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ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… took back control again. Angola only became a Portuguese colonial settlement after the decline of the slave trade in … the ‘native chief’ at Elmira. Source:…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… to increased profits. "Indeed South African economic history indicates that all significant wage increases … together with others, especially Ray Alexander…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle … this violent clash marked a turning point…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… ideology of Black Consciousness manifested itself in the establishment of the BPC, which was founded by leaders of the … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999)…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… in 1994, December 16 continued to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16 December 1995 … as a public holiday known as Day of…
PlaceBurundi
… a colony of first Germany and then Belgium [ii] . The post-colonial period was then marked by ethnic violence, political … Africa, Sylvie Kinig [vii] …
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… Street - lies Durban's second National Monument from the colonial times. The Victorian building used to be the Town … because it represented a milestone in…
Indian education in Natal
… of education called the Indian Immigrant School Board. The establishment of the Board created a dual system of education … labour in which they were asked…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, and formal racial segregation. This history has an uneasy relationship…
Local Government
… of the Landdrost , and only made provision for the establishment of town management boards. As these had no … petition in June 1889, probably because the ZAR…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 31 … trade unions; all these as minimum…
The Road to Durban: Workers’ struggles, student movements, and the resurgence of resistance politics in Namibia and South Africa by Heike Becker
… in South Africa helps to understand the entangled history of Southern African resistance politics. The paper …
From Resistance to Creative Mediation: Writing and Literary Intellectuals’ Influence on the Liberation Struggles and Political Impact on Literary Discourse and Developments
… Diaspora. The commemoration of major milestones in African history – such as the 100th anniversary of Africa’s oldest … over the perspectives of those who…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… needed labour; machines and supplies; transport; banks and postal services — and all these things supplied the … that had been developing in South Africa…
Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
… Colonial domination, because it is total and tends to … or to influence reality. The first necessity is the re-establishment of the nation in order to give…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… the “mineral revolution”. A more aggressive stage in the history of white supremacy was the result. What were the … many Africans profited from opportunities…
ArticleArts and Cultural Development Network (ACDN)
… on policy to Parliament and lobbied aggressively for the establishment of a representative arts and culture task force …
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… Thomas Mapfumo in Berlin. Mbuli also wrote and narrated a history of apartheid in South Africa for BBC Radio which was … written by Nicholas Frid and forms…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… . It is the ideal setting through which to experience the history of Uitenhage. The Old Railway Station built in 1875 … he put forward a number of proposals…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… likely to keep Coolies on estates and satisfied than the establishment of schools?. In that year the Government aid … set up with representatives of the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… experience its largest waves of aviation traffic in its history, when the 2010 FIFA World Cup begins. This airport is … the historical image of King Shaka to…
PlaceCiskei
… of Bisho in King Williams Town was declared. Ciskei history dates to the early 1920's, when the South African … that was applied to administer the area under…
BiographyPitika Ntuli
… Ntuli believes that monuments play an integral part in the history and cultural identity of a country, as well as …
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
… He drew from his own youth, Biblical and national history and tended to represent reality only vaguely in order …
BiographySolomon Kerzner
… the Bahamas and Dubai. Now, as we prepare to write the history of the South African century, how will Solomon "Sol" …
BiographyGeorge Hallett
… Publishers. 2008: Christine Eyene, "The Human Face of History", Art South Africa, vol. 6, no 3. James …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… approach is recorded in Organise or Starve , the history of SACTU. He was arrested and charged with illegally …
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… Museum is housed in an authentic old house typical of the Colonial era. Set on park-like grounds this veranda home's … newspaper and was Natal's first Prime…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… contact In the beginning of the 15th century, a period in history began that had great consequences not only for … populations were enslaved, abused and…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… were committed to the liberation of Africa as a whole from colonial rule and apartheid. Thus, they supported the … African economic complex and that the…