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BiographyDiana Ferrus
… was thus published in the French law (a first in French history) that made it possible for her remains to be …
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
… End Notes [1] Moosage, R., 2018. Missing-ness, History and Apartheid-era disappearances: The figuring of … Accessed [2022, July 18] Moosage, R., 2018…
BiographyTerry Bell
… qualifications International law Politics Economics History Creative media practice. …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… one of the most important turning points in South Africa’s history. To establish what kind of turning point it was, and … these. In other countries, the…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… does celebrating ?Indian contributions? to South African history falsely isolate the lives and struggles of Indian … unity in order to demonstrate the ways…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… This working class did not suddenly appear. It has a history, and we can learn significant lessons from this history. We need to understand the forces that…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… today’s South Africa, it helps to become familiar with the history of customary law in South Africa, particularly in its … in customary law can be seen with…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie Schimming … Becker, Namibian Women’s Movement 1980 to…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle … this violent clash marked a turning point…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… experiencing difficulty due to infighting over its role in post-apartheid South Africa. De Klerk’s withdrawal from the … political arena removed a pivotal…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… were not so good, the location was very convenient. The Colonial Office received the deputation with distinct … by the British Parliament for the first time…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… took back control again. Angola only became a Portuguese colonial settlement after the decline of the slave trade in … the ‘native chief’ at Elmira. Source:…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… Africa and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the … in 1954 and was offered the King…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… about the nature of these events. Early nineteenth-century history was a period of intense interaction among African … women and children to sell as…
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
… van der Stel decided to establish a Military and Cattle Post in this Area to protect the European settler's cattle …
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… Cape. He went on to complete three university degrees in History and German at the University of Cape Town. In 1962 he … his contribution to the promotion of…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… truth of the struggle in which they participated even when history seems to have forgotten them. The Old … . [20] Hilda Bernstein, “Diary of a…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… university. But it has taken nearly 150 years for a rustic colonial schoolhouse to evolve into the singular South … Colony’s Capital. On returning to Natal,…
Durban listing of mayors
… is under construction. Please use the contribute link to post any biography suggestion. …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… Cape Town, I thought we should pay some attention to the history of our people, many of whom lived in this part of our … promote the vision of liberty and…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… When Risquet quoted Castro’s assertion that “the history of Africa will be written as before and after Cuito … Portuguese colonialism ruled the roost in the…
Community histories of Polokwane
… region will be added. Please use the contribute link to post a community story The Community histories in …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… were committed to the liberation of Africa as a whole from colonial rule and apartheid. Thus, they supported the … African economic complex and that the…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… thesis is one way in which one can conceptualise a post-apartheid South African nation and one which was adopted … & Carter, G. – ‘From Protest to Challenge:…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… In 1652 Jan Van Riebeeck established a refreshment post at the Cape for sailors of the Dutch East India Trading … Town: Between East and West: Social…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… needed labour; machines and supplies; transport; banks and postal services — and all these things supplied the … that had been developing in South Africa…
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… settlers to leave the Cape Colony. Further reading list: A history of prison labour in South Africa Indenture: A new … Africa. Cape Town: NASOU. v. 9, p. 659…
PlaceCiskei
… of Bisho in King Williams Town was declared. Ciskei history dates to the early 1920's, when the South African … that was applied to administer the area under…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… devastated by the Atlantic Slave Trade. 1659-1799 With the Colonial administrations facing a labour shortage due to Khoi … at the Cape. 1800-1886 The advent…
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
… who know as intimately what it means to suffer under colonial domination and imperialist plunder. It is fortunate … compromise nor peaceful coexistence. The…