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ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… South African Indian Community with the formation of the Colonial Born and Indian Settlers Association. 4 February, … Manilal Gandhi, S.L. Singh and P.R…
Durban an Overview
… activity for the region and boasts of a number of fine colonial and post-colonial buildings. A Concert Hall, known as the Pavilion, …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… the advice of Cape Governor W.A. van der Stel, the Dutch colonial administration annuls its policy of forbidding the … farmers or Trek Boers. This paves the…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… to extricate themselves from clutches of encroaching colonial domination. What precipitated these early struggles …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… soon degenerated into raiding and warfare. In 1657 the colonial authorities started a process of allotting farms to … them of their independence and…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political … These societies attempted to resist the…
BiographyHerbert Hayton Castens
Herbert Hayton Castens was educated at Rugby School in Warwickshire, where the game of rugby allegedly originated. He played both cricket and rugby and was an…
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama was born in Bombay in 1870. After passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… stimulated African intellectuals to intensify their anti-colonial efforts. Revolts against the colonial governments started to increase in number, scope and …
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… Under colonialism, prison camps were widely used by colonial rulers to ensure an accessible supply of forced … without trial led to overpopulated prisons and…
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… number of people were forced through intimidation, taxes, colonial and capitalist expansion to become wage labourers in …
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… Esteva 1992). Indeed, Majid Rahnema states that former colonial rulers were “seeking a new system of domination, in … decision to destroy foreign flora…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… powerhouse of Africa. It led to a scramble by the British colonial administration to expand their political control …
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… of these communities is inextricably linked to the pre-colonial history, colonial history and the history of segregation within the … and San words, which…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… union movements were created exclusively for whites. The colonial ruler, the South African government, opposed the … freedom, different meetings took place…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… voiced the importance of economic regeneration to replace colonial economies geared towards primary resource extraction … and 1960 with the aims of assisting…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… 29, Leads deputation to Sir John Robinson, Premier and Colonial Secretary, Colony of Natal July 1, Writes circular … Gandhi advised the people to send a…
Zulu Community
… of these communities is inextricably linked to the pre-colonial history, colonial history and the history of segregation within the … forest in August and…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… reviewed by Comrade DG Wolton, who stressed the growth of colonial liberation movements and the colonial workers' growing unity with the workers of the home …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… regarding trading rights for Indians 1911 13 March, Colonial Born Indian Association formed due to the … October, Albert Christopher, Ruben Joseph and three…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under colonial rule. Today, African countries are politically … Today ( 28/01/2015) Source: http://www…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… colonisation of South Africa came the emergence of 'The colonial adventure' writer. These colonial writers were unsettled and intrigued by what they … is the…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… Introduction The history of White colonial land dispossession did not begin with the passing of … Land Act in 1913, it spans back to the expansion of Dutch…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… settlers on the one hand, and Company (and later British colonial) agendas played out at the expense of the indigenous … The resultant plight of the Khoisan…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… MPLA begin a guerrilla campaign to overthrow Portuguese colonial rule. 25 April 1974 Portuguese colonial rule ends after a coup removes the government in …
ArticleThe missionaries
… land were now given by magistrates in the service of the Colonial government. Paramount chiefs were no longer in … groups and the class system, was imposed…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… and grievances could be brought to the attention of the colonial government. The concerns of the NNC centred around … Shepstone’ in The roots of segregation:…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… of the 20th century became the site of conflict between Colonial Administrators and autonomous African chiefdoms. The … the independent Zulu kings left the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… 1872. 1874 At a time of extreme labour shortage, the Cape Colonial Government investigates the possibilities of … attempts to provide a platform for the…
Robben Island
… island as an asylum for the mentally ill, and in 1843 the Colonial Secretary, John Montagu, put forward a plan to use … in January 1865. The circular tower,…