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Polokwane an Overview
… point of contact between various people and processes. The history of Pietersburg /Polokwane is inextricably linked to … television screen and international…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… Her Bible takes pride of place in the Village’s Cultural History Museum.) Once again there were all sorts of … congregation. The Khoisan laws of 1808…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Demand for change can no longer be subdued. The establishment…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… The first conflicts between the European settlers and the colonial authorities in their mother countries broke out at … rather sleepy port city. In certain…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… election in April 1994. This archive presents this history in two parts, namely; Emerging African Nationalism … 1960-1994 respectively. Please note that …
PlaceNdabeni
… of indigenous rights in the Cape, and who championed the establishment of a universal franchise at the National … unemployed men were able to live in town,…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… having attempted to rape another woman. Despite the man's history of sexual violence, the police and the prosecutor had … listed in the Bill of Rights. The…
ArticleWomens Rights
… having attempted to rape another woman. Despite the man's history of sexual violence, the police and the prosecutor had … in the Bill of Rights. The Act also…
ArchiveBantu Authorities Act, Act No 68 of 1951
… The Act was to provide for the establishment of certain Bantu authorities and to define …
Grade 6 term 1 classroom support
… A ACTIVITY PLANNING OVERVIEW Subjects covered: English, History (social sciences), Connecting Classroom themes: … 3. Describe the society – rich…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… was on many occasions short-lived and quickly quashed by colonial authorities who were more often than not greater in … of the slave trade had also crossed…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… on the conditions of native Angolans under Portuguese colonial rule, warning that the apartheid state was equally … on black people’s rights in the same way…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… Isaka Seme , future co-founder of the SANNC, proposes the establishment of a " Native Union ", in an article in the … to protest against the Natives' Land…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… affects the entire subcontinent. Despite joint efforts by Colonial and Republican governments, about 4,5-million cattle … Sotho and Xhosa factions see 36…
EventViolent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues
… violence that culminated into an open revolt against the establishment of the Transkei Territorial Authority. … and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962 ' from…
EventThabo Mbeki announces judicial inquiry
… first Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announced the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… one of those troughs in Indian affairs which mark their history in this country. For redress of their grievances they … political body which called itself…
ADDRESS AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (FICCI), CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES (CII), AND JOINT BUSINESS COUNCILS (JBC) Delhi, 26 January 1995
… what many thought impossible for our nation with its long history of division and conflict. Our unity as a nation is … face in common with most countries…
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's history … Rassool works with old museums that are changing their…
ArchiveExtension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959
… The Act was to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and control of …
PlaceCalvinia
Calvinia was founded on the Farm-'Hoogekraal', in 1845. This property was purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church in order to establish a parish for the Town-…
PlaceMount Currie Nature Reserve, KZN-Kokstad
… was formed in 1947 and whose antecedents go back into colonial times; and the former KwaZulu Directorate of Nature …
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… that abounds with a troubled but immensely rich history. The wheel of history has turned full cycle in the life of this university, … on the entire history…
PlaceKathu
… other being between Mariental and Rehoboth in, Namibia. History of Mariental? Named by local Rhenish (German … Keetmanshoop and named after Maria, the wife…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… Lord Robert's only son was killed in action. The Colonial Office sent massive troop reinforcements under the … did not expect. The failure of these campaigns…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… is represented in parliament. This feature focuses on the history of the PAC’s contribution to the struggle against … " outlines the chronological events in…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… the building of more military forts and it extended the colonial boundary. But one particular clause put the … Mpondo chief, Faku. This was done, states…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… were isolated, waiting for a break that could lead to the establishment of a recognisable structure and establishing … developments inside South Africa gave…
Liberation organisations
… black workers were illegal. A turning point in trade union history came about with the Durban strikes in 1973. These … suggested amendments to the Labour…
PlaceFish River Canyon
… Creating fascinating insights into the geology and History of Namibia and much more! The Fish River Canyon forms … from local rock , in to a house for …