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ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… licences and the registration of voters, with the Cape Colonial Government. He is told that the Government is unable … London municipality, but that he is…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… Mission Societies, the laws of the British and German Colonial administrations in southern Africa and, finally, by …
BiographyShaka Zulu
… precipitate clashes with the military forces of the Cape colonial government. H F Fynn, who knew him well, found him …
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with the expansion of the Dutch colonial settlement established by Jan van…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the rebels, … which was finally achieved in 1963…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… it had on historical events. At the time of their rule, colonial forces were at work fragmenting Xhosa society for … of leadership juxtapositioned with the…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… is inherited through kinship ties. During the pre-colonial era for one to assume the leadership position one … Black African communities. For example, during…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… him, as he did not believe the matter fell under the colonial government's purview. As a result, he was charged with insubordination, and on 1 October 1926…
Gallery
… The struggle for freedom and equality has its roots in the colonial period, but the South African struggle for women’s … influenced by women’s roles in local…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… helped to establish the New Era Fellowship (NEF), an anti-colonial and leftist debating society. The NEF was the … “With few exceptions”, observed Jaffe …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial authorities 1800 Cape Colony: An official newspaper … the west of the Fish River, an area…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… these movements and acted as a consistent opponent of colonial rule in Africa. In particular, Julius Nyerere – the … end of the First World War and the…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… earlier movement of African migrants in search of work in colonial labour markets was greatly accelerated . As the … on their land and encroached on African…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… and resistance, and the white settlers demanded that the colonial government take action to deal with it. In February … by Chakijana kaGezindaba, Bambatha…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… left the farms and joined the Xhosa in a rebellion against colonial rule, commonly known as the Third Frontier War (1799-1803). These Khoi ex-servants…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… as a source of cheap labour for the white-controlled Natal colonial agricultural economy. The list can be searched by: … one's ancestors - Often serial…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… wrought on African societies by the imposition of European colonial rule occurred in quick succession. In fact, it was the speed with which change occurred…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… of South Africa could be viewed as an effort by Capital, colonial authorities and Afrikaner Nationalists to counter … their entitlement to land by…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… in a mostly bloodless coup, thereby ending Portuguese colonial rule in Africa. Thus, Angola attained official … Angola’s hard-won victory problematic. As…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… Albert Christopher and PR Pather breaking away to form the Colonial Born and Settler Indian Association (CBSIA) - this …
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… produce to the market. In addition to participating in the colonial economy, they sought to use the colonial political systems and institutions for their own…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… interests include the history of Islamic law, anti-colonial resistance movements, and indigenous history. … Science. Her academic areas of interest are…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
… on the world: Firstly, colonization enriched and empowered colonial empires by extracting resources from colonized … of the colonies. [11] Colonization…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… The exploitation of convict labour at the Cape during the Colonial era is closely connected with the work of John Montagu, Colonial Secretary for the Cape…
Khoisan Identity
… settlers from 1652, and the establishment and growth of colonial settlements over the ensuing two and a half … were dispossessed of most of their land uring…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… for nearly a hundred years. This was largely due to colonial expansion which in turn dispossessed Xhosa and … one; other Xhosa ethnic groups cooperated with…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Meeting of Durban residents resolved to petition the Colonial Government for the establishment of municipal … posting in West Africa. Finding itself short of…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… of the nature and basis of the power of chiefs in pre-colonial African societies. They believed that traditional … to 30 locations in a district. A headman,…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) … members of the NIC resigned and formed a body…