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ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… The arrival of the British at the Cape changed the lives of the people that were already living there. Initially … and Forced Labour Model. This was the…
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… in ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptians are the inventors of another feature of civilization still existing today - the complete dictator! … through priests and…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes … it is the general consensus that credit for the discovery of the…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it was unveiled by President Nelson Mandela. 2006 February,…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. An advocate…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers of these books and the…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… A legacy is the long-term effect of something. A person or an event or a piece of writing from the past may still shape what people believe … and how they…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings … and positive associations with this pidgin; the…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer San (‘bushman’) and … livestock. Bantu-speaking clans that…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. It begins with two million … scientists have been actively involved in the…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… themselves against European conquest. As a result, most of Africa was colonized by 1900. Only Ethiopia and Liberia … After the First and Second World Wars…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… David Ivon Jones was the secretary of the ISL, who had been instrumental in forming the first black trade union - the Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) -…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… Introduction Pretoria is located in the north east of South Africa, to the north of Gauteng , and 60 Kilometres away from the north east of Johannesburg [i] …
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The engagement was provoked when the pro-British Sultan of Zanzibar, Ali bin Said, died…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… Law Amendment Ordinance (Black Act) to control the entry of Indians into the Transvaal. Every Indian man, woman and … older than 8 years had to register with…
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… Pretoria’s founder – a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i] . At the time of his arrival , King Mzilikazi and the…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… education, and one for sport. The Executive is a committee of all the heads of these departments. This is called the Cabinet The … is where our elected…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… 152,184 indentured Indians arrived under the scheme of indenture making a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro arrived on 16 November … ship, the…
The oldest forms of human communication
… Some of the oldest forms of human communication include talking or making sounds, … Further down the line this progressed to meeting the needs of bartering…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… The coastline of the Eastern Cape is treacherous, and several ships ran … or sunk offshore after Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498. Some of…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to another developed soon after the invention of writing, however, the creation of a formal…
ArticleCommemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa
… Commemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …