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The South African War
… more ). Regardless of who provoked the war, conflict in southern Africa would have been inevitable before the mining industry …
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… The largest North-Sotho language group in South Africa are the Bapedi group, who arrived in the northern … Pedi were establishing a kingdom when white…
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own … Taking the form of a mass…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the … the South Ndebele migrated onto the central highveld of southern Africa some four…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… Photograph by John Robinson/South Photographs. Permission: Africa Media Online. Lindiwe Mabuza was born in 1939 in … Lindiwe Mabuza, interview by Tor…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… social and political concerns between India and South Africa. For the poets, it was slightly easier. There is a … fascinated by the chromatic links between…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… dedicated her life to fighting for equality in both South Africa and America Key Words: Miriam Makeba, Apartheid, Civil … the Manhattan Brothers toured the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout … on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa,"…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… record about150 000 years ago, and they first appear in Africa (and possibly South Africa). Human footprints found at Nahoon Point, up the coast … between…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… from grace of the then President of the Republic of South Africa (RSA), Thabo Mbeki . Mbeki had been running for the … despite having served his two terms as…
References and links: Local History
… Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The … Potgieter D. J. (ed) 1973…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… Islamic militia which enjoyed control over much of Southern Somalia. Al-Shabaab (literally meaning ‘the … splits within the group. [xii] The Kenyan invasion…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… resistance of the APO to the formation of Union of South Africa Although the Imperial Britain had conquered the two … Colony, Natal, the Orange River Colony,…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… continental integration as a necessary means to ensure Africa be taken seriously on the world stage, especially as … Maghreb Union (AMU), the Common Market…
ArticleTswana
… culture and beliefs: About 4 million Tswana people live in southern Africa; 3 million in South Africa and 1 million in the nation … discovery of diamonds and…
ArticleEOAN Group
… The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and … festivals, annual opera seasons and tours throughout South Africa…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… of Aids-related deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa was officially the country with the highest prevalence … of HIV and AIDS for the…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… The Nile River The Nile is the biggest river in Africa . The river comes from the meeting of three rivers … with them their own culture. However, in some…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… and the fight against poverty and inequality in South Africa Initiating a research and archival project, on trade unions and the working-class movement in…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… instead sent to work on his brother’s cotton farm in South Africa. His brother soon learnt that the business of growing … conquered the regions, which were…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman Rachel Fenton … Development Project’ in relation Post…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… the UNO in 1948, the National Party came to power in South Africa. They put into practice the racist policy of … declared a Crime against Humanity by the UNO…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… 1970s period was a watershed for youth politics in South Africa. The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was … attempting to establish underground…
ArticleRock Art
… conflict with the new arrivals. Most rock art in South Africa is found in the South-western and southern Cape, the Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, Lesotho and …
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Eastern Cape area, we must examine the developments of the southern Nguni, who moved down towards the Eastern Cape and … www.eco-afrika-tours.co.za For…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… acts of violence committed in the Republic of South Africa (including self-governing territories). If such … on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract … Indanda Seminary and its Influence on…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… commitment between the two parties to issues plaguing southern Africa. The Collapse of Portuguese Colonialism and the growth … a dramatic role in the…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… Province, and Botswana. The first pottery in South Africa associated with the Sotho is called Icon and dates to … Basotho Wars (1858- 68) and the formation…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… left Latvia in 1929 and arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on 9 December 1929. Until his exile to Dar es Salaam, … Struggle, London: International Defence…