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ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… in cities and mines became one of the only ways to pay colonial taxes and survive. With the hardening of White … Land dispossession lies at the heart of…
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… had lasted from 1952-1959, probably the longest in the history of Kenya, came to an end. The state of emergency was … EvelynBaring, due to the Mau Mau…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… and resistance, and the white settlers demanded that the colonial government take action to deal with it. In February … by Chakijana kaGezindaba, Bambatha…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… 19 days from the date of its commission. On 24 April the Colonial Secretary visited Port Elizabeth, where he was … at that centre, operations in connection…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… popular culture and it is important to understand its history and significance within the broader South African … to describe it as well as its relevance to…
BiographyGriffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, the eldest son of Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge, was born in 1935. His parents were well-respected peasant farmers of Rayi,…
BiographyLloyd Spencer
Lloyd Spencer was born in South Africa in 1955. As a teenager, he had developed and printed his own medium format photos using his father's antique cameras as…
BiographyMohammed Tikly
Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in Pietersburg, (now…
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… is, with the exception of the Castle, the oldest military establishment in South Africa. Its history has long been neglected. Unfortunately, the original …
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… was created to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of meteorological and related services and … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… in 2021, with the aim to distance South Africa from its colonial past and represent the authentic South Africa, the … river. Port Elizabeth, now known as…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… strategic alliances with South Africa and the last two colonial governments on the sub continent, Angola and … by now. References: Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day…
PlaceNqamakwe
… missionaries. Realising the need for an education in the colonial economy they were now attempting to enter, they … to collect funds and to lay down the…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… as a source of cheap labour for the white-controlled Natal colonial agricultural economy. The list can be searched by: … one's ancestors - Often serial…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… reasons. He wanted Africans to learn about their own history and culture: “We thought this kind of material that … Tladi also describes issues relating to…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… most culturally sophisticated empires in medieval world history. Founded by the Mandinka warrior-king Sundiata Keita … rulers of Mali, none left a more…
Independent Electoral Commission
… settlement in South Africa resulted inter alia in the establishment of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) … the interim constitution of 1993 and…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… general secretary. The aim of the KCA was to address the colonial challenges faced by the Kikuyu. In 1929, Kenyatta … He was later linked to the Mau-Mau…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… its very names your city evokes powerful currents of our history: the spirit that brought the Voortrekkers to this … the Royal Kraal of Dingane, lost to…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… of the Defiance Campaign. The campaign led to the establishment of numerous local Congress of the People … it attempted to do what had never been done before…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… of Johannesburg. There for the first time in South African history black and white jazz musicians could meet on a … is for others, for the liberation of my…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… Central Business District Within months of its establishment, Johannesburg experienced a surge of building … century, it was regarded as a stronghold of…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… to look back at more than 100 years of motoring History with its unique and exciting collection of vehicles, … of the Museum's Collection took place in 1974,…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… career, Du Bois was an advocate for the study of African history and culture. In the early twentieth century, he was … was Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, who…
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… The history of Sasol began in 1927 when a White Paper was tabled in Parliament to investigate the establishment of a South African oil-from-coal industry. It…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… Mandela and signed into law. The Act provided for the establishment of a Land Claims Commission and a Land Claims … Agricultural Union (SAAU). References:…
PlaceKenya
… faces a number of domestic and regional problems. Early History Prior to the arrival of Arab settlers, the area in … eventually captured the coastal regions…
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
… CARTER (eds), From protest to challenge: a documentary history of African politics in South Africa, 1882-1964. … CARTER (eds), From protest to challenge:…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
The South African writer, Abraham Hermanus de Vries, was born on Tuesday the 9th of February, in 1937, in a small town and agricultural centre of the western…
BiographyJabu Sithole
Jabu Sithole was born on 23 October 1949 in Lamontville, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where he attended primary school until age seven when he was struck…