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ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… reports about what they had seen at the Cape – plenty of water, fertile land and lots of wild animals. The VOC was the wealthiest and most powerful … East…
Robben Island
… 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and stands some 30m above sea level. … outpost. Initially the island was…
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… 1646 : His father, Adrian van der Stel dies in the line of duty and the family moves to Batavia. 1659 : Maria Leviens … sons and sister in-law Cornelia Six…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… were deplorable. The voyages were long, with the danger of disease breaking out, ever lurking. The Suffolk departed … at Port Natal (Durban) on 7 March, an…
ArticleSilverton Siege
… In an attempt to escape, they took refuge in a branch of Volkskas Bank in Silverton, Pretoria. They held 25 civilians in the bank hostage, making a number of…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, … the…
Defining Black Consciousness
… is in essence the realization by the Black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the blackness of their…
Glossary: Transport through time
… talk about the period before Christ and before the fall of Rome in the year 476. Archaeologist Somebody who studies … used for sails and tents. Cargo Goods…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… 1957 Honourable Mention in South African Best Picture of the Year Contest. 1960 Double page coverage on Sharpeville … was made to stand for 5 days and 5…
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… South Africa 1899 He organizes an Indian ambulance corps of 1100 men during his service in the Boer War 1906 He … Gandhi introduces the non-violent protest…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary … representation for Coloureds and…
ArticlePoetry and Resistance in the 1970’s
… A multitude of African poetics has populated the constantly shifting maps of Africa throughout the twentieth-century and has inhabited the history of South…
ArticleSS Mendi
… The sinking of the SS Mendi was caused by the reckless action of the captain of the SS Darro. It remains the greatest wartime maritime …
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… renewable energy sector and the now highly visible effects of pollution and climate change, as seen in the recent … swept through Southern Africa and left…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West … seriously injured. Following the open…
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… and the biggest and most representative organization of Africans. For many years we have addressed protest, … Frankly, we are by no means satisfied with this…
The War
… The flag of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an … the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The first phase of the…
ArticleSouthern African Development Community (SADC)
… 17 August 1992. The primary focus was economic integration of the region. Before 1992, the aim of SADCC was to forge close economic co-operation with ……
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… watch movies during my free time. Project: Biography of Buchi Emecheta Emily Coolidge Emily Coolidge is a … studying Theatre and English. Project: …
The turn to armed struggle
… Act . Severe state repression, the detention and banning of leading political activists, forced the ANC to discuss … consider the turn to the armed struggle…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… as a medical physician. Moroka marries Maggy, daughter of Chief Fenyani. Moroka sets up a medical practice in a … 1936 Moroka sets up a medical practice in…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… European ships had to travel around the southern tip of Africa to reach their destination. Source: top image, … This growth was partly possible due to the…
Polokwane an Overview
… © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of settlements long before the arrival of the Voortrekkers. The region was home to several …
TCOE Online Exhibition
… and Land dispossession history The text and gallery of images within this feature are concerned with the crucial issue of land rights in South Africa. They…
Schlebusch Commission
… In 1973, the Government appointed a select committee of parliament, the Schlebusch Commission, to investigate the objects, organisation, financing and…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… project examines the Freedom Struggle from the beginning of the 20th century up until South Africa's first democratic … is subjective and in this case,…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the … them is Antoinette Sithole. Image source The challenge of Black…
Tsonga
… The Tsonga are a group of the Bantu-speaking population who live in areas extending … in the Lydenburg, Soutpansberg, and Waterberg districts of the Northern…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… , which was accepted by the ANC in 1955, and the years of harassment that followed. The Africanists found the … Leballo as secretary and decided to follow…