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ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… - Zulu name, also known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho), is an African expression which means something like … Basotho under Moshoeshoe, and were the…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… territory. As a result, the South Sotho language or seSotho , unlike that of North Sotho, incorporates a number … in response to the tourist trade. The Sotho…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… the entire population of Swaziland. At least 1.3 million Sesotho speakers live in Lesotho, and more than 1 million … isiNdebele are Nguni languages. Sepedi …
The National Anthem
… in Xhoza were later added by the poet, Samuel Mqhayi. A Sesotho version was published by Moses Mphahlele in 1942. … stanza is generally sung in Xhosa or Zulu…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… [vi] A second theory argues that the name stems from the Sesotho saLebua word tshwenyana, which refers to a monkey. …
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… by the Boer, Griqua and Kora raids. Bamokotedi, a Sesotho speaking community, was led by Moshoeshoe who gained alliances with other Sesotho communities to…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… Congress (ANC). The newspaper was published in English, SeSotho, Zulu, Xhosa and SeTswana in order to attract wide … sections, while Letanka was the editor…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… the ghettos, and they spoke in a mixture of English, Zulu, Sesotho and Iscamtho (slang)." The word Kwaito is derived …
Pedi
… between Northern Sotho and Sepedi Northern Sotho, or Sesotho sa Leboa, is one of South Africa’s 11 official … contact with the Pedi people. However, Northern…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… The Mfecane - known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho - was a period of profound political, social, and … roughly as "the crushing" or "scattering,"…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… of apartheid to Polokwane, meaning 'Place of Safety' in Sesotho. …
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… written as a hymn that is sung is isiXhosa, isiZulu and Sesotho. The second part of the new anthem, “Die Stem van …
ArticleThe Constitution
… The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… consist of Zulu, Xhosa , Ndebele and Swazi peoples; the Sesotho-Setswana groups, the Shangaan-Tsonga groups, and the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… people (later split to form South Sotho (Basuto and Sesotho), the West Sotho (Tswana), and the North Sotho ( …
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… the regions of the Transkei and Natal, and also with seSotho speakers in the North and Northwest parts of the …
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… The new Coat of Arms enhances Batho Pele Batho Pele is a Sesotho phrase meaning ‘People First’, committing the public …
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… of the Mfecane (IsiZulu for "the crushing") or Difaqane (Sesotho for "forced scattering or migration") in the 1820s …
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
The student protest that broke out on 16 June 1976 was organised and directed by the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC). Recent accounts of the…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… country are given recognition. These languages are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, …
ArticleThe Basotho
In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There were a number of conflicts…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), and had offices in Botswana, England, the…
ArticleList of SADF raids into Neigbouring Countries
Cross border raids 1975 August Invasion of Angola. 1978 4 May Air and ground strike on SWAPO refugee camp at Kassinga inside…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
ArticleNdebele
… the northern Transvaal were assigned to the predominantly seSotho-speaking homeland of Lebowa, which consisted of …
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… because everyone could read between the lines, as the Sesotho proverb tells us: Lelefung hoa tseoa (Of course, … me. And there I went, speaking in a mixture…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
1942 28 June, Martin Tembisile, who later becomes known as Chris Hani, is born in the village of Sabalele in Cofimvaba (then named St Marks) region, Transkei…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… differentiate between the leopard and the cheetah. In Sesotho lengaung, rather than Manguang denotes leopards. The …
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
PACOFS operated from Bloemfontein with Rex Hugo as the first director. In 1996, state subsidy was reduced and PACOFS became a non-profit entity. It was…