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EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… political activity in all parts of the country and the establishment of the Transitional Executive Council and its …
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… slightly higher taxes than Muslims. - From Understanding History 1, John Child et al, Heinemann, 1991 Source D One … out from the rest of the soldiers. -…
EventUgandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announces the proposed division of Buganda
… powerful Kabaka or king installed by the departing British Colonial government, Buganda was the most powerful province … 15 May 2012)|Boddy-Evans A. ‘This…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… of 1801, or Nederburgh's Charter, which established Dutch colonial policy after the government took over the VOC. …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… area was named Cato Manor, it was an extensive piece of colonial acreage awarded by royal decree to George … Durban Club, ‘The Durban Club founding and a…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in African…
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… the Germans were killed in the long German retreat. A colonial military campaign from 1923 to 1925 brought the … Boddy-Evans A., 2011. ‘This day in African…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions
… at Southern Methodist University, is a double major in History and Human Rights public policy and is a double minor … Tennessee. He is majoring in finance…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… on the continent. To that end, the Act calls for the establishment of a Peace and Security Council. The mandate … urgent tasks of the AU structures. The…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline
… The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African …
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… the enigmatic histories of these institutions of Afrikaner history and to piece together their origins and links with … were not enough to uncover what was…
Acceptance speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1993
… rule. That triumph will finally bring to a close a history of five hundred years of African colonisation that began with the establishment of the Portuguese…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… This is part due to the fact that of all the events in the history of Indians in South Africa it is probably the best … held on 4 May 1947 PR moved a…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… as part of the British sphere of influence since the establishment of the first trading post in Port Natal in 1824 … harvest and the hum of tractors lies a…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… Mahmood Mamdani will speak on “Decolonising the Post-Colonial University”. The lecture is to be held at 17:30 for … the question: What does it mean to…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… of a broader effort to rename places that had names with a colonial or apartheid legacy. Port Elizabeth is the largest … and Monuments. These tell the story…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… forces as well as members of the South African security establishment wished to destabilise and totally disrupt the … South Africa, Social Text , No.31/32,…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
… that resulted in massive dislocation of communities. The establishment of the Boer republics and the subsequent …
Professor Zakes Mda review of Robert Mcbride A coloured Life
… it will be an indispensable text for the students of history and politics and generally for those who want to …
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… factory workers. The group also became involved in the establishment of the South African Labour Bulletin as a … witnessed a momentous chain of events in its…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… countries which had not yet achieved independence from colonial rule. These notes on a conversation with Nyerere at …
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… Sandile, joined by Kreli of the Galekas, waged war against Colonial forces, which included loyal Fingos, at the Battle …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… meeting in Singapore. Amin was a soldier in the British colonial army and became one of its first Ugandan … Boddy-Evans A. “This day in African History: 25…
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… Sir Alfred Milner was a British statesman and colonial Administrator. Milner came to South Africa in May … ANGLO-BOER WAR (1899-1902) , from South African…
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… he returned to his home country. Unhappy with his post- colonial new reality, Kourouma expressed his grievances …
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… from different tribes and from different parts of rural colonial Africa, they did not share the same language … trade market relationships the U.S has…
PlaceMatroosfontein
… from the City Bowl. This Suburb has a deep, poignant History, and is a fascinating Area, to explore and discover. … This Suburb has a deep, poignant History,…
PlaceLeliefontein
… IN FURTHER READING. The Village is steeped in Wartime History: During the South African War - (also known as the … Scottish "riel", which describes a…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… the old section. It dates back to the Anglo-Boer War . The History of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain … in South Africa, it has a proud…
Bitter Battles to Come - Message to the Meeting of the Council of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation by O. R. Tambo, Tripoli, January 1971
… great young independent nations growing on the ruins of colonial domination - and all those who participated in the … of the anti-imperialist forces at a…