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Griqua
… Introduction The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, denied … causes of tension was between wanting to be…
PlaceBethal
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… separate development for the Non-White peoples through the establishment of Bantu Authorities, Urban Bantu Councils, … subscribe to this programme to work…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… most organised and decisive student protest in the history of the Western Cape. At its zenith the boycott of … cheap black labour. The students' anti-teacher…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… Congress organisation was intact, the campaign led to the establishment of numerous local COP committees which drew in … was that it attempted to do what was…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… Bill were both enacted and the authorisation for the establishment of a national police force was given. The South … assisted the SAP where necessary. Not…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… Cetshwayo's ruled the Zulu nation at a time when British colonial penetration of the South African hinterland was gaining momentum. Successive British…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… Why consider the history of a hundred-year old law? Surely the Marikana … nor did it transform the countryside. It followed a long history of colonial…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… in 1679, the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa and one of the most … trees, Arderne Gardens is an overlooked…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… Particular care is needed when considering a country whose history is framed by society’s attachment of axiomatic … refreshing analysis that recognises the…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… host a man who has made such a significant impact on world history. Since the first stirrings of democracy in South … Trust in Johannesburg, South Africa, to…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the 47th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, Honouring of Luthuli Detachment and Conferment of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award on Chris Hani, 16 December 2008, Mangaung, Bloemfontein
… December 16, 1961 marked a historic turning point in the history of our struggle for freedom. This was after many … embarked on revolutionary armed…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… Republiek (ZAR) is established. 1853 16 November, Establishment of the first Volksraad. MW Pretorius purchases … City Hall is inaugurated by Sir Johannes…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… gets its first telephone exchange. 23 August, the establishment of the Lowveld Farmers Association begins with … 65 000 cases of citrus are being exported…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… For this one has to have a closer look at the Reserve's History. Many of the land surface of what now is the Sabi … providing a steady supply of water. Then…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… peak in the late nineteenth century. In South Africa, the colonial period began with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in … Model: This was essentially the…
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… battle marked Herero resistance against expanding German colonial rule and land grab. The Herero people are pastoral people who store cattle as wealth. Since…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… Mali and Nigeria. Much of what we know about the early history of West Africa comes from medieval accounts written … a new momentum in the Ghana Empire and…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… 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…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… to "demonstrate energetically" on 1 May "for the legal establishment of the eight-hour day, for the class demands of … elections in 1994. South Africa's…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… at the RDM until 1980. Sam Haskins book, Silver Images: A history of photography in South Africa , by Dr A. Bensusan , is published by Howard Timmins. Silver…
PlaceTransvaal Province
The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed from 1910 to 1994. It's now part of the…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… was in South Africa inthe 1940's, came to the attention of colonial authorities as one of the rising stars of Rhodesia's … African nationalist movements…
PlaceCuylerville
… Thomas WAKEFORD. Settler Handbook Content: No. 33 on the Colonial Department list, led by John Bailie of 7 Manchester … War Claims Commission. Bailie was…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… a Gold Conference was held in October 1919. Prior to its establishment South African commercial banks issued banknotes … a Select Committee of the Parliament…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… has thoroughly enjoyed deeply learning about South African history. Project: The 1956 Women’s March Reid Arnold Reid … University. He plays for the SMU…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… public by tracing it within the country’s publication history. Publication history includes texts that were published, the presses that … [34] Henning Melber…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… Lolonga Lincoln Tali, PhD candidate, Department of History and Political Studies, Nelson Mandela University Gary … Research Associate and Honorary Professor,…