SA History Timeline

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Atlas of Mutual Heritage: Buffeljagsrivier

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C. Auret and T. Maggs, ‘The Great Ship São Bento: remains from a mid-sixteenth century Portuguese wreck on the Pondoland coast’

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Popular Fallacies about the Dias Voyage 1487–1488

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Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo: São Bento account and coastal survey

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Resolusies van die Politieke Raad, Deel III, 1681–1707

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books.openedition.org: 428

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Die lewe van ’n Khoikhoi-kaptein Dorhá alias Klaas, 1669–1701

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cambridge.org: 9A4BB11ABEB43EDCC526B875575712DF

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Elizabeth A. Eldredge, ‘Shipwreck Survivor Accounts from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries’

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cambridge.org: D3738714720F48E55096C620FB870CF2

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cambridge.org: B7EB0A6EC343E570F6D339D8BB1EAC2F

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Peter Delius and Stefan Schirmer, ‘Order, Openness, and Economic Change in Precolonial Southern Africa’

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Original Journal of the Mauritius voyage, 1595–1597

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Cape archival records concerning land, livestock and the Jan Paerl movement, 1785–1790

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Swellendam Khoekhoe cattle-seizure complaint, 21 November 1757

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Cape Town Museum: Krotoa

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Cape VOC Day Register, 1693

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Palaeoproteomics confirm earliest domesticated sheep in southern Africa ca. 2000 BP

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dbnl.org: Gode006reiz03_01_0008.php

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doi.org: 35 2 37

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Wayne Dooling: The Development of a Colonial Slave Society

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Kraal and Castle: Khoikhoi and the Founding of White South Africa

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eve.fcsh.unl.pt: Chicova

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eve.fcsh.unl.pt: Mozambique

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eve.fcsh.unl.pt: Sofala

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Report of the Expert Panel into the July 2021 Civil Unrest

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Reizen in Zuid-Afrika in de Hollandse tijd, Deel I: Tochten naar het Noorden, 1652–1686

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hansard.parliament.uk: BicentenaryOfTheAbolitionOfTheSlaveTrade

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Andreas Hauptmann, Gabi Schneider and Christoph Bartels, ‘The Shipwreck of Bom Jesus, AD 1533’

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hipsa.org.za: Journals Of The Expedition Of The Honourable Ensign Olof Bergh 1682 And 1683 And Isaq Schrijver 1689

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humanities.uct.ac.za: 2021 12 22 Spotlight Mfecane Debate

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Initial deep research report: South African nineteenth-century chronology

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iziko.org.za: Remembering Slavery

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iziko.org.za: Rethinking The William Fehr Collection

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iziko.org.za: The Castle Of Good Hope

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Gai Roufe, ‘The Reasons for a Murder: Local Cultural Conceptualizations of the Martyrdom of Gonçalo da Silveira in 1561’

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jstor.org: 684521

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jstor.org: 182273.pdf

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jstor.org: 3171720.pdf

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M. M. Kusel, ‘A preliminary report on settlement layout and gold melting at Thula Mela’

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James Lancaster, ‘The First Voyage’ in The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies

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Marikana Commission of Inquiry: Report on matters of public, national and international concern

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History of the dispossession of the rights in land of pastoral indigenous communities in the Cape Colony from 1652 to 1910

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nationalarchives.gov.za: 3791639

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nationalarchives.gov.za: 3819802

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nationalarchives.gov.za: 4545774

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The Nautical Archaeology Digital Library, ‘Santo Alberto (1593)’

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news.uct.ac.za: 2021 09 22 The Khoi Encountered Europeans Long Before Van Riebeeck

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O'Malley Archives: Namibian independence struggle

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com: J.1095 9270.1986.tb00544.x

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Glória de Santana Paula, ‘Um manuscrito anónimo do naufrágio da nau Santo Alberto (1593)’

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prm.ox.ac.uk: The Shipwreck In A Diamond Mine Analysing The Ivory Cargo Of A 16th Century Portuguese Merchant Ship

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Cape Good Hope, 1652–1702: The First Fifty Years of Dutch Colonisation as Seen by Callers

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A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497–1499

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repository.up.ac.za: Download

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South African History Online: Bambatha Rebellion 1906

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South African History Online: Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony

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sahistory.org.za: All Glitters Glitter Gold Emilia Potenza

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sahistory.org.za: Book 1 Ancient Civilizations And Global Trade Chapter 3 Its Mystery Or It Amanda

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sahistory.org.za: Convention Pretoria Convention Settlement Transvaal Territory 3 August 1881

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sahistory.org.za: Copy Treaty Allegedly Signed Dingaan And Retief Ceding Large Tracts Zulu Kingdom

