay Questions
Explain to what extent Stalin succeeded in transforming Russia into a superpower by 1939. Stalin came to power on the back of Lenin’s death in 1925, after…
PlaceNorthern Cape
… all over the World come to Namaqualand to see the flowers! Anglo-Boer War battles The Northern Cape was very important in the Anglo-Boer War . One of the…
PlaceZonderwater
Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near Pretoria. The Zonderwater museum and the Italian Military Cemetery are alongside one another!…
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
The first Shaba war (also referred to as Shaba I) broke out on 8 March 1977 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when Angola-based guerrillas of the Front for…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
Introduction The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban intervention in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History. It led to the…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
The region of the Western Cape which includes the Table Bay area (where the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi pastoralists who…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… are still not allowed to own property in the two former Boer Republics (Transvaal and the Orange Free State), or to …
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
Rudolph Ludewyk “Okey” Lewis was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s second world class athlete after Laurens S Meintjes.[ii] He…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… three days after the declaration of South African (Anglo-Boer) War, W.K.L. Dickson (who had perfected the motion …
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
South Africa's former Prime Minister on two occasions, from 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948, General J.C. Smuts passed away at the age of 80 on his Doorkloof farm in…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from 1947…
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was formed at the end of World War II. European countries needed insurance and security against The Soviet Union…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
On 15 November 1920, the General Assembly of the League of the Nationsmet in Geneva, Switzerland for the first time. The League was an international body…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… the Cape Colony. Sometime between 1820 and 1826, trek Boer farmer Johan Nicolaas Brits settled in the Transoranje … enclosure', according to a woman detained…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
Pass laws in South Africa were met with fierce resistance during the 20th century. But earlier forms of passes, had in fact been used in various instances…
PlaceBethal
… The town's Memorial Square is the site of the burial of Boer soldiers who were killed in battle. One source lists several burghers (Boer soldiers) who fell…
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… under White control and domination at the end of the Anglo-Boer War had formerly been divided amongst at least nine … decade of this century. Before and…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… in the Transvaal, and the outbreak of wars against the Boer Republics, were all to benefit Port Elizabeth. As a … into South Africa by the British military…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… international cricketers, fortification during The Anglo-Boer War, as headquarters of the Cape Command, refuge for …
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… that a temporary cease-fire was called for during the Anglo-Boer War so that a match could be played between the British …
PlaceDundee
… leading up to the famous battle between Zulu impis and the Boer Voortrekkers. The most interesting feature of the Blood … and horse trails, are all on offer…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
After World War II, the process of decolonization of the African continent gathered momentum as Africans increasingly agitated for more political rights and…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens Rachel Fenton ‘Politics and the Novel’ January 2015 …