For most African societies in South Africa, the hallmarks of the nineteenth century were difficulty, conflict, dislocation, reorganisation and finally subjugation. The appearance of the Griqua north ...
Zimbabweans in SA are living in a perilous state of uncertainty as the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system is due to come to an end in June 2023. There are reports of Zimbabweans, living and paying ...
In the heart of a Cape cheesewood tree that had fallen among the stone walling of a forgotten civilisation is the story of one of the worst catastrophes ever to hit South Africa. This disaster ...
In his controversial analyses of African affairs, former president Olusegun Obasanjo often puts on scholarly airs on account of his experience in government. He had supervised an activist foreign ...
Hunter-gatherers, traders and slaves : the Mfecane impact on Bushmen, their ritual and their art Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...
Plumtree — The Amangwe clan — which is spread across Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, eSwatini and South Africa — has moved a gear up to revive the Amangwe kingdom that was disrupted by the rise of the ...
Hundreds of thousands of people - possibly even a million or more - across southern Africa died from starvation and war during the 'crushing', the Difaqane or Mfecane, of 1816-17. One of the main ...