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BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… the find. Griqua chief Waterboer’s claim was backed by the Colonial Secretary, Richard Southey, and a British arbitrator …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… against white minority rule, but it had a strong anti-colonial stance as well, particularly drawing attention to …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… the writing was on the wall. The difference between other colonial powers and South Africa was the fact that South …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… you.” As an anti-Zionist Jew, he came to view Israel’s colonial-racism as akin to apartheid South Africa. In 1953 …
BiographyNathaniel James Merriman
Born in Marlborough, England, on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester College and…
BiographyLouis Botha
… rebels, and Chamberlain eventually agreed that the two colonial governments should decide on the matter. Botha …
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… and independence. While in some parts of the continent colonial powers reluctantly and grudgingly relinquished … launched protracted struggles against the…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… of London. Mozambique at that time was still under the colonial control of Portugal, but within months the anti-colonial guerrilla movement would begin…
ArchiveRestorative Memory – Considerations of colonial environmental distortion and the Salt River Estuarine & Riverine Territory by Patric Tariq Mellet, (2022/01/27 )
… Restorative Memory – Considerations of colonial environmental distortion and the Salt River …
Mary Matilda Brown
Mary Matilda Brown was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 20 July 1847. She advocated for social and moral reform and was a campaigner…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… of South Africa could be viewed as an effort by Capital, colonial authorities and Afrikaner Nationalists to counter … their entitlement to land by…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… assisted land reforms have served to justify and legalise colonial land apportionment, and effectively freeze in time all that has gone before. In the course…
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
Shapurji Jivanji Randeria was born at Rander in the Surat district in India in 1880. He arrived in South Africa in 1900. He had passed the senior book-keeping…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… solidarity went beyond that of the nuclear family. Pre- colonial societies were highly varied, where they were either … the major players in the conference,…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… wrought on African societies by the imposition of European colonial rule occurred in quick succession. In fact, it was the speed with which change occurred…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… licences and the registration of voters, with the Cape Colonial Government. He is told that the Government is unable … London municipality, but that he is…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… Mission Societies, the laws of the British and German Colonial administrations in southern Africa and, finally, by …
BiographyShaka Zulu
… precipitate clashes with the military forces of the Cape colonial government. H F Fynn, who knew him well, found him …
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with the expansion of the Dutch colonial settlement established by Jan van…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the rebels, … which was finally achieved in 1963…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… it had on historical events. At the time of their rule, colonial forces were at work fragmenting Xhosa society for … of leadership juxtapositioned with the…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… is inherited through kinship ties. During the pre-colonial era for one to assume the leadership position one … Black African communities. For example, during…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… him, as he did not believe the matter fell under the colonial government's purview. As a result, he was charged with insubordination, and on 1 October 1926…
Gallery
… The struggle for freedom and equality has its roots in the colonial period, but the South African struggle for women’s … influenced by women’s roles in local…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… helped to establish the New Era Fellowship (NEF), an anti-colonial and leftist debating society. The NEF was the … “With few exceptions”, observed Jaffe …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial authorities 1800 Cape Colony: An official newspaper … the west of the Fish River, an area…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… earlier movement of African migrants in search of work in colonial labour markets was greatly accelerated . As the … on their land and encroached on African…
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
Shapurji Sorabji was born in Adajan, India. He belonged to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee, a loyal friend of Gandhi…