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ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… end of the 19th century, imperialism became a policy of colonial expansion pursued by different European powers. The … www.fordham.edu Lugard further…
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
… The history of the institution dates back in 1910 when a Museum … in Nairobi by the then East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society [currently the East…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… Bongani Mkongi Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams Deputy Minister …
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… further below. South Africa has experienced a long history of forcible removal of people as the result of racist … apartheid was implemented and was already…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… to look at the climate just before WW2. Rebellions Against Colonial Rule Before the Second World War After 1900, Europe began to introduce changes to…
Afrikaner
… community developed their own language, national identity, history and religion. They differed radically from the … to identify themselves with the nation of…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… He became one of the youngest judges in South Africa's history when, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Cape … It grieved Steyn to see that a decade…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… and researcher for the African Studies Institute’s Oral History Project, at the University of the Witwatersrand, and … Cultural Festival" - London, United…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… their interests. During this period in South African history, the process of land dispossession was largely … which means continuous rain. Also see Albert…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… knowledge of these highly complex patterns predate written history and were preserved through story-telling among male … male experts, the akwa kuta sona,…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… be realised in subsequent years. [1] Titled Trades Routes: History and Geography, the biennale was curated by … Art. Enwezor’s vision was to “look beyond…
BiographyAchmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor, an award winning novelist and poet, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in 1948. He lived with…
BiographyElliot Mngadi
Elliot Mngadi was born in Roosboom around 1918. Alongside Peter Brown also a leading member of the LP, Mngadi spearheaded the cause of black farmers in Natal…
BiographyStephen Zelwane Nkadimeng
Stephen Zelwane Nkadimeng was one of the founders and key leaders of Fetakgomo (an organisation of migrant workers and peasantsof Sekhukhuneland). On the last…
BiographyOupa Ronald Madondo
Oupa Ronald Madondo (known as MK Scorpion) was born on 20 May 1948 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). With the advent of forced removals…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… Natal is prohibited with effect from 1 July. 13 March, The Colonial-Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) is … October, Albert Christopher, Ruben…
BiographyJan van Eck
… obtaining a BA degree majoring in geography and history in 1964, a secondary teachers' diploma in 1965 and a …
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… This led him to explore related issues such as the social history of tuberculosis and the social causes of …
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… He claimed that black Americans were unconscious of their history and needed to learn to appreciate their roots of …
BiographyCedric Nunn
… 1988. Children. Johannesburg. South Africa. Group. 1987. History Workshop. Wits University. Johannesburg. South …
Janet Burnside Soga
… to be ordained to the Christian ministry. Scottish social history shows that, just prior to this period, many weavers …
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
… first black male to hold the position in South Africa’s history. A year later, Maimane was elected leader of the DA …
BiographySimon Gqubule
… , making it an enemy of the apartheid regime. From its establishment until four years after, Rev Dr Gqubule was the …
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship … • Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Thambi Naidoo as one of the most important figures in the history of the Satyagraha Campaign in South Africa. In 1912, … Naidoo must ever remain as one of…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
… ↵ [7]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African History Online, (Uploaded: 15 October 2011), (Accessed: 19 … ↵ [8]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… those in the West Indies and Caribbean. Studies done on colonial era slave societies across the globe show how … the Cape’ in the Oxford Research…
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… armed campaign to suppression the challenge to British colonial rule. The protest and subsequent armed rebellion … to accept a new tax that was being…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. … for white occupation as from January…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… al Qalam; The Jo'burg Book: a guide to the city's history, people and places; Inleiding Tot Die Reg En …