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EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… Janssens, sponsored development and reforms. In short the colonial history of the Cape of Good Hope from its first occupation in … to the year 2000,…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to … Hertzog. The outcome of the investigation resulted in the establishment of the South…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the twentieth anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union, 01 July 1974
… the people of Tanzania along the road of independence from colonial domination. The proud banner of independence was … difficulties imposed on the Tanzanian…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… the people of Tanzania along the road of independence from colonial domination. The proud banner of independence was … difficulties imposed on the Tanzanian…
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… This book recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria’s communist movement. Meticulously …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
… Algeria and France, Claude Bourdet. Tangier Diary: A Post-Colonial Interlude, Paul Bowles. The Fact of African History(II) Islam in West Africa, Thomas…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… Zimbabwe's pre-colonial history is synonymous with the ruins of Great …
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… by Gandhi as one of the most important figures in the history of passive resistance and probably, with A.M. … was attained between Gandhi and General Smuts,…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… piece of land on the beach adjoining Strandfontein for the establishment of a whale fishery. October, A plot of land … prospectus. 1853 1 September, Issue of…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … For the serious researcher investigating any aspect of the…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) … members of the NIC resigned and formed a body…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… by any means possible including fighting against marauding colonial armies in frontal wars of resistance; protest and … epitomized by the 1921 Bulhoek…
Statement at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba by O. R. Tambo, 3 - 9 September 1979
… to you, Comrade President Fidel Castro, on your election. History has entrusted you with the task of leading this great … in tracing the South African…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Proot are required to write a feasibility report on the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape. 1649 26 … the latter has appropriated from them…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… has subsequently been published; The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa by Robert Ross. This book provides a … of a liberal constitution for the Cape…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… as imperative to address and restructure the skewed neo-colonial relationships and trading practices which had, in … exports. Although this was one…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… today’s South Africa, it helps to become familiar with the history of customary law in South Africa, particularly in its … in customary law can be seen with…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… their territory. In response to public outcry, the British Colonial Office in South Africa appointed a Mr Labouchere as … References: Davenport T.R.H,(1979)…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
Job Shimankana Tabane (largely known as Cassius Make, his alias name) was born in Maile village (Diepkuil) just outside Rustenburg on 6 December 1942. Tabane…
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
… of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in History, University of Natal, Durban, January 1976, p.42-58. …
BiographyBenson Tsele
Benson Tsele died on 21 March 1968 in combat against the then white supremacist Rhodesian army. The Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) guerrilla was part of the Luthuli…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… about the nature of these events. Early nineteenth-century history was a period of intense interaction among African … women and children to sell as…
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… Reformed Church ) of Graaff-Reinet gave permission for the establishment of a new congregation on 10 September 1855. The … many walking trails or on a game…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… This working class did not suddenly appear. It has a history, and we can learn significant lessons from this history. We need to understand the forces that…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… APARTHEID Dutch Reformed roots in South Africa How are colonial histories of planning transnational? Apartheid as … that Afrikaans was the only medium that…
BiographySally Gross
… most challenging and important figures in our country’s history. Gross was born intersex and classified male at …
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… Together with Jeremy Brickhill, he wrote a book about the history of the young people's uprising of 1976, which was …
BiographyDiana Ferrus
… was thus published in the French law (a first in French history) that made it possible for her remains to be …
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
… a pervasive question in his work: Is it possible to evade history? To do so he employs the character of a discredited …
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
… End Notes [1] Moosage, R., 2018. Missing-ness, History and Apartheid-era disappearances: The figuring of … Accessed [2022, July 18] Moosage, R., 2018…