EMILE SCHEPERS looks at the history of dispossession that has prompted the South African government's land reforms ...

I, a Xhosa, say you are my brothers … Swazis, Pondos, Basotho … so let us die like brothers. We are the sons of Africa. Raise your war cries, brothers, for though they made us leave our ...

As the nation gears up for the 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA), a 19-year-old imbongi, Inako Mateza, is preparing to ...

No matter the vast amounts of money South Africa threw at them and the development of so-called “border industries” to create employment in these territories, they remained development backwaters and ...

Xhosa, Bakgatla, Shangaan, Sotho, Swazi and Basotho people, became embroiled in the war. The SpionKop Battlefield is unique as it includes memorials of all people involved in the January ...

Each of these areas was supposedly tribally or linguistically based: KwaZulu for the Zulus, Transkei for the Xhosa, Bophutatswana for the Tswana ... we can then advocate or influence for the end of ...

The story of South Africa’s political power couple Winnie and Nelson Mandela, as told by award-winning writer and scholar Professor Jonny Steinberg, captivated a Summer School lecture audience. They ...

Perhaps most recognizable as a Hawaiian hello, Aloha has a far deeper meaning: "love." The word is used in many contexts to ...

A commemoration was held in Drakensberg on Friday to mark the 125th anniversary of the Battle of SpionKop and honour the soldiers who fought in the war. The historic event drew local and international ...

For example, the Khoikhoi-Dutch Wars (1659—1677), the Xhosa Wars (1779—1879), and the Anglo-Zulu War (1879) illustrate indigenous resistance to colonial expansion. Despite their efforts, by the time ...

As a result, Autshumayo was followed on Robben Island by a long line of patriots and heroes of the anti-colonial wars. These included Makana, the commander of the Xhosa army in the fourth Xhosa war of ...