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Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye Centre The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to locate … The 1973 strikes marked a decisive…
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.3 1970
… TONY MORPHET and MIKE KIRKWOOD. Contents: The Hyenas-A Colonial Study, E. Wyllie Findlay. Women in Love, Phil Joffe; …
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… and appropriate sanitation infrastructure; • improved postal and telecommunications services; and • a broad social … of Europe generally during the…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… the post-apartheid ANC, but to contribute to South African history. However, it is evident that he is unhappy with the … to work towards equality by telling…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… peace and the brotherhood of man. In the upsurge of anti-colonial and freedom struggles that swept through Asia and … When reading his autobiography or…
PlaceSlave Church Museum
… as non-Christians in the Cape- hence the name of the establishment. In 1802, around 280 slaves were taught … does not require anentrance fee. The church…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
PlaceTrevean House, 258 Wakesleigh Road, Bellair, Durban
… building is probably the best surviving example of a late Colonial Victorian building in Natal. It was declared a …
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… South African History Online believes that history is made every day and to that effect we have compiled … representation of women in leadership for the…
EventThe Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, a bilingual newspaper and the first to publish news and advertisements, is published for the first time.
The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser was the first newspaper to be published in Africa. It was started by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women…
EventBotha announces third naval base
… P.W. Botha, the then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
… a bucket of feces onto a statue of Cecil John Rhodes, a colonial expansionist who provided the original endowment of … was a learning environment that…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… were not so good, the location was very convenient. The Colonial Office received the deputation with distinct … deputation of their eagerness to raise their…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… the Bicentenary of one of the greatest revolutions in history. We bring you warm greetings and messages of support … France’s greatest colony in the world…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… was the 18th general election since South Africa since the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999), Southern…
ArchiveOpen letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
… phasing out of hostels and labour compounds and the establishment of an Independent Commission of Inquiry to …
PlaceSpringfield Convent School, Cape Town
… Convent School is steeped in almost 150 years of cherished history. Springfield is today a leading Independent Catholic … and backgrounds to classes from…
EventCongo administration is handed to the Belgian government
… policies toward the Congolese. Atrocities committed by colonial officials in the Congo were circulated in Europe, … be the most graphic account of the…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… as growing resentment between the farmers and the British colonial authorities. The farmers argued that because the colonial government limited the…
PlaceWinburg
… an ideal destination for those interested in South African History and Culture!" The Town’s rich Historical background … The Winburg Museum offers further…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The … in 1963. Endnotes [i] Knappert, J. (1992)…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry Elliot , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , …
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
… Front. The merged Patriotic Front helped Mugabe defeat the colonial government of Ian Smith in 1980. Since then Mugabe …
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new district … South African History Online, Uitenhage…
PlaceHarrismith, Free State
… like birding, biking, 4x4, hiking, climbing, golfing, History, water sport and lots more. The Town is well known … like birding, biking, 4x4, hiking,…
PlaceClarendon Circle, Johannesburg
… Today Clarendon Circle is NO more! The fingerprint of the History is captured in the name; Clarendon Place which is the … of South Africa, is a largely…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… the Ravan Press offices in Johannesburg and proposes the establishment of a photographers’ collective. This included a … on Mayfair, a multiracial…
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… neo-colonialisms. One assumes that Feni is commenting on colonial racism that by this time has become … institutionalised as apartheid in South Africa…