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Event“Maberete” strike ends more than a decade of labour broking at the South African Post Office
… strikes they had developed various tactics to bring postal delivery to a complete halt. They formed a group known … |Mpho Sibanyoni. “Temporary postal…
ArticleKora
… cattle and land raids came to a head in 1868, when the colonial government created a special magisterial district. … the Korana 'raid' leaders and handed…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… ↵ [iii] S Grant, Church and chief in the Colonial Era. … ↵ [iv] http://www.polokwanecity.co.za/history-of-zion-christian-church-zcc/ ↵ [v] … ↵ [vi] www…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… pursued his academic studies and first obtained a B.A. (History and Criminology). He went on to attain a B. … University of South Africa (UNISA) in African…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… Union split over issues of rail and customs tariffs. The Colonial Secretary Jan Smuts proposed finding a political … met in Durban, Cape Town and…
BiographySteven Eli Friedman
Steven Eli Friedman was born on 31 March 1953 in Johannesburg. In 1971 Friedman began studying at the University of Witwatersrand. While at University, he…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… of Indians in Natal awakened Bassa's interest in the history of Indian immigrants in South Africa and their …
BiographySamora Machel
… the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our …
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… but to enroll for a degree in Swaziland, majoring in history and politics. Her studies were briefly interrupted …
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… He was the author of considerable books in Hindi, namely History of passive resistance in South Africa, My experiences …
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… Vlieg Photographic Collection is held by the South African History Archive. De Vlieg now lives on the kwaZuluNatal North …
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
… and trying to take more than just a military approach, history will judge her kindly,” [viii] Dlamini-Zuma was …
BiographyLesley Lawson
… she produced a series of slide and tape shows on the history of political resistance for HAP (the Human Awareness …
BiographyReggie Williams
Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The…
BiographyJoey Fourie
… she won a seat on the Woodstock City Council during a history-making election which gave Woodstock three communist …
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… aspirations or their basic needs. View Larger Map History and evictions Initially Waaihoek was a White owned … properties. The farm lacked facilities such as…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Introduction December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is … God's ratification of that covenant. This…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… 11 TOTAL 121 Source: http://www.southafrica.to/history/history.html 1929 Elections: The last “white males only” … NP government introduced legislation that…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
… in the Southern Hemisphere! Until the 17th Century the history of Jewry had been played out in the relatively … these Regions it did not spread until, on the…
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… Heart of Redness , published in 2000, looks at the colonial past. The Xhosa were led to believe that their …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… baptised, all requisites for emancipation during the Dutch colonial period at the Cape. Whether Van der Stel left …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… all had a common aim: the confiscation of the land and the establishment of White supremacy. The preliminary stages of … of this system extended to the…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… into the Portuguese colony in Angola [iii] . Early history and formation 1390 - 1491 Understanding the early … [v] . It is generally acknowledged, however,…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… South African World Heritage Sites Land dispossession history of South Africa 19th century South Africa South … a mass meeting is organised mainly by…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied at…
BiographyAlbert Newall
Albert Newall was born in 1920 in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Newall enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1937, where he trained and later served…
BiographyWilliam Tilden McClain
William Tilden McClain, son of Mary and Harry McClain and an elder brother to David Jack McClain was born on 14 January 1923 in Shelbyville, Indiana. McClain…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… the VOC (Dutch East India Company) altered the course of history in the Cape Colony. The first was to release a group … settlers on the one hand, and Company…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… were forced to work for European landowners to survive.The colonial government turned a blind eye to the widespread … from their homes and land. Photo from…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since the European … identities, languages and ethnic bonds…