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ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… the Free State and the Basotho in ten years began, and Boer forces overran Moshoeshoe's land and conquered all the …
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
Innate resilience in conjunction with unmatched passion forms a characteristic that proves to be unstoppable, yet the rarity of this combination stems from the…
ArticleKey sites
Cafes A number of notable restaurants arose in the Grey Street area. These included Simon’s Cafe, Goodwill Lounge, owned and run by Pompie Naidoo who brought…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout apartheid. The South African government needed to rely on the external…
PlaceTugela River and Waterfalls, in the Drakensberg
… - two Historic Forts built by the British during the Anglo-Zulu War . There are at least 10 golf courses within …
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… struggle for freedom from the British during the Second Boer War (1899 - 1902) . Both the Kruger National Park and …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic So far, this feature has described how the…
Mission Stations - M
… the following report on the Missions destroyed during Anglo-Basotho conflict of 1880: "The Church had at the time …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental process for South Africans. With many…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
Culture/Creativity/Communism: cultural expression and South Africa’s communist movement by Judy Seidman This paper opens up the question about the role…
PlaceTranskei
An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland (Mfenguland) and Galekaland …
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… were sitting at the top table with Harry Oppenheimer’s Anglo-American. Apartheid was going to break down, I said, … we were allowed to read. My interest was…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
FROM eNCOME OVER „BLOEDRIVIER“ TO eNCOME AND BEYOND Ben Khumalo-Seegelken, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany Conference …
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
“They have taught us through their orations the undesirability of a social system based on capitalism, that is inqubo yogimhelakwesabo, that is stuffing one’s…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… to the 1940s. (6) The trek to the cities combined with the Boer defeat at the hands of the British was what shaped …
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… on British redcoats (just as the ABM Volunteers aped Boer War Volunteer dress). But later a more 'spiritual' …
PlaceKokstad
The little town of Kokstad sits on the boundary between KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape, nestled in the heart of Griqualand East. Kokstad lies in the shadow…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… travelled to Natal (and subsequently founded the Boer republic of Natalia (1840-1843)). [26] Immigrants from … travelled to Natal (and subsequently founded…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
David Goldblatt's photographs have borne witness since the late 1940's to life in his native South Africa. More than 150 of his pictures are in a retrospective…
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… followers retreated into some caves. In late October two Boer commandos and their Kgatla allies attacked the caves, … took 6 300 cattle, 1 200 goats and 450…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… of creating a single state out of the two independent Boer republics - the Transvaal and Orange Free State - on the …
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… War Graves and the Ultimatum Tree- All from the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War and can be found on the South bank of the …
Document 79 - “What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?”, Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934
… to hoot and jeer and threaten. Many of these were Boer farmers, who had already forgotten the stand I had made …
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
… to hoot and jeer and threaten. Many of these were Boer farmers, who had already forgotten the stand I had made …
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… of the original Dutch settlers’ descendants- the Boer Voortrekkers, from the 1830's . …
PlaceKruger National Park
… 31 May 1902 when the South African and the Free State Boer Republics lost their independence. During the last few … Lourenco Marques every month by a…
PlaceSenekal
Senekal was established on 7 June 1877 on the farm De Puk in the district of Winburg. It is the panoramic Eastern Free State on the main route between…
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
Despite their defeats in battles with the Boers and the British during the nineteenth Century, the Zulus have remained an active force in South African…