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BiographyChief Maqoma
"Without question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars.Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King…
Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis
Henrietta (Ettie or Het) Rebecca Stakesby Lewis was born in 1850 at the Umpukani Mission Station, Orange Free State (now Free State Province), and grew up in…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
No equality under the Union Jack, 1900-1910 Gumede’s hopes that the British victory in the Anglo-Boer war would result in the removal of the oppressive…
ArchiveIndentured Indian Immigration to Natal, 1860-1870 with special reference to the Hindu Caste System and its implications by Pathmaloshini Moodley
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
Johannes Henricus Brand was the president of the Orange Free State, one of two Boer republics formed after the Boers left the Cape Colony in the Great Trek. He…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
Thursday sees Trafalgar High School, located at the foot of District Six, marking 100 years of existence and according to school principal, Nadeem Hendricks,…
Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950
Imperial Duty by John Ruskin, Oxford 8 February 1870
BiographyJames Smith Morland
Born Liverpool, England 1846, died Cape Town, 1921. Morland was descended from a family of British artists that includes the famous George Morland (1763 - 1804…
ArchiveDetention without trial : 100 artists protest
White poster with black block in centre showing artwork of dead flowers hanging down. Black lettering at bottom on white background. Notice of exhibition at…
ArchiveNegotiations: 100 years of social teaching
White background. Title in green and black letters. Green border. Green logo. The pursuit of peace through justice. Issued by the Justice and Peace Directive…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (TUC), situated in Johannesburg, started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in Skinner…
ArchiveR1 800 paid in back-pay
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
Mpande was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both preceded…
ArchiveThe development of the Swazi labour market 1900 - 1968
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
On 25 January 1981, Laingsburg in the Western Cape was devastated by a severe flood. The hard rains immersed the whole town in water, only the roofs of the…
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous professions, this despite the enormous amounts invested in it and the resulting wealth…
ArchiveMay Day: 100 years of Workers Day
Red poster with black and yellow lettering. Photo of a worker. NUSAS salutes S A's workers.
APDUSA Views - Issue No 100, June 2011
ArchiveBan overtime: create 100 000 new jobs
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
July 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of the South African Communist Party (SACP): one of the first Marxist-Leninist parties on the continent, and among…
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
Shapurji Jivanji Randeria was born at Rander in the Surat district in India in 1880. He arrived in South Africa in 1900. He had passed the senior book-keeping…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small groups in Namibia and Zambia. While…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
1 300 auto workers were dismissed by Volkswagen on 3 February 2000 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, for not returning to work after going out on an unprocedural…
ArchiveAn Economic History of Nigeria 1860-1960 by R. Olufeni Ekundare
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
On 18 August 1994, the first democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech to the joint sitting of…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a…
Imperial Duty by John Ruskin, Oxford 8 February 1870
John Ruskin: Imperial Duty, Oxford 8 February 1870 "Imperial Duty" There is a destiny now possible to us ”” the highest ever set before a nation to be…
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