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Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… activist. After she was exiled from South Africa in 1960, she used her success to shine a light on the ugly … voice, but no one can deny she played an even…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with … nations, peoples and states. Consider the case of the war in Sierra…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… they were wrong. The two Boer republics that were involved in the conflict were the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. … troops occupied until 1902. The…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… characterized by great strife among the black communities in Southern Africa. This turmoil also changed the patterns of … Nguni groups across the Drakensberg…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… Introduction A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. … the campaign was being resumed…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth League, a new leadership came to power in the…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… 1903 a very tired but fired up young man worked till 3am in the morning in the central business district of Durban. He then walked to his home in Sydenham as…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… population grows exponentially as compared to growth in the other adjacent freehold townships of Newclare and Matindale. 1932-1937 Successful slum clearance…
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
… to promote and produce Afrikaans and English theatre in South Africa. The organisation was developed as a … that had expressed the need for the state to…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international criticism of…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… In the 1870s a series of farming associations emerged in the Cape, both in the west and in the east. While both English and Afrikaner …
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own … pioneers has become the single most important…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… (VOC) established Cape Town as a refuelling station in 1652 for their ships sailing between Europe and India. As … ‘the mother city’ is the centre for…
ArticleWorld War I
… War. The main belligerent European countries involved in the War were imperial powers with large colonial territories in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… 1943 23 February, Abu Baker Asvat is born in Vrededorp, Gauteng. 1961 Asvat graduates from Johannesburg … education. 1963 After completing a two year science…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… to Lesotho became known as the Sotho, but many remained in the area today known as Phokeng, about 10km north of … the Fokeng, led by Chief Sebitwane,…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… the 1950s to today, when she continues to promote equality in South Africa. She does this through both as a teacher and … Apartheid, Safe Houses The Life of…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… of death Adams, Sandra Joyce Kew Town 15 16.9.76 Shot in front of head (ricochet) on 3rd floor balcony Adriaanse, … side of abdomen Allie, Abduraghman…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… Paintings and engravings on rocks in the open air and on cave walls are called rock art. There … is our rock art? Rock paintings and engravings are found in…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth League, a new leadership came to power in the…
ArticleMads Nørgaard
… Mads Nørgaard, born in Denmark in 1987, is a photographer educated and living in South Africa. Mads has integrated himself into South …
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. It begins with two million years old hominid … South African scientists have been…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… The International Socialist League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of … to the party’s support for South Africa’s…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng ) areas. This was … boycotts…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… (ZAR). The Boers had some help from their neighbours in the Orange Free State. There were several causes of the … of the Transvaal. The Boer opposition to…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg in connection with the agitation at present going on in the Transvaal against the…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… was systematised. The intention of the National Party in 1948 was to reinforce constitutionally the segregation of … Mandela wrote: “Apartheid”¦”¦represented…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… was bewildering and the transition unexpectedly confusing. In “solitary” I was unable to communicate with family, … was contrasted by an endless need to talk…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… years. This was largely due to colonial expansion which in turn dispossessed Xhosa and Khoikhoi people of their land … were incidents of minor skirmishes…