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sahistory.org.za: Glen Grey Act Native Issue Cecil John Rhodes July 30 1894 Cape House Parliament

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sahistory.org.za: History Muslims South Africa 1700 1799 Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida

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sahistory.org.za: Rudd Concession King Lobengula Matabeleland 1888

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sahistory.org.za: Africa Portugal

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sahistory.org.za: Afrikaans Community 1652 1795

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sahistory.org.za: Afrikaans Community 1820 1899

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sahistory.org.za: Aftermath Battle Blood River 1838

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sahistory.org.za: Anglo Zulu Wars 1879 1896

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sahistory.org.za: Arrival Jan Van Riebeeck Cape 6 April 1652

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sahistory.org.za: Basotho Wars 1858 1868

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sahistory.org.za: Britain Takes Control Cape

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sahistory.org.za: Cape Town Timeline 1300 1997

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sahistory.org.za: Cattle Killing Movement

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sahistory.org.za: Durban Timeline 1497 1990

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sahistory.org.za: Dutch And Khoisan

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sahistory.org.za: Early Struggles Contact And Conflict Cape Colony

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sahistory.org.za: Eastern Cape Wars Dispossession 1779 1878

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sahistory.org.za: English Settlement South Africa

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sahistory.org.za: First Anglo Boer War

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sahistory.org.za: First Matabele War

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sahistory.org.za: General South African History Timeline 1500s

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sahistory.org.za: General South African History Timeline 1600s

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sahistory.org.za: General South African History Timeline 1700s

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sahistory.org.za: General South African History Timeline 1800s

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sahistory.org.za: Grade 8 Topic 2 Mineral Revolution South Africa

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sahistory.org.za: Great Trek 1835 1846

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sahistory.org.za: Griqua

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sahistory.org.za: Heritage And Identity Provinces

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sahistory.org.za: Indian Indentured Labour Natal 1860 1911

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sahistory.org.za: Indian South Africans Timeline 1654 1899

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sahistory.org.za: Jameson Raid

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sahistory.org.za: Mfecane Understanding Period Transformation Southern Africa

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South African History Online: The Namibian struggle for independence, 1966–1990

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sahistory.org.za: Ndebele History

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sahistory.org.za: Origins Battle Blood River 1838

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sahistory.org.za: Pedi Anglo Pedi Wars 1876 1879

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sahistory.org.za: Political Changes 1750 1820

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sahistory.org.za: Prehistory Port Elizabeth Area

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South African History Online: Rand Rebellion 1922

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sahistory.org.za: Right Organise Timeline 1500 1994

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sahistory.org.za: Role Cecil John Rhodes British South African Company Conquest Matabeleland

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sahistory.org.za: Second Anglo Boer War 1899 1902

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sahistory.org.za: Simon Van Der Stel Timeline

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sahistory.org.za: Slavery And Emancipation Slaves

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sahistory.org.za: Sotho South Sotho Or Basotho

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sahistory.org.za: South African War 1899 1902

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sahistory.org.za: Treks Land Conflicts Timeline 1602 1966

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sahistory.org.za: Tswana

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South African History Online: Kruger and Milner meet at Bloemfontein

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sahistory.org.za: Adam Tas Arrested

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sahistory.org.za: Basutoland Now Lesotho Becomes British Territory

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sahistory.org.za: Battle Blood River

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sahistory.org.za: Battle Vechtkop Vegkop Near Present Day Heilbron Fs Between Voortrekkers And Ndebele

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sahistory.org.za: Bloemfontein Convention Signed

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sahistory.org.za: Britain And Zulu Nation Sign Peace Treaty

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sahistory.org.za: Burghers Were Victorious Their Struggle Against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan Van Der

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sahistory.org.za: Disaster Strikes Portuguese Ship Sao Joao Sinks

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sahistory.org.za: First 1820 British Settlers Arrive South Africa

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sahistory.org.za: First Anglo Boer War Boers Defeat British Battle Majuba

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sahistory.org.za: First British Settlers Arrive Algoa Bay

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sahistory.org.za: First Mines Are Proclaimed Johannesburg

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sahistory.org.za: First Missionary Southern Africa Goncalo Da Silveira Murdered

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sahistory.org.za: First Recorded Discovery Diamonds Colonial Period South Africa

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sahistory.org.za: Griqualand West Annexed Cape Colony After It Was Proclaimed British Territory 27

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sahistory.org.za: Natal Becomes Part Union South Africa

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sahistory.org.za: Nongqawuses Unfulfilled Prophecy

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sahistory.org.za: Oldest Example Written Afrikaans Appears Poem

