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ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… visions as they cannot condone the preaching of conflict or war. Mgijima refuses and he is excommunicated from the … away – but the Israelites do not seize…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… start of the 20th century It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South … have your numbers, you have your labour…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… to equate exactly with the English concepts of 'unity' or 'diversity'. 'Unity in Diversity', therefore, has no exact … people unite. The phrase can be…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… to the place of work, and the unconditional right to visit or be visited. The strike forced the South African government … professional position and…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… labour, the local Khoikhoi pastoralists, Dutch immigrants or people from passing ships, and the importation of slave … Riebeeck was instructed by the VOC not…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… The empire was named after Osman, their most famous leader or Sultan. In 1453, the Ottomans conquered the Christian city … to Allah and the sultan, they were…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… thus the Afrikaans language is dominant. [iv] Pretoria or Tshwane? In the mid-2000s Pretoria was at the centre of … who had lived in the east of Pretoria in…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… the death of a ruler, an environmental disaster or war over the control of land and resources. These … cattle, to make a living. During the 14th century, or…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… people were landed in the colony, at either Simon’s Bay or Table Bay, where their fate lay in the hands of the … notified. He would then make the journey to…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… to say however that Sobukwe's Africanism was 'racial' or in direct opposition to the ANC's 'multi-racial policies'. … that instead of adopting a policy of …
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… Union Yase Natal (hereinafter referred to as the I.C.U. or the Union) and shall have jurisdiction over its members … and determine all matters affecting the…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… housing, prohibited from walking on pavements or travelling from one province to another, the newly arrived … 1885 , which prohibited Indians from acquiring…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… others continued to protest for demands that were not met or addressed. Hundreds of UP students continued to protest … to use available chains of…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… whites lived freely in these areas. There were few visible or strictly enforced barriers between people of different …
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… an ultimatum - either TUCSA supported the protest meeting, or the union would withdraw from TUCSA. The GWIU was TUCSA’s …
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… in a shift in emphasis from the author to the reader, or the production of art to its reception. …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… slopes, where winter temperatures could be up to four or five degrees warmer. The first residential townships to be … . These mansions were often enormous,…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… African residence on White land to labour tenancy or wage labour, and through prohibiting African land … of White workers were satisfied through job…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… leopard, hyena and sabre-toothed cats which did use caves, or by accident, as in the case of the recent discovery. … can not study directly abstract thought,…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… and founded the independent Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek or Transvaal Republic. In 1854 the contract of Bloemfontein … the Transvaal (they were legally…
Mission Stations - N-S
… available NCERA, Cape: SAfMS NCERA , also spelt INCHERA or NCERHA, Alice, Cape: see LOVEDALE MISSION , Alice, Cape … no part of the colony did I observe a…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… region of origin, religion, caste, names of Estates or Estate owners. Click here to make use of the ship list … £50 could be imposed on the Master of any…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… might find that ‘the big boss’ spoke only Afrikaans or spoke only English. It would be to his advantage to know … This group included the Black school…
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… water. Each group of people needed land to make a living, or even just to survive. There were many fights and raids … extinct due to the Trek Boers’ way of…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… Apartheid legislation. Although it lasted only a decade or so, it had been planned for from the 1976/7 provincial … what they should call for- a boycott of…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
… calendar alienate - to cause to feel isolated; lose or destroy support or sympathy ambivalent - having mixed or confused feelings or contradictory ideas…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… after death for many. The parents of any Black, Coloured, or Indian South African child struggled before he or she was born. They had to work long hours and…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… the Nationalist Government, its supporters, fully-fledged or half-hearted, and all the Government institutions of … has been sanctioned in South Africa,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… is passed, and prohibits “adultery, attempted adultery or related immoral acts” between black and white people. The … to assure the continuance of the…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 6. The Moderates' Eclipse | Conclusion > CHAPTER … VI education; and either an income of at least £84 a year or ownership of immovable property…