At half past two, early in the morning of Thursday, November 22nd, 1962, 250 men carrying axes, pangas and various self-made weapons left the Mbekweni location and marched on Paarl. On the outskirts of the city the marchers ...
On 5 August 1985, the violence which had already led to a
State of Emergency in much of South Africa exploded in Natal,
leaving more than seventy people dead and thousands injured and
homeless in the course of a week ...
Although land and labour have been major themes in
Malawi's colonial history, class formation and the development
of the tea industry in the country's Southern Region
have received very little attention. This paper is ...
This article explores the origins and nature of the reformatory in
Cape colonial society between 1882 and 1910. Borne in a transitionary
period, its concern was with the reproduction of a labouring population
precipitated ...
In March 1944, the African township of Orlando
near Johannesburg witnessed the first of a wave of squatter
movements which was to sweep across the Witwatersrand
during the next three or four years. The movements were,
for ...
Since 1650 the production of cane sugar for sale in international markets for domestic and industrial consumption has been dominated by the plantation as the unit of production. This
form of production has been associated ...
The political economy of hunting is one of the neglected fields of
South African social history. Hunting wild animals as an occupation
within settler and indigenous societies was for at least two hundred
years, between ...
Many people believe that widespread political corruption exists in South Africa. In a survey
published by IDASA in 1996, 46 per cent of the sample consulted felt that most officials
were engaged in corruption and only ...
'Faction fights' and urban disturbances have been an almost permanent
feature of southern and central African ghetto life since the late 19th century, yet with few exceptions they have never been subjected to detailed ...
A title such as the above conveys some general meaning. The
statement: ' The church has a profound influence on South African
political life' is fairly evident and may mean changing,
reinforcing or manipulating the ...
The past eighteen months have seen the emergence of labour organisation as arguably the most important focus of black mobilisation in South Africa. While there have been other manifestations of black discontent - such as ...
Several close observers of African economic development believe that political
instability (PI) has stunted economic progress in Africa by decreasing entrepreneurial activity. However, whether African entrepreneurs ...