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… 'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in … Africa’s history. It was an event that in many ways shaped the history of 20th Century South Africa. The end of the war …

… The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose … and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent. Colonial conquest and rapid land … and political power. As voortrekkers moved away from the Cape Colony to escape British rule, they fought, seized …

… The Kingdom of Kongo was a large kingdom in the western part of central Africa. The name comes from the fact that the founders of the kingdom … Gondola, Ch. Didier. 2002. The History of Congo. Greenwood Press, London.|Heywood, Linda M. 2009. “Slavery and Its Transformation in the Kingdom of Kongo: 1491-1800” in The Journal of African …

… The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the fact that people from these agencies do not want their stories to be told. The Bureau of State Security (BOSS), which was originally … South African History Online, (2012), “The South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is …

… 1940 Mandela was elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After … low SRC poll, he followed his conscience and resigned. The head of the University gave him a choice: either he accepts the post …

… South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. …

… The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in …

… (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from different … Africa convene at Community Hall, Bloemfontein. Under the chairmanship of Prof. Jabavu, delegates draft … on African grievances and resolve to constitute the All African Convention (AAC), an organised body that …

… 1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into being. 1652 Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), establishes a station at the Cape of Good Hope, at the southern tip of Africa. 1656 …

… The ANC in exile issued its first January 8th statement in 1972, the founding date of the ANC. This statement outlined the organisation’s programme …

… 1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is passed. …

…                  Artefacts in a site known as 'Gemsbok' in the north of the Orange River near present day Oranjemund is dated to this … 400 000 years                                            The bones of an extinct elephant,  Elephas recki , in the …

… This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … Relation to Women’s Rights Abstract : This paper explores the nature of customary law in South Africa and evaluates whether the contemporary status of customary law as a legal system …

… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing … apartheid by passing a series of racist laws, notably the Population Registration Act, the Groups Areas Act, the Reservation of Separate Amenities …  [Accessed 30 March 2009] | “Moments in Apartheid: The Treason Trial” [online] Available at: …

… For this complex period to be studied, the Sharpeville massacre, Soweto uprising and the release of Nelson Mandela and unbanning of liberation … turning points in South African history are a depiction of the conflict between the Government and the Black/ African …

… Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being towed to a wreckers …

… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it brought …

… March 20, 1602 marked the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hundred years ago, a …

… district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho Moshoeshoe I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war with the …

… 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern Africa, and moored overnight in the lee of a headland, which may have been the Bluff. …

… 1917 27 October, Oliver Reginald Tambo (OR) is born in the village of Kantolo, Mbizana, in the Mpondoland (eQawukeni), region of the Eastern Cape.  His mother, Julia, was the third wife of …

… For many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with … people should determine their own future - Africa for the Africans. It was first expressed by a Xhosa missionary, Tiyo Siga, in the 19th century. During the 1950's, the apartheid government …

… The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the modern South African state, held in accordance with the …

… By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations … initiated by Coloureds existed, most of which dealt with the question of the franchise. The exception was the South African Moslems' …

… prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and … No 6: Commenced: 4 March 1988 Commission of Inquiry into the Death of Clayton Sizwe Sithole Mandate: To investigate the circumstances surrounding the death in detention of …

… 1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at 1,204. 1858 The Umzinto …

… This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the organization’s early years. Events include the fight …

… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the  Sharpeville Massacre  and its aftermath. The …

… - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the verandah AMATHURI - Verandah IBADI - Door IBALELO - Used … and could mean either a batten, or a ring beam IBODA - The drum wall of a cone on cylinder dwelling IFESDIRI - A window. The term has probably been derived from the Dutch venster, …

… In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was considered … for forced removal from designated White areas were the Bakwena ba Mogopa on the farm Swartrand and Bakubung ba …