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… On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of … and by the House of Lords. Although the Bill was passed in August 1833 it came into effect on 1 August 1834. On that …

… Europe's seafaring powers. Thus did Jan van Riebeek arrive in Table Bay (Cape Town) in 1652 to set up a refreshment station for the Dutch East … the peninsula. Van Riebeeck had first visited Hout Bay in 1653. Upon arriving, he named it 'T'Houtbaaitjen' (Dutch …

… Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the Middelburg district of the Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). … was established by his father,  a priest and teacher. In 1930, he attended the Grace Dieu institute. Here he …

… was virtually non-existent. At this time, some activists in the Indian community were involved in Black Consciousness organisations. Others associated … with the non-racial policy of the 1950s Congress Alliance In 1981, a meeting was held in Lenasia to discuss the …

… a mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg. Two documents are produced below, both of which appeared in the Gujarati sections of the Indian Opinion (on 15 and 22 … at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at the Empire Theatre, in connection with the agitation at present going on in the …

… was born on the 18th of August 1944 on a farm near Nigel in the Transvaal. In 1949 his family moved to Evaton in the Vaal, in August 1984 Naphtali was active in the rent …

… Gordhan on a leash In political science, students studying the theory are often … party) linkages into business and crony capitalism combine in a toxic mix with the survival of political personalities … suggested action against Pravin Gordhan, it’s the context in which this all occurs that points to deep concern. The use …

… other facilities. Separate but hardly equal, one museum is in a prime campus setting, while the other comprises a pair … as New York Times art critic Holland Cotter ’70 writes in a recent review. For African, Pre-Columbian, and other … at one time, art at all and was segregated from high art in a way that mirrored American racial politics. ” Cotter …

… 16km of Mafikeng and 25km South-West of Ottoshoop, in the former fomeland of Bophuthatswana, (now the North West … was primarily occupied by smallholders. View Larger Map In the late 1840s, the first white farmer to establish a farm … such as the Ratshidi and the Montshioa into exile in Botswana, after which Boer “freebooters” declared the area …

… which are now sought to be imposed by the Bill in question are, in your petitioners' humble opinion, unnecessary. They are: … Officer, or other officers... The requiring of a residence in Natal for a period of not less than three consecutive …

… Goldberg is dead. But he lives on. One of the characters in the sell-out play, “Cincinatti”, was based on Sam, who died in Johannesburg this week. Sam was alisted person under the … of Communism Act. This means he was not able to be quoted in life – and the ban on anything he said continues after his …

… of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johannesburg , South Africa in the Gauteng province. This site currently occupies 47,000 … Africanus (nicknamed “ Mrs. Ples ”), found in 1947 by Robert Broom and John T. Robinson. The find helped …

… Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, stage name Kwesta was born in Katlehong, Gauteng on 11 February 1997.[i] Kwesta debut … studio album was “Special ReKwest”, which was released in 2010 and includes hit singles such as “Stomp”; “Flash It”; … “Pump It”; and “Flava”.[ii] The track “Stomp” was used in the soundtrack of the American action film Death Race 3: …

… site composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlathebe National Park in Lesotho. The site has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic …

… Cape Maclear or Chembe is a town in the Mangochi District of Malawi's Southern Region. The … to the islands of Domwe and Thumbwe on Lake Malawi and is in Lake Malawi National Park. History- In 1859, the missionary and explorer David Livingstone found …

… Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). He schooled in Pretoria, where he participated in a number of sporting …

… Zolla Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. Budd was … her older sister Jenny and they would often run together. In 1984,at the age of 17, Budd made history when she twice … competing internationally, Budd returned to South Africa in 1989. She took part in the 1992 Olympic Games. Budd now …

… rights activist Rev. Michael Guthrie Scott, who lived in South Africa, besieged the United Nations(UN) for justice … of Man (now the International League for Human Rights). In the same year (1948) Rev. Scott was banned in South Africa and Namibia. Rev. Scott was not a stranger to …

… to grips with a specific issue that is causing concern in Africa: that of child soldiers who are victims of … continuity and change are particularly acute for children in Africa. Increasingly, the potency and potential of young … people are being exploited to sustain the power of those in authority as well as those seeking to replace them. Thus, …

… as Wellington. Retief grew up on the vineyard, Welvanpas, in what became the Cape Colony under British rule. At the age of 27 he left for Stellenbosch, but eventually settled in Grahamstown, where he acquired his wealth through livestock farming following in his father’s foot-steps. During this period many …

… to rule Gabon after she achieved independence, but early in the 1990s Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new … was first explored by the Portuguese navigator Diego Cam in the 15th century. In 1472, the Portuguese explorers encountered the mouth of … Alistair Boddy-Evans, (2012), ' This Day in History - Gabon Achieves Independence ' . from African …

… Cape, laid the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital in Green Point, Cape Town. The hospital was established in 1818, after Dr S. Bailey saw the need for a public hospital in Cape Town. Dr. Bailey used his own funds to build the …

…  1. WHEREAS there existed in the Provinces of the Union of South Africa several small … of general interest to and affected the whole Bantu people in South Africa; 3. AND WHEREAS the good work of the … between one another; 4. AND WHEREAS there also existed in some of the Protectorates and Territories in South Africa …

… The Department of Education What were the turning points in southern Africa before colonialism? There can be little doubt that the imposition of European colonial rule in southern Africa was one of the great turning points in the history of the region. This is not to say that the …

… The next day they were driven from Pretoria to Cape Town in the back of a police van, and from there taken to Robben … Island. The nine were first detained by Security Police in October 1974, following a Viva FRELIMO rally in Durban in September of that year. The trial commenced in …

… , on the banks of the Schulpspruit River. It was founded in 1876 and proclaimed a town in 1890. Named after the city in the Netherlands, by its Founder, F Lion Cachet.  The Five …

… lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal … and intellectual whose life and work played a leading role in giving form to the debate about ‘a people’s culture’ in …

… making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In 1990, under intense pressure from its citizens, Gabon … country under a one party system since he came into power in 1967. During his 41 years in office, he was implicated in …

… Christopher Katongo was born on 31 August 1982 in Mufulira, Zambia. After playing for a few local teams, he … moved to South Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos Football Club in 2004. In 2007 he moved to the Danish side, Brondby. He later moved …

… "This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and globalisation. These were not …