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Pedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879

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… in southern Africa checked their independent progress. By maintaining diplomatic ties with the Boers, the Swazi, and the Zulu, Sekwati established peace and prosperity. By 1852, relations had deteriorated and Hendrik Potgieter led a commando out …

Paul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904

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… 1864 A clash between Viljoen's people's army and Paul Kruger's state army occurs. Paul Kruger travels to the Zulu boundary with Pretotius to help arrange a new boundary with Mpande. 1865 The Basuto murder several Transvaal citizens …

Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho)

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… established control over several small groups of Sotho and Nguni speakers, who had been displaced by the difiqane (Zulu: mfecane ). Some of these communities had established ties to San peoples who lived just west of Moshoeshoe's territory. … other two Sotho groups (Pedi and Tswana); however, there are major cultural differences between the Sotho and the Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swazi). The Sotho people tend to group their homesteads in villages and have a technology and society …

African National Congress Timeline 1990-1999

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… de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold emergency talks in Pretoria as violence spreads to Soweto . Fighting started there when Zulu migrant workers armed with axes and spears attacked passengers at a train station. 17 August, The ANC as well as … to 4 March. 15 March, The ANC’s national election manifesto is made public. 28 March, Violent clashes occur between Zulu IFP supporters protesting against the forthcoming April general election and the ANC's security guards outside Shell … Natal in what becomes known as the Shobashobane massacre. 1996 19 January, President Nelson Mandela holds meetings with Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and later declares he will initiate a round of urgent peace talks in Kwazulu Natal, leading as …

The following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium

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… Soweto Elias Ngomane, 21, from Johannesburg Nkosana Elliot Hlongwane, 40, from Katlehong, East Rand Nhlanhla Meshack Zulu, 30, from Duduza, East Rand Raymond Mfana Gwala, 47, Zamdela, from Sasolburg Senki Jacob Mzizi, 47, Tsakane, from East …

CODESA 1 Timeline

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… left in the negotiating process. 19 December 1991: the IFP announces that Buthelezi is withdrawing from CODESA because the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has not been invited to the convention. Inkatha is still attending as a party. 20 and 21 …

Adams College, Amanzimtoti

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… named after him in the 1930's. During the implementation of Bantu Education from 1953, its name was changed to Amanzimtoti Zulu Training School. Its name was reverted to Adams College after the abolishment of Bantu Education. Adams College provided … was moving there and because Amanzimtoti was the centre of a large population. At this time the first convert, Umbalasi, a Zulu woman, was accepted into the Church by Adams. Dr Adams started by teaching black people the English language and his … to the western way of life. At Amanzimtoti, Adams seemed to become popular among the local people, he was given a Zulu name which meant ”the man with three coats”. This name referred to the white overall which he wore as a doctor, the …

Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927

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… ‘After being a man of the world, I have discovered there is no Zulu, Xhosa, Mosotho or Coloured, but all are and must be known henceforth as Africans’, JT Gumede, 1923. INTRODUCTION This … and establishment of African commercial and business ventures in Natal.375 By 1921 there were clear signs that other Zulu nationalists like Dube, Petros Lamula and Rev S. Simelane were engaged in a serious power struggle to secure the backing of the Zulu royal house for their commercial schemes. Gumede’s son, Archie, recalled that his father had to spend one night outside …

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

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… her to the Bahai religion-which states all persons are equal, regardless of race. Mkhize translated Bahai books into Zulu and aided in the setting up of centres across Zululand. In 1981, while trying to start an old age home in her community, …

uMgungundlovu, Dingane's Royal Kraal

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… Kraal and royal Capital. He took power, after assassinating Shaka, his half-brother. Its name is derived from the Zulu phrase "ungungu we ndlovu", which means: 'the secret conclave of the elephant'. Dingane's Kraal was more or less oval in … revealed that this hut, with a diameter of approximately 10m, was probably the largest hut ever built in the traditional Zulu manner. It was supported by 22 posts entirely covered in glass beads, of which the molten remains have since been …