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PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… aspirations or their basic needs. View Larger Map History and evictions Initially Waaihoek was a White owned … properties. The farm lacked facilities such as…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… groups in Namibia and Zambia. While the Sotho people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of … From 1750 onwards, intensifying trade and more…
ArchiveThe Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
… Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for …
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… those in the West Indies and Caribbean. Studies done on colonial era slave societies across the globe show how … the number of slave men outnumbered the…
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… Heart of Redness , published in 2000, looks at the colonial past. The Xhosa were led to believe that their …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… baptised, all requisites for emancipation during the Dutch colonial period at the Cape. Whether Van der Stel left …
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… led her to become a founding member of multiple grassroots women’s organisations and a member of parliament from 1994 to … as ‘ the school syllabuses taught…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… the VOC (Dutch East India Company) altered the course of history in the Cape Colony. The first was to release a group … settlers on the one hand, and Company…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since the European … identities, languages and ethnic bonds…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… Natal is prohibited with effect from 1 July. 13 March, The Colonial-Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) is … of Indian passive resisters, consisting…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… in multiple collections meant to empower South African women writers such as Malibongwe and One Never Knows. … 134. ↵ [25] Ibid., 135, 138. ↵ [26] South…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… end of the 19th century, imperialism became a policy of colonial expansion pursued by different European powers. The … www.fordham.edu Lugard further…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… of Satyagraha, and chairman of the Freedom Park Trust History Durban Committee. Seedat has the most extensive … Mota Varachha Trust and chairman of the…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship … • Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… to look at the climate just before WW2. Rebellions Against Colonial Rule Before the Second World War After 1900, Europe began to introduce changes to…
BiographySheila Weinberg
… and Cape Town vigils were called by The Coalition of Women for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, to which she …
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… Potato Boycott, Sophiatown removals, One Pound-a-Day, the Women Anti-Pass Campaign of 1959, the Pass Burning after the …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… Bongani Mkongi Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams Deputy Minister …
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… experienced one of its most turbulent years in its recent history, characterized by the deadly Ebola outbreak, … between traditional tribal beliefs and the…
BiographyFanele Mbali
… He graduated from Fort Hare with majors in English and History and in 1961, he obtained a teacher’s diploma … Sisulu University) where he taught Economics,…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
… ↵ [7]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African History Online, (Uploaded: 15 October 2011), (Accessed: 19 … ↵ [8]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… He became one of the youngest judges in South Africa's history when, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Cape … It grieved Steyn to see that a decade…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… their interests. During this period in South African history, the process of land dispossession was largely … which means continuous rain. Also see Albert…
PlaceChad
… area which is now known as Chad has a long and complicated history. It was a central part of some of Africa's greatest … later gained its independence in…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
… in the Southern Hemisphere! Until the 17th Century the history of Jewry had been played out in the relatively … these Regions it did not spread until, on the…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… be realised in subsequent years. [1] Titled Trades Routes: History and Geography, the biennale was curated by … Art. Enwezor’s vision was to “look beyond…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… of the Rand. Sixty years is a short period of time in history — it is not easy to analyse accurately in that space … for the nature of production is very…
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 60 …
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… of Justice, Minister of Works and Supplies, Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs and Minister of Community … surrounded by friends. But he was swept…
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… persistently sought to share political power with the colonial ruler, the role of Ethiopia or Ethiopianism in … that Ethiopians lost to an enemy; it is non…