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ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… The rural economy in the Cape Colony revolved around two main crops - grapes and wheat- with the keeping of cattle and …
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… with the groups. When the police met one group on Paarl’s Main Street, there were violent clashes. Late in the …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… the South African forces as Joe Slovo , one of the raid's main targets, and was shot at a roadblock. 1982 9 December, A …
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… Christian student bodies where Basil Moore was to be the main speaker, but Moore was not allowed to speak, and Biko was asked to be the main speaker. The…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… the Coloured Convention movement which has backing of the main bodies of Coloured opinion. A substantial European body … yet to hear from this most important…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… in Havana, Cuba 5 November Delivers a press statement 1980s 1980 2 January Gives a press conference , introducing …
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… actually in the field of sociology. He was one of the main founders of industrial sociology in South Africa.” “He …
PlaceKgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Where the red dunes and scrub fade into infinity and herds of gemsbok, springbok, eland and blue wildebeest follow the seasons, where imposing camel thorn…
PlaceWelkom
An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; 'Welkom'. Welkom was founded in 1948 by Sir Earnest Oppenheimer, (who was the…
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… developed and offering more ways of accessing the dam. The main focus of Kariba is houseboating and fishing, which is …
PlaceIxopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
… in Alan Paton’s : “ Cry the Beloved Country ” is the main centre of the Southern Midlands . Although originally …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… plantation owners; fear, as force and punishment were the main strategies to ensure a docile, compliant labour force; …
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
The term “poor whites” was coined during the 19th century, as the mineral revolution and development of mines forced smaller farmers off their land.[1] This…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… time had made Indian segregation compulsory. However the main complaint regarding the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian … The meeting began on 23 October 1946…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… of the African National Congress 1978 to 1994 One of the main centers of this new, militant resistance was in London. It was here that the main concentration…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… of the whole question of settlement. 44 The management's main reason for not even touching on this issue was that most … the A.T.T. musicians after the…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… of the whole question of settlement. 44 The management's main reason for not even touching on this issue was that most … the A.T.T. musicians after the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… On the one hand, those that engaged in rewriting the chronology of the Iron Age have taken a bold and political …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… was a boycott of Durban's municipal beerhalls - the main source of revenue for Native Administration. Government … the erection of a barbed wire fence around…
Mission Stations - I-L
… out. It had three rooms: the centre one was used as the main working and living room, those on its left and right … had a covering of cloth, no glass being…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… The opposition to the Tsar can be divided into three main groups: The peasant revolutionaries made up of the … the Bolsheviks gained the majority of the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… Indian cinemas cancelled shows; and 'Grey Street the main commercial hub in Durban's Indian CBD was deserted. 5:00 … the course where the manhole was…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… could be effective without photographs, which were our main weapon." [29] One reason why photographs were Drum 's "main weapon" was the high illiteracy rate…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… boycott lectures. Few security staff are present on the main campus. - EFFSC UP is at the forefront of the protest … Protesters sing in front of the…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… trade union federations that played a decisive role in the 1980s and early 1990s. One of Turner’s achievements was …
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
… is mostly rocky with sandy Beaches and Estuaries. The main economic activities in the Area are apple farming and …
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… 1866, by Colonel J.J. Bissett. The Bridge was on the main transport route upcountry to the Inland, at the time and …
PlaceBitterfontein, Western Cape
… End notes [1] These figures would have since changed. See ‘Main Place: Bitterfontein,’ Census 2011 at … accessed 19 March 2020. ‘Main Place: Bitterfontein,’…