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A history of Apartheid in South Africa
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May 06, 2016

A history of Apartheid in South Africa

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

Africa: What’s in a name?
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May 20, 2015

Africa: What’s in a name?

 

Second Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
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Mar 21, 2011

Second Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902

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

Basotho Wars 1858 - 1868
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Mar 21, 2011

Basotho Wars 1858 - 1868

The three Basotho Wars (1858-68) and the formation of Lesotho The conflict between the Basotho people and White settl...

Louis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
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Nov 28, 2017

Louis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808

The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slav...

Pedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
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Mar 21, 2011

Pedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879

The largest North-Sotho language group in South Africa are the Bapedi group, who arrived in the northern province around...

Indenture: A new system of slavery?
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Apr 04, 2011

Indenture: A new system of slavery?

Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his book? The answer would ...

Indian South Africans
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Mar 21, 2011

Indian South Africans

From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa  The feature on...

The Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
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Apr 03, 2011

The Wragg Commission (1885-1887)

Indian immigration into Natal brought with it strained relations and severe problems and conflicts between the White col...

People and Culture of South Africa
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Apr 13, 2016

People and Culture of South Africa

South Africa has early human fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were t...

European missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
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Mar 22, 2011

European missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries

European missionaries to southern Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role...

Land: dispossession, resistance and restitution
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Mar 26, 2013

Land: dispossession, resistance and restitution

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

Origins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
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Jun 08, 2011

Origins of the Battle of Blood River 1838

The Great Trek and the advent of the Mfecane The origins of the battle are a matter of considerable debate. The backg...

Slave Resistance
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Jun 30, 2011

Slave Resistance

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The Empty Land Myth
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Apr 09, 2015

The Empty Land Myth

 

Matabele Wars 1836-1896
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Mar 21, 2011

Matabele Wars 1836-1896

The reign of Mzilikazi Under the leadership of Mzilikazi, the people who came to be called the Ndebele in Zimbabwe (ori...

The Jameson Raid
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Mar 21, 2011

The Jameson Raid

By 1895 Britain was getting more confident about taking action in South Africa. Joseph Chamberlain was appointed Colonia...

Great Trek 1835-1846
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Mar 21, 2011

Great Trek 1835-1846

The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land wher...

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
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Jul 08, 2014

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899

 

Colonial history of Bloemfontein
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Mar 30, 2011

Colonial history of Bloemfontein

The area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, originally known as Transoranje, with its abundance of permanent water sour...

KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
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Apr 04, 2011

KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village

KwaMsiza is a village of 49 families located some 50km north of Pretoria. Its residents are Ndzundza Ndebele, and belong...