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A new class struggle
… a sophisticated and active menace to their position in Colonial society, competing for space, place, trade and … "solutions" to their common problems and…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… become one of the longest running trials in South African history spanning 240 days in court. It would be two years …
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… in 1977; his doctoral thesis was titled Theory and History in Marxist Poetics. He held a research position at … intellectual contributions to South Africa’s…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… West News. These developments prepared the ground for the establishment of SWANU. The forced removal of communities … studying guerilla warfare that Ottilie…
BiographyDorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams was born in 1928 in Wellington, 72 kilometres north-east of Cape Town. Wellington had been declared on the farm of Champagne in 1840, and it grew…
Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010)
… Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 …
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… of the nature and basis of the power of chiefs in pre-colonial African societies. They believed that traditional … to 30 locations in a district. A headman,…
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
Lucas Manyane Mangope was born west of Zeerust near Bechuanaland border on December 27,1923,the son of a local chief,Mangope graduated from St Peter's School…
BiographyManasseh Tebatso Moerane
… T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 …
BiographyFrancis Wilson
… a chapter titled Farming 1866 – 1966 to the Oxford History of South Africa. The following year, Labour in the …
BiographyRebecca Malope
… becoming the fastest selling CD in the South African music history. In 1996 she lost her father, brother and sister in …
BiographyDenis Mayer
… is displayed in the South African Museum of Military History in Johannesburg. Mayer saw service in the South …
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… a blog on President Jacob Zuma entitled The End of History. He is survived by his wife Sarchen, daughter Ingrid …
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… time of his death he was working on the compilation of a history of the South African liberation movement in song. He …
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… University. Together they wrote the classic labour history Class and Colour in South Africa: 1850 - 1950, a …
Faith Gasa
… ) from 1968 to 1972. She then went on to study History and Afrikaans in 1972. It was at the university that …
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… other equally committed and fearless students towards the establishment of a more democratic order on campus. In …
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
… in 1939, the University of Pretoria to lecture on Cultural History. In 1940 she was offered the position of Head of the … stories against a historical…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… initiator of a major "advancement" in the visual arts in colonial South Africa, is today largely forgotten by the offical art establishment. Reflecting upon…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… was formed and later re-titled the Pioneer Corps. [i] The history of pioneer corps dates back to 1854 when the Army … Rhodes pioneer corps: British South…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli … Luthuli's Nobel Prize came at a critical…
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under colonial rule. Today, African countries are politically … [Accessed 16 February 2015] For a…
Joseph Zenzele Mavi
… labor action against a single employer in South Africa history.Despite accusations of recklessness from other labor …
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… Abdurahman's political striving. In 1913 he initiated the establishment of the Teachers' League of South Africa (TLSA), …
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… a book edited by Badsha and Francis Wilson and the establishment of a centre for documentary photography at … of 1982, and it ran alongside Badsha’s…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… Xhosa territory. On 10 May Governor D'Urban extended the colonial boundary of the Cape to the western bank of the … arrangements did not meet with the…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… less independent in relation to their participation in the colonial cash economy. The result was that thousands of … White settlers. The Act set out to…
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… completed his B.A.degree, majoring in Education and History and successfully completed a B.Ed. in 1990 at Wits … themselves and build unity and pride in our…
PlaceCameroon
… Cameroon can in many ways be considered a microcosm of the history of the African continent. Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural … between the people and their environment…