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BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… University of Durban-Westville Documentation Centre, Oral History Project-‘Voices of Resistance’, [online], Available …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt's landscapes of high voltage by Melvyn Minnaar, 21 November 2014
… documentation drives David Goldblatt. Like those earliest colonial adventurer-explorer-writers of Southern Africa, … clear, his appraisal is charged with the…
PlacePosthuys
… First recorded on a map in 1687, the actual origins and history of this building are still a subject of debate, but … worth a visit for those interested in…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… tourists a township experience and teach them about the history of Clermont and KwaDabeka - which goes back to 1848 … granted to the Voortrekker Solomon…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 52 … that the white population of SA in…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… the eastern seaboard offered many advantages to the Cape's colonial government. It was an ideal landing place for …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… by The Department of Education For a moment let's consider history as a journey through time and space. For much of this … in our journey through time and…
PlacePiet Retief now officially known as eMkhondo
… The town has a very interesting past and is steeped in history. All around the town is bits of interesting … https://www.mkhondo.gov.za/history-background/…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… on the meaning that one attaches to their place in history and their role in the making of history. Black … to build an empire for themselves or to…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … took place with the specific purpose of replacing British…
May Day
… energetically" annually on 1 May "for the legal establishment of the eight-hour day, for the class demands of … elections of 1994. South Africa's mining…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… from and how they got here because there is no recorded history. They have a rich oral history and the stories that have been passed on along with ……
ArticleMcGill University Project
… History students working under Dr. Jon Soske from McGill … an exciting online collaboration with South African History Online (SAHO). Over the course of two…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… (and confidentially) to Buxton: "At present the Colonial Government does nothing as to relations with the … an amicable tone and assured his lordship that …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… was initially successful to such an extent that the colonial Germans urgently requested reinforcements in order … Africa, where he served as commander of the…
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… racism is interpreted in psychologistic terms, and its history and practice are seen as the product of the … to the 'rationalization' of apartheid policies…
Journals
… Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians … the journal was shared with the discipline of Cultural History and was named "The…
PlaceEgypt
… Egypt lies North East in the Africa n continent, its history goes back to Biblical times; with Pharaohs fighting … support of UNESCO’s World Heritage Fund,…
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … of the world which had been conquered and converted into…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… for Black, Indian and Coloured population groups. With the establishment of these urban areas the government was … extended this system to women. For the…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political … These societies attempted to resist the…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… act of trust. In truth, we were not any more aware of the establishment of the technical specialist SACP units than we … references to the inspiring…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town Cape Town, 27 November 1997
… to our economy, but in its involvement in our country's history. It was here, three centuries ago, that sailor from … the scene of stirring resistance from…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
… of South Africa marks an important step in the political history of the country. The change that will be effected in … the day signified to us. A brief…
EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King …
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… other colonies it represented the implicit guarantee of colonial freedom. It gave a very positive impetus to the … 1994 will remain a very significant day in…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… in the liberation struggle. This article looks at the history of different workers charters in South Africa and … Charter was such an important moment in…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… Chiefs proved they were willing to be co-opted by the colonial rulers at the expense of their subjects. The … ended in chaos and police officials were…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… University, where she is pursuing a double major in History and Human Rights. Born and raised in Texas, she would … Political Science and International…