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ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
… years old, was an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South Africa for 20 years. Turok is the sole surviving member of the original…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… daunts me. Yet, it is also animating. Beyond any singing of it. Adrenalin is another kind of jazz. Yes, I am here, and, sacrificed other important … issues…
PlaceHermanus
… "This Town is known for many things, not least of all the abundance of whales that skirt past the coast every Year in Spring and … and earned most of his…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Dr. John Philip, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.), who was…
PlacePanorama Route, Mpumalanga
… go play Golf and visit a Motor Museum. Sabie , brings tons of adventure with activities like 4x4 trips and abseiling. … which is a must if you want to…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… Constitutional Court’s ruling that Afrikaans as a language of instruction has to be content with a marginal place at Stellenbosch University is the most…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… two centuries, Europe was able to colonise large parts of the world. The focus is on the early processes of colonisation and the consequences on the…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… that I got to work with him. It was on a special edition of Transformation focusing on the ‘ varieties of capitalism ’ approach. [i] We became good friends…
Abbreviations - Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… ABCFM : American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (USA) AG : Foreign Missions Department, General Council of the Assemblies of God, Inc (USA) BC :…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… 1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis … 1838 Trichardt reaches Delagoa Bay 1849 Treaty of Derdepoort signed by the…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… its first January 8th statement in 1972, the founding date of the ANC. This statement outlined the organisation’s … issued its next January 8th statement in…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/ NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 as amended; and TAKING NOTE …
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… After the end of apartheid, as well as the release of political prisoners in the early 90s and the country’s … in 1994, South Africa witnessed the…
Liberation
… "We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare … world to know. We are the people who have borne the brunt of…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… Land restitution is one of the key issues since South Africa achieved democracy in 1994 and as such an overview of what has been achieved since the…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… on constitutional matters. So its jurisdiction - the scope of its authority to hear cases - is restricted to … with decisions on constitutional matters…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… After the advent of democratic rule in 1994, the newly elected ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a legacy of centuries of land…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major…
ArticleThe San
… The San populated South Africa long before the arrival of the Bantu-speaking nations, and thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. Language,…
ArticleZulu Family History
… stabbed and shot. Mantfombi Dlamini, born 1956, daughter of Sobhuza II of Swaziland and sister of Mswati III, married 1973. A condition for this marriage …
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… KwaMsiza is a village of 49 families located some 50km north of Pretoria. Its residents are Ndzundza Ndebele , and belong … an airport in 1953, they were…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… www.historywiz.com A new absolute ruler After the fall of Robespierre in 1794, a new group of people took over the government. They were called the Directory…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Regular elections have been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the establishment of Union of South Africa in 1910. With the adoption of…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church in South…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the territories … is founded on racial segregation and disenfranchisement of…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… 1971 Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe . 16 December 1971 1972 " Speech by Oliver Tambo on the…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 … the sugar industry in this province…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the … the uprising had effectively been…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is passed. This law made it possible…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… youth. Early 1920s Walter is exposed to a mediated version of Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African liberation for black people … an American identity. 1927 Sisulu…