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sahistory.org.za: Sand River Convention Under Which Britain Renounces All Claims Authority Beyond Vaal

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sahistory.org.za: Santo Alberto Wrecked

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sahistory.org.za: Second Basotho War Known Siqiti War Breaks Out

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sahistory.org.za: Sekhukhune Successfully Resists Boers

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sahistory.org.za: Ship Sao Bento St Benedict Wrecked Transkei Coast

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sahistory.org.za: Ship Sao Jose Wrecked

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sahistory.org.za: Slavery Abolished Cape 0

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sahistory.org.za: Smallpox Epidemic Strikes Cape

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sahistory.org.za: South African Committee Investigates Jameson Raid Report

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sahistory.org.za: Swellendam Republic Accepts British Rule

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sahistory.org.za: Van Riebeeck Establishes First Burgher Commando

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sahistory.org.za: Voortrekkers Are Defeated During Battle Boomplaats

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sahistory.org.za: Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel Governor Cape Recalled Netherlands

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sahistory.org.za: Zulu Army Defeat British Army Isandlwana Mountain

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sahistory.org.za: Zululand Becomes Part Colony Natal After Initial Annexation British May 1887

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sahistory.org.za: 1819 04 22

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sahistory.org.za: Cecil John Rhodes

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sahistory.org.za: Georg Schmidt

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sahistory.org.za: John Smith Moffat

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sahistory.org.za: King Moshoeshoe I

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sahistory.org.za: King Mzilikazi

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sahistory.org.za: King Sekhukhune

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sahistory.org.za: Sir Richard Bourke

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sahistory.org.za: Sir Theophilus Shepstone

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sahistory.org.za: Akkoordskop Hill Western Cape

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sahistory.org.za: Auwal Masjid Cape Town

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sahistory.org.za: Battle Muizenburg Monument Muizenburg

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sahistory.org.za: Botswana

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sahistory.org.za: British Bechuanaland

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sahistory.org.za: Circle Kramats Cape Town

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sahistory.org.za: Delgoa Bay Now Known Maputo Bay Mozambique

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sahistory.org.za: Dutch And British Coastal Fortifications Cape Good Hope 1665 1829

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sahistory.org.za: Fort Wynyard

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sahistory.org.za: Genadendal Historic Village Museum

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sahistory.org.za: Glen Grey Division

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sahistory.org.za: Graaff Reinet

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sahistory.org.za: Green Lodge 81 St George Street Bloemfontein

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sahistory.org.za: Old Fort And Cemetery Durban

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sahistory.org.za: Queens Fort Military Museum Bloemfontein 0

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sahistory.org.za: Swellendam

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sahistory.org.za: Thaba Bosiu Lesotho

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South African History Online: The Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal

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SAHRC investigation into the 2008 public violence against non-nationals

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sahumanities.org: 165

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T. N. Huffman, ‘Maize Grindstones, Madikwe Pottery and Ochre Mining’

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South African Military History Society: Sir Harry Smith

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Military History Journal: The Voortrekkers and the Ndebele, Part Two: Vegkop, 1836

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scielo.org.za: Scielo.php

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The chronology of the introduction of pastoralism to the Cape, South Africa

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slavery.iziko.org.za: Slave_routes_to_cape_town

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slavery.iziko.org.za: Slavelodgebuilding

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slavery.iziko.org.za: Slavelodgeschool

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slavery.iziko.org.za: Slavesatwork

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Excavations at Kasteelberg and the Origins of the Khoekhoen in the Western Cape, South Africa

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smithsonianmag.com: Few Artifacts Transatlantic Slave Trade Exist Iron Blocks Tell Gut Wrenching Story 180959803

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smithsonianmag.com: Sunken 18th Century Slave Ship Found South Africa 180955458

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South African Government: Indigenous systems of awards — Makhado and Mphephu

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su.diva-portal.org: Record.jsf

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tandfonline.com: 00438243.1983.9979886

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Nuno Vila-Santa, ‘Between Mission and Conquest’

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Making Sense of the Khoikhoi Cattle-Killing of 1788: An Episode of Millenarianism in Khoikhoi Society

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Deon Visser, André Jacobs and Hennie Smit, ‘Water for Saldanha: War as an Agent of Change’

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Minister Simmers hands over Slangrivier title deeds and 177 solar geyser panels

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whc.unesco.org: 364

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whc.unesco.org: 365

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whc.unesco.org: 599

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wits.ac.za: South Africa Risks Losing Rich Insights Into An Ancient Farming Society

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Ruby-Anne Birin, Alex Schoeman and Mary Evans, ‘How Pots, Sand and Stone Walls Helped Us Date an Ancient SA Settlement’