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The Atlantic slave trade
… Causes and results of slavery A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were … to develop. In America, for instance, which was a…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… The exploitation of workers was a feature of life in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on … laws. Nevertheless, trade unions were an important…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… culture, develop an Afrikaner economy, and to gain control of the South African government. During the 1930s the … van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK -…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… Black People were detained in separate camps, the issue of Black Concentration Camps is dealt with in another … forces during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902)…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… successive governments since shortly after the founding of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal and the Boer Republics. The National … radicalised it, however. These…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… population in the Western Cape make up the highest number of workers in South Africa in the fruit and wine industry. In 2012, out of an estimated 603 000…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in general. Gandhi’s campaigns forged a new form of struggle…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport with his son, Thembekile. He enjoyed visiting the cinema and became secretary of the multi…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… word which translates to “forced removal) was a series of Nguni and other Zulu wars and forced migrations from the … Some historians argue that it was set…
First Matabele War
… In 1890 Cecil John Rhodes became premier of South Africa with the support of the Afrikaner Bond. Rhodes' grand imperial vision for a … stretching through…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… James Njongweni, William Nkomo and Dan Tloome. The aim of the Youth League was to galvanise the youth to step up the … in World War II. Four years after the…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal) drowned when the banks of the Umgeni (uMngeni) River burst after heavy rains. The … would have been much higher if it were…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't done much…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… Vegetarian Congress at Ventor. February 19, Result of Matriculation examination is published. He failed Latin. … and it impressed him immensely. Later, it…
ArticleZulu
… and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into … from Swaziland and adjacent areas, and the…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… granted a monopoly to trade with Asia by the government of the Netherlands. Jan van Riebeeck Source: … images/jan.jpg Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… heritage month, when the histories and cultural practices of all its peoples are celebrated and due recognition given … and women who have contributed to the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first Europeans set foot on South African … 4 to 1.5 million years ago. 3 000 000…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … oppressions in the workplace during the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important … and economic. During the Cold War, South Africa was of strategic importance in the…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a … in the United Kingdom (UK), Holland and the…
Pedi
… the Nguni and Sotho account for the largest percentage of the total Black population. The major Sotho groups are the … and Sepedi Northern Sotho, or Sesotho…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which … or term Nguni is the collective name for ethnic…
ArticleXhosa
… and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into … from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation struggle focuses largely on the conflict … movements against each other…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), … territory many Afrikaners felt closer to the…
Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activities
… From the outset a large number of Indians were employed in non-sugar growing activities. A … was tea growing, which according to the Clayton Report of 1909…
The National Flag
… on 27 April 1994. The design and colours are a synopsis of principal elements of the country's flag history. Individual colours, or colour … therefore no…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution was to arrest key people and charge sixteen of them for…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the Apartheid government was … pressured by growing political resistance to the…