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PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… could be employed at a cheaper rate. The strike grew to a rebellion against the Government. It was suppressed by bomber …
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… song from the airwaves hoping to dampen the flames of the rebellion. The words of the song continued to resonate at … that their influence had contributed to…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… economy was dramatically affected. In order to suppress a rebellion in 1879, units of the British Indian Army had been …
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… OutÂraged, Cape officials sent instigators of the burgher rebellion to Holland on the return fleet. Tas was arrested …
Zulu Community
… labour. Resistance to this tax resulted in the Bambatha Rebellion . Some two thousand Zulu workers and domestic … city to return to their homesteads, where…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… mockery of employers could be viewed as muted rituals of rebellion and as a crucial mode of adaptation, a line of … striking heavily, which created a climate…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… themselves as the Kenya Land Freedom Army (KFLA). As the rebellion continues Britain declares a state of emergency in … Around 50,000 British soldiers are…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… Smuts was happy with the situation as it was. The Rand Rebellion of 1922 further strengthened the popularity, as it … to cooperation between the and the…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… to regain their independence . British forces crushed the rebellion. Chief Mankuroane fled to neighbouring Tswana …
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… the indigenous cultures were gradually being destroyed. A rebellion by Herero people in Namibia broke out in January …
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
… , between 1835 and the early 1840's. The Great Trek was in rebellion against the policies of the British government and … between 1835 and the early 1840's…
PlaceLibya
… decades until he was toppled in 2011 following an armed rebellion assisted by Western military intervention. In …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… helped to again quell the labour action. In 1922 the Rand Rebellion erupted with Witwatersrand gold-miners striking in …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… in May, but protests by opposition followers and a rebellion by an army faction on September 21 result in an …
ArticlePoqo
… was spurred to vigorously suppress any potential rebellion. Already strict security laws were strengthened …
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… Khoi. They included a number of slaves from India. The rebellion cost no lives. The news of their uprising reached … footnotes 6 to 20 of Chapter on "The…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… 1995 with all Tuareg and Toubou groups that had been in rebellion since 1990, claiming they lacked attention and …
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… Batlle in the Subzee Mundee, a watercolour of the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857by British artist G F Atkinson. Source: … did not like British rule. This led to the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… over is enforced in Natal. February - June, the Bambatha Rebellion erupts in Natal in protest against the hut tax … to assist the British in the campaign to…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… now be traded only within the colony. The Koeberg slave rebellion in the Swartland near Malmesbury, led by Louis of …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… White miners embark on what has become known as The Rand Rebellion. The first significant action by women in the rural … embark on a strike and it becomes…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… deeply impoverished. He was also suspected of encouraging rebellion in neighboring countries, but he also became a …
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… Intensified persecution may lead to violence and armed rebellion once it is clear that peaceful adjustments are no …
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… the territory immediately east of Cathcart, rose in rebellion against the colonial government. They were soon …
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… who were charged with high treason arising out of the 1914 Rebellion. Their case was in every respect more serious than … us. As indicated above, there were…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… launched its armed wing, Poqo , and engaged in an armed rebellion against whites and perceived government … to death, and executed on 7 March 1968. After the…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… political objective, namely that they were organising a rebellion. Enoch Mgijima, Charles Mgijima and Gilbert …
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… came to power, he helped the Directory crush international rebellion. He ordered his troops to use cannon fire on a …
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… colonisation, and succeed. The sustained success of the rebellion, and not the fact of the rebellion, however heroic, was the critical factor that would ……
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… Anene Booysen Congolese rebels surrender after a 20 month rebellion DRC November 5 2013 DRC Typhoon Haiyan hits the …