Sites

History of South Africa - English
URL: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~shaka/sahis.htm

The San Bushmen who inhabited the mountains of the Southern Cape and the Khoi-Khoi people (Hottentots), who inhabited the Cape coast were the first people known to have lived in the area.

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South African Arts & Culture: History - English
URL: http://www.mg.co.za/mg/saarts/hist-history1.htm

Researching, writing and teaching history in a society that is trying to re-discover and re-invent itself is itself a process of disclosure. Now, for the first time in decades, historians from South Africa's diverse social groups and intellectual backgrounds are beginning to interact and engage with each other and the world in a common pursuit.

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Internet African History Sourcebook - English
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html

On this site historical sources on the history of human societies in the continent of Africa are presented, when available, without making prejudgements about what is "African".

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History of South Africa - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/south_africa_history.html

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in 1488. However, permanent white settlement did not begin until 1652, when the Dutch East India Company established a provisioning station on the Cape.

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World History Archives: The history of Anzania (Republic of South Africa) - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/37a/index-a.html

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Brief History of South Africa - English
URL: http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_menu.htm

Brief history of South Africa, from Jan van Riebeeck to Nelson Mandela. With Photos. South Africa Online Travel Guide.

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An Introduction to South Africa - English
URL: http://www.geographia.com/south-africa/

South Africa's population of forty million is three-quarters black (African) and about 15% white (European), with the remaining 10% comprised of people of mixed white, Malayan, and black descent and people of Asian (mostly Indian) descent.

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Economic History Society of Southern Africa - English
URL: http://home.intekom.com/joni/ehsoc.htm

The Economic History Society of Southern Africa was formed in July 1980 "to promote the study of and interest in economic and social history". It does so by holding conferences at various South African universities and publishing The South African Journal of Economic History.

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South African Military History Society - English
URL: http://rapidttp.com/milhist/

The SA Military History Society is a non-profit society of enthusiasts dedicated to the study, recording and dissemination of military aspects of South Africa's history.

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The History of Apartheid in South Africa - English
URL: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html

South Africa was colonized by the English and Dutch in the seventeenth century. English domination of the Dutch descendents (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted in the Dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal.

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Rhodesia and South Africa: Military History - English
URL: http://www.rhodesia.myweb.nl/

Military History of Rhodesia and South Africa, with articles, book reviews and books for sale.

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World History Archives: History of southern Africa - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/37/

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Historical Graphics - Political Cartoons Photographs and Advertising - English
URL: http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/index.html

Exhibits of political cartoons, photographs, posters, illustrated advertising and other 19th and 20th century pictures from Napoleon through Uncle Sam and the Civil War to Theodore Roosevelt and the woman suffrage movement.

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GISA: Genealogical Institute of SA/Genealogiese Instituut van SA - English
URL: http://www.sun.ac.za/gisa/index.html

The Genealogical Institute of South Africa collects and preserves genealogical source material in a scientific manner and conducts genealogical research with a view to rendering a service and to publish genealogical registers and family histories of all South African families.

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The Anti-Apartheid Movement - English
URL: http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/aam/symposium.html

Has full text papers.

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Historical Documents Archive: African National Congress - Historical Documents - English
URL: http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/

This section contains documents that were either produced by the ANC, about the role of the ANC and its allies in the struggle for liberation or directly concerned with the ANC.

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South African History - English
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsahistory.html

An annotated guide to internet resources on South African history.

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South Africa: History - English
URL: http://www.facts.com/cd/c01001.htm

Beginnings. Colonisation from Europe from the 1600s. The Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902. The Union of South Africa 1910 - 1960: a white run state. The overthrow of apartheid.

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