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EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… Herero, under the leadership of Samuel Maharero started a rebellion against German colonial rule. With good knowledge … 14 000 troops were sent from Germany…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… oppressive and corrupt regime, which sparked yet another rebellion, and Dulavier's eventual exile. A number of … presidency, anti-Aristid protests sparked…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… of Laurent Kabilla, led by ethnic Tutsi's, had started a rebellion in response to the fact that they government of Zaire had decided to strip them of…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising, also referred to as … The strike began in January 1922 and became an open rebellion against the state…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… from the Bondelswarts. SA deployed troops to suppress the rebellion. Under Gysbert Reitz Hofmyr's command, the … were defeated by the South African forces,…
EventThe Rand Mine Workers Revolt intensifies
… the prison in Boksburg. Read our features on the Rand Rebellion. …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… to be intimidated. This marked the beginning of Bambatha Rebellion. Bambatha, sensing that the colonial government … and subsequently beheaded. The outcome…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… cause which carried them into bloody strikes, violence and rebellion. Their main enemy was the Chamber of Mines, a body …
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… ability to successfully plan and execute a large scale-rebellion, as can be seen in the New World. Attempts at rebellion and resistance were more often than…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… reinforcements were sent from Cape Town to put down the rebellion. Five people who were part of the rebellion were killed and 14 other were wounded. The…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… one language. I was told that to the south, near Qachas Nek (NB. Nek is an Afrikaans word for NECK. You would have expected … in Lesotho has seen a crocodile…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… his enemies and compelled their admiration. When the Zulu rebellion broke out, he again offered his help to the …
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… On 16 June 1976 , Soweto students began a wide scale rebellion against being forced to accept Afrikaans as the …
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… in Ficksburg, where he was also involved in the 1914 Rebellion. After serving his sentence for his role in the rebellion, Swart pursued his love of law, and…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… out, some Boer leaders seized the occasion to mount a rebellion. The war saw the Boer community divided in two: … provider of electricity. An irrigation dam…
PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… hunted there, using the Roundhouse as his Lodge. Kloof Nek, the road which links Camps Bay to the City Bowl, was …
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… related to allegations of his complicity in the Mau Mau rebellion. He was released on 14 August 1961. …
EventThe Rand Revolt Ends
… also known as the Rand Revolt, ended on March 18 1922. The rebellion was a response by White mineworkers to a perceived …
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… 2009. These protests are view as “service delivery”, “rebellion of the poor”, “municipal revolt” or “ring of fire”. …
EventBurundi gains independence from Belgium
… leadership of Mwami Mwambutsa IV, a Tutsi. In 1965, a Hutu rebellion broke out, leading to brutal Tutsi retaliations. …
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… culminated in the Bhambada (also called Bambatha, Bambata) rebellion in June 1906. …
PlaceNewcastle
… battle sites just outside of town, which include: Laing's Nek , Amajuba (which also offers braai and picnic facilities) … battle sites just outside of town,…
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
… Water Mall. The Suburbs here have names like: Allen’s Nek; Fleurhof; Helderkruin; Florida; Honey Hills; Radiokop; …
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… farmer, soldier and rebel commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, was executed by a firing squad after being found …
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… it was slightly easier. There is a sense of disquiet and rebellion in the air as nature fights back at humanity’s … , the women out there in the fields and…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… (APO) 1902; Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) 1903; Bambatha Rebellion 1906; Union 1910; formation of South African Native … 2015]. Mare, L.J., (1976), …
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… for in that year southern Africa was mired in warfare, rebellion, protest and unrest. One hundred years on, it is an … southern Africa: The outbreak of the…
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… against the government, which became known as the Rand Rebellion. By March 1922 Johannesburg had been turned into a …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.1 Oct-Dec 1960
… Africa, Akin Mabogunje. History in Africa, Basil Davidson. Rebellion Against Racialism, Henry Lee Moon. The Good People, …
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… to the UN by Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, following the rebellion by soldiers against the government. He arranged for …