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Post-apartheid Polokwane
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
By the early 1980s, the Congress movement was becoming established as the most effective force in the fight against apartheid throughout the country. With the…
Resistance politics
Cape Town Mayors and other city officials
Cape Town Democratic Movement biographies
Cape Town Arts & culture biographies
Cape Town Historical & community biographies
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh vegetables and…
Conclusion
Grassroots Community Newspaper
Western Cape United Squatters Association (WECUSA)
Cape Areas Housing Action Committee (CAHAC)
Cape Town Civic and Community Organisations, 1980s
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck was to ensure a constant supply of fresh…
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…
Bloemfontein Arts & Culture Biographies
Bloemfontein Democratic movement biographies
Bloemfontein Historical & Community Biographies
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small groups in Namibia and Zambia. While…
Griqua community
The Griqua people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, however their history had an important influence on the history and…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
The first white inhabitantsBetween 1820 and 1826, Afrikaner trekboer (migratory farmer) J.N. Brits trekked from the Cape Colony, crossed the Orange River and…