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ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April … a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique, Guinea…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… the world like around 1600? Europe is considered as one of the world’s major super powers which played a significant … topic one, which is The World Around…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… Background Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a … celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment of slaves to arrive at the Cape, yet although the Amersfoort was the first ship to bring a whole…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… KwaZulu Natal. There has been this and much speculation of the causes and triggers of the violence. A number of reports have highlighted various issues…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… at Boons or Molote. This feature explores the history of Bakwena ba Mogopa, who, on the eve of the promulgation of the Natives Land Act of 1913 bought the…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… itself is progressive but that the implementation of these rights is significantly hindered for numerous reasons. Firstly, the example of Zulu culture and…
The Cape Northern Frontier
… more land to cultivate in order to meet the requirements of the service post set up by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) at the Cape of Good Hope. Expansion…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… Nelson Mandela was born into a world of war, revolutionary upheaval and a worldwide influenza … end in sight. In January General T.E. Lawrence led an army of…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… Britain takes control of the Cape Once revolutionary armies of France invaded Holland in 1795, the British feared that the French would take control of the…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under … crisis was brought to a head by the…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… In the 1870s a series of farming associations emerged in the Cape, both in the west … vereenigingen (Afrikaner farming associations) were one of the first…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… city Post-1948 Legislation This period marks the beginning of the rise of apartheid. Although South Africa was already a very … the non-White population…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… Art in the state of siege The Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… South Africa: The Cordoned Heart is considered as one of the seminal photographic exhibitions and books of the 1980’s. The exhibition and book was a product…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 25 April, Proclamation issued creating the…
ArticleMapungubwe
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the … years ago, Mapungubwe appears to have been the…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) … in South Africa – at first through the…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony. During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella organisation of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). BCM had its … campuses, mainly white, liberal universities…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… " We are in danger of losing our history" A recent report on history and … in schools offers compelling reasons for the teaching of these disciplines to be…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… traces his lineage back to the Thembu Chief Nxeko, one of the early Thembu Kings who ruled over Thembuland, a … The historical record shows Xhosa lived on…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Act were fought in the Transkei , where the resistance of the peasants culminated in the Pondo revolt which broke … held in custody for indefinite periods…
ArticleThe Western Front
… At the outbreak of the First World War, Germany put into operation the … Plan . This plan was based on the assumption that in case of a war breaking out,…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Conference can be best understood as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa. This British coined the term … European powers were slow to realise the…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… Can you create music that can find a home on both sides of the Indian Ocean beyond the cliché of “fusion”? Are Indian forms compatible with their African ……
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. David Hemson , Halton Cheadle … Turner lead the collective thinking…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… ship repairs companies also came out on strike. By the end of March 1973, close on 100,000 mainly African workers, approximately half of the entire African…
Glossary: Learning from Leaders
… boycott a bus, you refuse to ride on it. Campaign A series of organised activities that are all meant to achieve a … deal with difficult or dangerous…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… South Africa for more than 100 000 years. As a matter of fact, the Cradle of Humankind, or what is believed to be the birthplace of humans, is close to…