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ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… the Caledon and Orange Rivers; from present day Wepener to Zastron, and the area north of the Caledon River, which … branch of the Koena/Kwena (Crocodile)…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… by European settlers in nineteenth-century South Africa to support their claims to land. Today this theory is described as a myth, the Empty … because there…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
… freedom fighter, mother, or wife. These qualities are said to have been cultivated from a young age when she had to take care of her siblings, stepping in…
ArticleZulu Family History
… Zulu Kings 1781 to 1816 Senzangakhona 1816 to 1828 Shaka 1828 to 1840 Dingane 1840 to 1872 Mpande 1872 to 1879 Cetswayo …
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… animals and generally lived in areas that were too dry to grow crops. They would also move to a new settlement when food became scarce in their area. … and…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… free burghers settle along the Liesbeeck River in the Cape to cultivate land to provide ships stopping at the station with fresh food. 1659 The Khoi at the…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… from the First Leningrad Medical Institute. She learns to speak fluent Russian during her studies. 1972 … at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. She…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… singer. She is from Johannesburg and dedicated her life to fighting for equality in both South Africa and America Key … was a South African singer who…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… For each individual photographer, there was the struggle to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised apartheid ideology. To see what had not…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… the impact that women have had in politics, in addition to the fight against the apartheid movement and the rights … dedication in paid off, especially after…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… workers, their children, and their wives in addition to community health and poverty. These negative results only … a generation of disadvantaged youths and…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… leaves Trichardt while Potgieter goes on an expedition to the Lowveld. 1845 Andries Hendrik Potgieter leads the Voortrekkers to establish the first White…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… arrive at the South Beach of Port Natal, which was later to become Durban. They arrived on the SS Truro. Records show … labourer. 1861 March, The town…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… as part of a community. People’s sickness is often related to their relationship with other people. People can also … look at the environment that people…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… Following an upsurge of violent and non-violent resistance to the racially-exclusive system of apartheid - which had … apartheid regime and other internal…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… The Government and the ANC have again committed themselves to the Groote Schuur Minute . 2. The final report of the … as amended, was accepted by both…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Xhosa people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the nominally self-governing homelands of the Transkei and … the history of these…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… gaps in critical areas of the township's history that need to be plugged to achieve a fuller account of Sophiatown community … the Apartheid regime. More…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… 1 September 1983, London We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, … African masses, he was able in his…
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… (‘farmer Jew’) or Boerejode (plural) is the term used to identify South African Jews who have acculturated themselves to the Afrikaner language and culture …
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… Black Campus SRC (Student Representative Council) decided to break away from the National Union of South African … interests. In the 1960s White members…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… Many organisations within the country have helped to shape the way that South African history has unfolded. One … a series of ups and downs that affected…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… (People’s Council) takes place in Rustenburg. To inaugurate the event a Council House is erected, with … of the same year. A treaty with the English is…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… as a way of uniting activists and cultural workers to form a coalition of cultural resistance to Apartheid. The archive, reports and documentation of the…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other Whites to the area. The population, according to the 1916 edition of The Guide to…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… they might first appear. Perhaps the first and best place to begin addressing these topics is by acknowledging that in … the matter of identity and make it…
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… field or in government. Leaders have a responsibility to lead their followers well and to be a good example to them. It is important to know who our leaders…
South African and World leaders
… amazing leaders who have been influenced and contributed to the people, history and country as it is today. Some of … and did not serve in the public…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… 1977, the apartheid government stiffened its resolve to end the nationwide student unrest that broke out in Soweto … and the impact of the backlash on the…
ArticleSilverton Siege
… Makhubo and Wilfred Madela – were allegedly on their way to carry out a planned MK sabotage mission on petrol depots … they were being tailed by the police…