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EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… organized but distinct chiefdoms that have Northern Nguni origins. Since the Mfengu arrived in various areas of Xhosa … 381.| Keegan, T.J (1996). C olonial…
EventAfrikaans is declared an official language of South Africa
… a South African nationalism that recognised their varied origins, but one that emphasised a unique South African …
PlaceWupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
… been a Moravian mission station since 1865, although its origins are actually Rhenish . The name ``Wuppertal" derives …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… The Afrikaans language has its origins in Dutch. It developed amongst Dutch-speaking …
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… facilities of Sastri College. Despite such discriminatory origins the first, degree courses, taught to Indians and …
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission in the then…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… With origins that can be traced back to 1904, the University of …
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… from which the leaders of the Revolt were drawn.' The Origins of SASM: the African Student Movement SASM was formed … earlier grouping, the African Students…
BiographySonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… This role on the part of the people of India, which takes origins from the heroic struggles led by the great Mahatma …
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… and present, with an emphasis on the town’s diversity of origins, cultures and religions. Guided tours are available. …
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
… and formerly known as the Malay Quarter , the Bo-Kaap’s origins date back to the 1760s when numerous “huurhuisjes” … and formerly known as the Malay Quarter,…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… the city during the period under consideration is their origins. African migrants in the city came from the reserves … (present day North West Province). …
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… course. Umkhonto, which included members of all racial origins, appeared in public on 16 December 1961 with a series … world a lesson in reconciliation of…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in …
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… of SANSCO AZASO become increasingly aloof from its BCM origins and sought to change by forming a new organisation or …
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… 25 February 2015] This section includes: Reasons and origins of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA (background …
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… It must be pointed out that while total strategy has its origins in the cycles of repression and resistance dating …
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… skepticism and scorn. Nearly all theories of human origins then, though based on little or no fossil evidence, … "Raymond A. Dart Is Dead at 95; Leader in…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… Carton, Benedict. Blood from your Children: The Colonial Origins of Generational Conflict in South Africa . …
PlaceSahlumbe
… had violent repercussions. Factional violence whose origins and causes were varied broke out. Amongst these …
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa…
BiographyJames la Guma
James Arnold la Guma (Jimmy) was born on 23 August 1894 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). A trade unionist and political activist,…
ArticleTswana
… with the book on The Tones of Sechuana Nouns in 1929. Origins: The first pottery in South Africa associated with …
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… Museum's Cape Dutch Architecture reflects the History and origins of the Western Cape. Each Exhibition Halls covers 2 …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd. His…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). BCM had its origins in university campuses, mainly white, liberal …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… cattle byre about 20 metres in diameter. This type has its origins among BaFokeng living near the hill Ntsuanatsatsi in …
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… in the republic. Unlike Zaire, however, the name Congo has origins in the colonial period, when Europeans identified the …