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Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
… was the 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging , which ended the Anglo-Boer War and laid the basis for the adoption of the country’s … values. Officially, colonialism…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885 Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium,…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Document 55 Circular Letter - Invitation to a Meeting of Anglo-American Secretariat, 27 December 1935 Document 56 Report of M. Kotane to Anglo-American…
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
… location where the Treaty of Vereeniging ending the Second Boer War (1899-1902) was negotiated. During this conflict, a …
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
- The ANC’s operational strategic heritage, 1960-1975 The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. And just…
PlaceZimbabwe
The earliest settlement of the area now known as Zimbabwe goes back about 100 000 Years. Bambandyanalo is an Archaeological site in present-day Zimbabwe, just…
PlaceStendahl Mission
… a few years of having established themselves in Natal, the boer administration in what was then the South African …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… the northern part of the Zuurveld was re-occupied by Boer farmers by 1798, many Xhosa clans remained in the … to hold the frontier, but an attempt to…
PlacePotchefstroom
… Pretorius Museum tells the story of the unique 'Urban Boer Culture'. This culture has dissipated over the …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… are still not allowed to own property in the two former Boer Republics (Transvaal and the Orange Free State), or to …
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
March 1 marks the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a decisive victory of Ethiopia over Italian colonialism. This great victory has been a source of…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… and the South-African War, otherwise known as the Anglo-Boer War, was to begin. The few Africans who had received …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… during the South African War, otherwise referred to as the Anglo-Boer War. The words of Olive Schreiner must impact on our …
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
… Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 ) In 1910, following the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, the whites of the four territories - … British) and Transvaal and…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and South Africa generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… to uplift the low morale amongst Afrikaners who lost the Anglo-Boer War by publishing Afrikaans work as they associated …
PlaceKroonstad
It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named after Voorktrekker Sarel Cilliers' horse,…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
The Mfecane - known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho - was a period of profound political, social, and demographic transformation in southern Africa…
ArticleZulu
… The Zulu never regained their independence ( see Anglo-Zulu Wars ). Natal received "Colonial government" in …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede On Easter Sunday 1944 a group of young political activists gathered at the Bantu Men's…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… become rent tenants on land owned by land companies or on Boer farms. This meant that they paid rent to the landowner … want ground'. Resentment grows…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… liberal apologists, like Macmillan, author of "Bantu. Boer and Briton," who hail him as the "Defender of the … missionaries). While the trek oxen were…
Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
… near Stellenbosch, which should ordinarily put him in good Boer company, the Commission had no trouble ferreting out, at …
Balfour Declaration 1926
SECRET 12 IMPERIAL CONFERENCE 1926 INTER-IMPERIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT, PROCEEDINGS AND MEMORANDA E (I.R./26) Series (WITH SUBJECT INDEX) [This Document…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… there can be a purely national development of capitalism. Anglo American, Liberty Life, Sanlam, Rembrandt and Old … centres. For example, the biggest…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
… passes. We were all enthusiastic to get there and see this Boer bass and tell him that we are not going to carry those …
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… attitude towards the Natives. The record of British and Boer Imperialism is too black and consistent for the Native …