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PlaceWorcester, Western Cape
… Kilometers North-East of Cape Town. This town has a rich History covering a time when the Region was inhabited by … Breede River Valley , the Worcester…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… MPLA begin a guerrilla campaign to overthrow Portuguese colonial rule. 25 April 1974 Portuguese colonial rule ends after a coup removes the government in …
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 4000 >3000 >7000 1946 8834 5653 14487 The Apartheid city A history of Pass Laws in South Africa Like all apartheid … homeland politics The South African…
ArticleBrazil - Russia - India - China - South Africa (BRICS)
… making them influential players in the global economy. The History of BRICS The concept of BRICS was first introduced by … of the key initiatives of the…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… 8 May 1897. A rationale of the motives for the Society's establishment is given in the article of 10 May 1897. It … given by R. H. Whale (qv.).* The primary…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… [49] Mesthrie argues that Fanakalo is associated ‘with colonial racism and cheap labour.’ [50] He goes on to state … are based on master-servant discourse,…
PlaceHluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves
… The park is world renown for its conservation efforts and history. The Umfolozi was previously used as King Shaka's … largest population of White Rhino in…
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… food deficits and have become net food importers. The post-colonial period has not changed this situation fundamentally. … and servant, could not be altered…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… been called to commemorate two significant events in the history of the peoples of Great Britain, Portugal and Africa. … won - freedom from all the cruel…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
… that a more inclusive vision of international art and art history can emerge, informed from ‘below’. Based at the … central to this process. ASAI ‘s major…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… thriller) and other films that challenged the Afrikaner establishment at a time when dissent was very difficult. His …
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… be traced back to the demand for indentured labourers in colonial Natal in the mid-19th century. As Indians completed …
ArchiveHugh Masekela - what I'm thinking about ... a crisis for African culture (The Guardian)12 March 2013
… me about the economy, in my mind that translates as "the establishment". The ones who run the economy, the ones who … to encourage native arts and crafts and…
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
… come under his care. From Robben Island to red carpet. History always depends on who writes it - one man’s terrorist …
PlaceMpofu Nature Reserve
… perspective into this very important time in local history. The reserve was established in 1985, on land that … since been converted into guest lodges with a…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… Khumisho Moguerane on the portrayal of African men in colonial South Africa and how the Black male body and their sartorial choices move through history,…
Address during a joint sitting of Parliament to mark 10 years of Democracy In South Africa Monday 10 May 2004, Cape Town
… me to address it: no President or Prime Minister in the history of this country can claim to have done more for the … to enter into. A guiding principle in…
PlacePort Alfred
… https://portalfred.co.za/things-to-do/history/ https://www.kowiemuseum.co.za/43-air-school/ …
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… of Chief Mhlonthlo of the amaMpondo. In 1874 the British Colonial Government offered to extend its "protection" in the …
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… and destructive modern armed conflict in South Africa’s history. It was an event that in many ways shaped the history of 20th Century South Africa. The end…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… The issuing of passes was one of the cornerstones of the colonial and later racial capitalism in South Africa. Passes … now commemorated each year as Women's…
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… it is necessary to take a brief journey back into our history, into some of the many monumental and epoch-making … This is the spirit with which we have to…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… white Afrikaner nationalism in South Africa. Initially the establishment of an Ndebele homeland did not feature high on … Ndebele teachers were prohibited…
PlacePort St. Johns
… colour is contrasted with some crumbling reminders of a colonial History. In the streets you will hear Xhosa, Afrikaans and …
PlaceGreytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… and decided on 'Pretorius' after Andries Pretorius . The Colonial Government however refused to allow this, … of note. There are lots of scenic drives…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… Bill Lawry’s 1970 Australians. While Newlands is rich in History it is peppered with exceptional cricket memories, it was also blemished by Colonial and…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… the means to defend that power. Notwithstanding the long history of colonial conquest and suppression, and of racial exploitation … domestic and…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… this purpose in mind, the dawning of abolition saw the establishment of anti-slavery squadrons at Simon’s Bay and … in the Cape Colony were ‘prize negroes’. …
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… beliefs. The first Indians arrived during the Dutch colonial era, as slaves, in 1684. A conservative calculation … that the indentured Indians were to work…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… 1872. 1874 At a time of extreme labour shortage, the Cape Colonial Government investigates the possibilities of … attempts to provide a platform for the…