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PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… from internal and external enemy forces. During the pre-colonial period the Table Bay valley and its environs was … was initiated in 1793 by the threat of…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… was on many occasions short-lived and quickly quashed by colonial authorities who were more often than not greater in … of the slave trade had also crossed…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… on the conditions of native Angolans under Portuguese colonial rule, warning that the apartheid state was equally … on black people’s rights in the same way…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
… Mr. Chairman, This city has featured prominently in the history of our country. Our people have known London as the … the segregation of public amenities -…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
… Mr. Chairman, This city has featured prominently in the history of our country. Our people have known London as the … the segregation of public amenities -…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… Lord Robert's only son was killed in action. The Colonial Office sent massive troop reinforcements under the … did not expect. The failure of these campaigns…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… one of those troughs in Indian affairs which mark their history in this country. For redress of their grievances they … political body which called itself…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… is represented in parliament. This feature focuses on the history of the PAC’s contribution to the struggle against … " outlines the chronological events in…
PlacePrince Alfred House, Waterloo Road, Wynberg
… This Colonial House has subsequently been sold and now used as a …
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… of her writing is inspired by Nigerian society and history, including trans-Atlantic slavery, colonialism, the … the position of class monitor, a highly…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… that abounds with a troubled but immensely rich history. The wheel of history has turned full cycle in the life of this university, … on the entire history…
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
… to the West. Matatiele, is a charming Town with a rich History. The Town invites you to explore its best-kept … with its transformation from antique…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… me so much about the black condition under apartheid, history. 3. It has never bothered me that he later criticised … emerges from the ghetto, and 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…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… support abroad. 21 March 1960, Sobukwe resigns from his post as a lecturer. As he walks 8-km walk to the police … to attack the police station, a power…
ArchiveThe Importance and Power of Gender Safe Spaces by Shanél Johannes
… South African men and women have often experienced our history in different ways. In South Africa, as in most … to the exclusion of women. Patriarchy existed…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… the building of more military forts and it extended the colonial boundary. But one particular clause put the … Mpondo chief, Faku. This was done, states…
ArchiveOpen letter to Perkine
… similar to the one eaged by the people of Angola against colonial and imperialist forces …
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… the apartheid regime. The march culminated in the settler-colonial regime massacre of people at Sharpeville and Langa … be able to hear Sobukwe’s voice again…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… have evolved from the Frenchman Jacques Titius. He was a Colonial Trader in the West Coast. Tietiesbaai is also named … Park at Langebaan - all offering an…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… Dadoo in 2009, SAHO is, as part of its rewriting of the history of the liberation movement, updating its material on … impulses of the time that might have…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. … for white occupation as from January…
Insurrections: The Storming
… all too clearly our powerlessness at this moment in history, with the forces of aggressive capitalism and ethnic … decade collecting the musical compositions…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… all too clearly our powerlessness at this moment in history, with the forces of aggressive capitalism and ethnic … decade collecting the musical compositions…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… work as diligently as possible to effect change towards a post apartheid society. It urges artists to refuse …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… cultivate in order to meet the requirements of the service post set up by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) at the Cape …
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…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… more about other experiences of wars of liberation against colonial powers. During this period he underwent military … to non-racialism inevitably played a…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Vietnam Institute of International Relations on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations, Hanoi
… at the beginning of the 1990s that this is "the end of history and the last man". Fortunately real history is more … and the concomitant aggression to…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Herrenvolk history books present two pictures of Dr. John Philip, … (and confidentially) to Buxton: "At…