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ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… 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 Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… Centralisation and Competition The Role of European Colonial Expansion Key Events and Leaders The Rise of the … Demographic and Social Transformation…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… on the eastern frontier however, although annexed by the colonial authorities, were retained largely as 'tribal … wage labour but the weak administrative…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… inferior. [5] Therefore, racism was an integral feature in colonial societies, and this essentially meant that Africans … which recognized all non-white…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… took back control again. Angola only became a Portuguese colonial settlement after the decline of the slave trade in … Importantly, the abolition of slavery…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… devastated by the Atlantic Slave Trade. 1659-1799 With the Colonial administrations facing a labour shortage due to Khoi … at the Cape. 1800-1886 The advent…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… for historians to construct narratives of precolonial and colonial history in Southern Africa is derived from the … of the indigenous people of Southern…
Comparison between racial policies of Nazi Germany before 1938 and apartheid laws in South Africa
… also affected South Africa. Because of South Africa's long colonial and apartheid history, the ethnic and racial terms …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 4: Transformations in southern Africa after 1750
… from the idea of the mfecane, which is linked to outdated, colonial-era ideas of the centrality of the ‘wars of Shaka’. …
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… War 1899 - 1902 South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917) Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900 First Anglo Boer …
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent. Colonial conquest and rapid land dispossession was … This opened up the interior of South Africa…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… Centre, after a 19th-century Pedi king who resisted colonial conquest. The prison houses a Gallows Museum, where …
ArticleKora
… cattle and land raids came to a head in 1868, when the colonial government created a special magisterial district. … the Korana 'raid' leaders and handed…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as … 18th century, domestic employment originated during the colonial era [i] . Early Dutch…
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…
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 …
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… of the African Film Industry: During the British colonial rule over Kenya , Uganda , Northern Rhodesia , … “civilized” way of life. Therefore, in 1935 the…
‘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…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… Britain would facilitate change in South Africa and in the colonial world. Ismail and Ellen Mohamed in London in 1959, …
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…