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BiographyIsmail Ahmed Cachalia
… both held in the same year and were turning points in the history of resistance. The Indian passive resistance campaign …
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… since the mid-1980s. [19] Owing to his veteran status, history of imprisonment, and a pending trial for misconduct, … originally published on 1 February 1948…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… Centralisation and Competition The Role of European Colonial Expansion Key Events and Leaders The Rise of the … and the "Empty Land" Myth Historiographical…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… would occur between the Boer republics and the British colonial machine. Initial confrontations between the Boers … Land dispossession lies at the heart of…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, and formal racial … slavery was neglected as a public history. In a…
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… during this momentous period in South African history, Seme did not articulate a view that would captivate … variance with the ANC’s perspective on Seme’s…
PlacePosthuys
… Coastline and was built in the late 1600's as a lookout post for enemy ships entering False Bay. Posthuys features … First recorded on a map in 1687, the…
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… work on South Africa. He has written extensively on the history of the South African liberation movement and its … and several other institutions including…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… on the Xhosa communities in Port Elizabeth. However, the history of these communities is inextricably linked to the pre-colonial history, colonial history…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… USA. In 1973, Sampson published The Sovereign State: The History of ITT and rejoined The Observer as an American …
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
… in standard reference books on South African art. The life-history of the struggle of this consummate artist stands as a …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… 1. Introduction ↵ The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors … for historians to construct narratives of precolonial and…
Zulu Community
… focus on the Zulu communities in Durban. However, the history of these communities is inextricably linked to the pre-colonial history, colonial history and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… the Jewish people of today, we have to be aware of the history of the Holocaust which so profoundly affected them. … Port Elizabeth exhibition, some of us…
BiographyJennifer Davis
… study of the role of foreign capital in South African and colonial development, and her introduction to the Unity …
BiographyDavid Livingstone
David Livingstone was born on 19 March, 1813 in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was a committed Protestant Sunday school teacher and probably…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi was born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven sisters…
BiographyBaldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
… Minister of Health in the KZN government in 1991(a post he held until 1994). He also became a member of the …
BiographyVejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan
… Staff designate on 2 October 2011, and took over the post on 1 April 2013 In July 2017, Dr Ramlakan wrote a book …
BiographyOprah Winfrey
… to third grade. First Black African woman billionaire in history! A DNA test on the show African American Lives (2006) … Daniels' The Butler (2013)] # I'm a…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… day. This moment came as a terrible titanic dream in the history of the ANC. Amongst those arrested were; Walter … relating to the manufacture of explosives…
24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … with the different banks and by making use of the postal…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… poignant accounts of the township's and South Africa's history in the last sixty years. Many of them were linked to Drum Magazine and Golden City Post. Their…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… Museum is housed in an authentic old house typical of the Colonial era. Set on park-like grounds this veranda home's … newspaper and was Natal's first Prime…
BiographyKlass Makhosana Mahlangu
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship …
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… results in the exams ”” he passed in English and American history, but failed the mathematics test – Xuma was admitted … interest in the prospective hospital…
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 … it is now possible to take a more…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… solidarity went beyond that of the nuclear family. Pre- colonial societies were highly varied, where they were either … lines can presently be seen as…
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 …
PlaceWakkerstroom
… and bustle of city life. Mpumalanga, is a town rich in History and natural beauty. Originally inhabited by the San … At a time when South Africa was…