'A Story for South Africa' Learning Journey
‘A Story for South Africa’ -
A Perspective through Chronology
1488-Portuguese discover the Cape of Good Hope
1652-Dutch establishes Cape of Good Hope
1806 Britain seizes Cape Town from the Dutch
1816-Shaka Zulu forms the Zulu Kingdom; it declines after his assassination in 1828
1833-Great Trek of Dutch begins
1856 Dutch (Boers) declare Transvaal as Republic
1866-Diamonds are discovered in Kimberly
1886-Gold discovered in Witwatersrand
1889-British South Africa Co formed by Cecil Rhodes
1902-Treaty of Vereeniging
1910-Union of South Africa
Suggested Biographies
Nokutela Dube (1873-1917) Co-founder of the SANNC
John Dube (1871-1946) Co-founder of the SANNC
Steve Biko (1946 -77) Activist and Leader of the ‘Black Consciousness Movement’
Phyllis Naidoo (1928-2013) Lawyer, Lecturer and anti-Apartheid activist
Suggested places of Interest
Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town)
Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria)
Isandlwana Battlefield
Ohlange Native Industrial Institute (Ohlange High School) 1900
St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town
Bo-Kaap (formerly known as The Malay)
Robben Island
Suggested Historical Sources
John Dube’s address after his election as President of the SANNC
"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" the National Anthem of the indigenous peoples South Africa composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga,
https://www.nda.agric.za/doaDev/sideMenu/plantHealth/docs/NATIONAL_ANTHEM.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21f0M6_D6_o
Ilanga lase Natal (The Natal Sun or Sun of Natal) South Africa’s first native newspaper
https://cdm21048.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p21048coll31/id/541
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