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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 …
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… excuse for a getaway. Middelburg has plenty to offer all history lovers as it is home to a few museums and fascinating … War (ABW), 1899-1902, if you are…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Activities | Grade 6
… Nasson, B. (ed). Turning Points in History: Book 1: Ancient Civilisations and Global Trade. …
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…
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…
ArticlePoetry and Resistance in the 1970’s
… throughout the twentieth-century and has inhabited the history of South Africa‘s literary cultures with words of …
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 …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline
… The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African …
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…
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 …
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…
ArchiveSpeech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
… was struggling to be born amidst the death throes of the colonial and apartheid order. And we grieved with all who … with similar efforts throughout our…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… Becker, Namibian Women’s Movement 1980 to 1992: From Anti-colonial Resistance to Reconstruction (Frankfurt: IKO, 1995), … 2014), 76. ↵ [3] Marion Wallace …