Settler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism

Castle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town

Castle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town

20 February 2026

When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck. They erected a Fort b...

A history of Apartheid in South Africa

A history of Apartheid in South Africa

22 November 2025

Background and policy of apartheidBefore we can look at the history of the apartheid period it is necessary to understan...

Settler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism

Settler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism

The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, ...

Second Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902

Second Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902

6 September 2024

'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in South...

The Dutch Settlement

The Dutch Settlement

13 January 2024

The region of the Western Cape which includes the Table Bay area (where the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inh...

Bureau of State Security (BOSS)

Bureau of State Security (BOSS)

17 November 2023

The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the fact that people from the...

Land: dispossession, resistance and restitution

Land: dispossession, resistance and restitution

Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with the expansion of the Dutch colo...

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

Lawyer, instrumental in the founding of the Ossewa-Brandwag, and also became a general in its paramilitary wing, Ministe...

The Empty Land Myth

The Empty Land Myth

Alfred Milner

British High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Colony between 1897 and 1899.

John Xavier Merriman

John Xavier Merriman

3 September 2019

John Xavier Merriman was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provi...

The Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652

The Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652

Dutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC

Dutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC

March 20, 1602 marked the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hu...

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)

The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was an ultra-right wing organisation led by Eugene Terreblanche, that first came ...

Dutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)

Dutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)

The Cape Peninsula is surrounded by oceans on three sides and has three natural harbours: Table Bay and Hout Bay on the ...

Schweizer-Reneke

Schweizer-Reneke

On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), had just been given the fre...

Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900

Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900

Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land dispossession, economic impove...