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Document 114 - (National Liberation League?), How To Work Among Urban Africans
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew In this statement an attempt is made to indicate the…
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
Roodepoort is actually a City of its own, although it has now merged with the Suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, there is barely a discernible line over…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the…
PlaceKogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve is situated in the Western Cape Province, 40 km from Cape Town. This first South African Biosphere Reserve and covers 1036,29…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
ArticleZulu
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
PlacePosthuys
Posthuys is considered of the earliest buildings along the False Bay Coastline and was built in the late 1600's as a lookout post for enemy ships entering…
PlaceZimbabwe
… several attempts to conquer resources inland since the 1600s. In exchange for wealth and arms, Lobengula approved …
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
1904 6 January, The settler Frau Sonnenberg tells German soldiers stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that…
PlaceGrassy Park, Cape Town
Grassy Park is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town set on the Cape flats, just east of the M5 and the Princess Vlei, and closest to the suburbs of Ottery…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
After the advent of democratic rule in 1994, the newly elected ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a legacy of centuries of land…
PlaceValdezia Mission Station, Soutpansberg District
Situated in the Soutpansberg District to the south-east of Louis Trichardt is Valdezia Mission Station, an establishment that has come to represent a portion…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
The Swazi nation, as we know it today, originally came from Mozambique. Their Nguni ancestors probably moved there before the sixteenth Century as part of the…
PlaceWakkerstroom
"Nestled in the rolling hills and tranquil Valleys of South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province, Wakkerstroom is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered. Known for its…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land,…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
The Cape Peninsula is surrounded by oceans on three sides and has three natural harbours: Table Bay and Hout Bay on the Atlantic coast and False Bay on the…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
At the end of a road eight kilometres from the Village of Hilton, on an Escarpment above Pietermaritzburg, are large wrought-iron gates! Behind these is: …
PlaceKalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert is basically, a large basin like Plain in the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… itself as the royal family, which dates back to the early 1600s, as a standpoint for the political and social …
PlaceCameroon
Cameroon is sometimes referred to as a “true African crossroads” not only because of its geographical position, but also because of the country's great variety…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much for your presence here today to support an important project - the South Africa-Mali Project…
PlaceNyanga Township
Nyanga, a sprawling, poverty-stricken illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townships in Cape Town. It was established in…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. The formation of the Union of…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …
PlaceMali
Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is bounded on the north by Algeria, on the east by Niger and…
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
Mitchell Park Zoo is situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of eThekwini’s best-kept secrets. Mitchell Park Zoo is named after…
ArticleNdebele
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his book? The answer would depend on how the reader defines the…