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Port Elizabeth an Overview
… advantages to the Cape's colonial government. It was an ideal landing place for visitors wishing to travel into the …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… was condemned (Sanders, 1997). With the burgeoning Afrikaner nationalist movement of the 1900s, Dutch Reform … became a major foundation of apartheid and…
English Settlement in South Africa
… as the ‘ Great Trek .’ This resulted in the founding of Afrikaner Republics away from British control such as the … 1880s, set the stage for war between the…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… than the Afrikaners. Rugby and the Springbok Symbol in Afrikaner Identity and Politics Throughout the first half of … century rugby and the Springbok symbol…
ArticleParties involved in the history of elections in South Africa
… (LP) Unionist Party (UP) Purified National Party (PNP) Afrikaner Party (AP) Progressive Party (PP) National Union …
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… of philosophical investigation; but was dominated by the ideal of 'humanitas' with an outlook towards fellow men. This … and suffering of the South African…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… of philosophical investigation; but was dominated by the ideal of "humanitas" with an outlook towards fellow men. This … and suffering of the South African…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… 1930s NUSAS was affected by the growing feeling of the Afrikaner nationalism. The Afikaanse Studentebond (A.S.B.), … for full cultural and political…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic transformed …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… in 1924. His greatest ambition was the elevation of the Afrikaner The Union government experienced internal conflict, … founder of the National Party (NP) in…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… helped get his speech published. Deneys Reitz, a prominent Afrikaner politician, acknowledged that Xuma’s address had … African Bureau for Racial Affairs …
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… white' problem. Urbanisation thus received another boost. Afrikaner women, like their African, Indian and Coloured … to note that as a result of the…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… played an essential part in uplifting poor whites to an Afrikaner nation fifty years later that promoted Afrikaner nationalism . [6] These schemes also…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… played a very important role in the development of Afrikaner churches and religion in the 19th and 20th centuries. Afrikaner religious activities in…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… as the volkstaal (people's language) and as a symbol of Afrikaner nationhood. Several nationalist organisations … could support and defend itself. It was…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… immanent. The representation of the ANC by government and Afrikaner and other media since its banning in 1960 had … Afrikaners together into an ineluctable…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… church has been very much bound with the politics of the Afrikaner community of South Africa. The church supported the …
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… area that is teeming with sea life. This makes it an ideal place for families with little ones that enjoy … watching, nature walks, hiking trails as well as…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in the apartheid era … City, A decade of Turbulence: 1976-86,…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… political thriller) and other films that challenged the Afrikaner establishment at a time when dissent was very …
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… with bored but stubborn indifference. By the 1920s, with Afrikaner women workers beginning to enter the labour market …
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… the plural societies Abrahams found Jamaica closest to his ideal and moved there with his family in 1959. He has lived …
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… separated and his father had to work in an environment not ideal for a young boy. Charlotte was the daughter of Albert’s …
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… though the term's popularity has waned over the years, the ideal of a united harmonious South African nation is still …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… sy eie mense gesien nie - inteendeel, hy het homself as 'n Afrikaner en 'n patriot sonder voorbehoude aan die stryd om … the sum of the cases. The Centre…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… The British Colonial administration, having defeated the Afrikaner republics in the war, set out on a programme of … was achieved by General Hertzog, leader…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… as workers only during and after World War II.) These Afrikaner women had not only to support themselves in the … reasons for their strict racial policies…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… and rural change also affected Afrikaners. Afrikaner nationalism during the 1930s and 1940s was at least … Trek was used in an attempt to revert to a…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… The former leader of the Afrikaner Volksunie (AV) and Freedom Front (FF), General … Constant Viljoen, announced his resignation from the Afrikaner National…
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… instructed General Piet Cronje to lead approximately 5000 Afrikaner soldiers (numbers vary) to Mafikeng. For almost seven months fighting ensued; with the…