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A History of South Africa

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by Leonard Thompson


  Representative government, 63, 191

  Reserves: pre-1870, 97, 100; 1870–1910, 125, 127, 131; 1910–48, 155–56, 163–64, 166, 169–70, 171–72; post-1948, 191–94, 196, 222, 226–30, 241–42, 245, 247, 248, 250, 258, 259, 271. See also names of individual reserves

  Responsible government, 63, 133

  Retief, Piet, 69, 88, 90–91, 97

  Rhodes, Cecil, 114, 116–17, 120, 138, 148, 150

  Rhodesia, 189, 213–14, 216, 218

  Riekert, P. J., 224–25

  Rights, socioeconomic, 297. See also Human rights

  Right2Know, 318

  Riotous Assemblies Act (1956), 199

  Robben Island, 38, 62, 211, 245

  Roberts, Lord, 142, 145

  Roman-Dutch law, 41–42, 98

  Russia, 330–31

  Rwanda, 299

  Sabotage Act (1962), 199

  Sachs, Albie, 267

  SAHRC. See South African Human Rights Commission

  Salisbury, Lord, 138

  San, 10, 49. See also Hunter-gatherers

  Sanctions, 218, 230, 232–34, 242–43, 262

  Sandile, 77, 79

  Sand River Convention, 96

  Sanitation, access to, 335

  Sarhili, 78, 79

  Saro-Wiwa, Ken, 299

  Sauer Commission, 223

  Schools: in pre-1870 Cape Colony, 41, 44, 48, 66, 68; in Afrikaner republics and colonial Natal, 77, 99; post-1870, 144, 151, 227, 242. See also African education; Education; White education

  Scorpions, the, 295

  Sebokeng, 248

  Secrecy Bill, 317–18

  Security legislation, 232–33

  Segregation, 154–86 passim

  Sekonyela, 90, 106

  Sekwati, 104

  Selebi, Jackie, 313, 341

  Seme, Pixley, 174–76

  Senzangakona, 83

  Sexwale, Tokyo, 329

  Shabalala-Msimang, Manto, 309

  Shaik, Schabir, 295

  Shaka, 83–87, 92, 253, 264, 272

  Shapiro, Jonathan. See Zapiro

  Sharecroppers, 132, 155, 165, 189

  Sharpeville, 210, 218, 275

  Sheep: in precolonial societies, 10–11, 13–14, 16, 25, 28, 32; in pre-1870 Cape Colony, 36–37, 40, 46–47, 49–50, 55, 62, 66; in Afrikaner republics and colonial Natal, 71, 101, 103

  Shepstone, Theophilus, 97–99, 107

  Ships, 21–22, 25, 32, 36–39, 53

  Shona, 90

  Showerhead cartoons, 295

  Sisulu, Lindiwe, 306

  Sisulu, Walter, 182, 207, 211, 245, 267, 269

  Slavery, 42–58, 65–69, 88, 96

  Slovo, Joe, 248, 255, 269

  Smith, Charlene, 311

  Smith, Ian, 300

  Smith, Sir Harry, 76–77, 95

  Smuts, Izak, 323

  Smuts, Jan Christian, 140, 149, 157–58, 160, 179, 180, 182–83, 186, 189

  Sneeuwberg Mountains, 46, 49–50

  Sobhuza, 86

  Sobukwe, Robert, 210

  Social assistance grants, 329

  Social Housing Program, 306

  Soga, Tiyo, 80

  Somerset, Lord Charles (1814–26), 54, 57, 59, 63

  Soshangane, 86

  Sotho, 86–87, 94–95, 103–4, 106–7, 192, 201, 246

  South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), 184, 198

  South African Bureau for Economic Research, 301

  South African Bureau of Racial Affairs, 185

  South African Bus and Taxi Association, 242

  South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, 238

  South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation (SASOL), 218

  South African Coloured People’s Organisation, 208

  South African Communist party (SACP), 177, 246, 279, 282, 293, 319

  South African Congress of Trade Unions, 208

  South African Council of Churches, 204, 238, 239, 276

  South African Customs Union, 230

  South African Defence Force (SADF), 224, 235, 272–73

  South African electrical supply commission, 266

  South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), 292–93, 335

  South African Indian Congress (SAIC), 174, 176–77, 208

  South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR), 176, 180, 185, 203, 248

  South African National Defence Force (SANDF), 259

  South African Native National Congress. See African National Congress

  South African party, 158–60

  South African Reserve Bank, 242, 327

  South African Students Organisation (SASO), 212–13

  South African War (1899–1902), 141–43

  South African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), 231

  Southern African Development Community, 346

  Southern Rhodesia. See Rhodesia

  South West Africa. See Namibia

  South-West African People’s Organization, 243

  Soviet Union, 177, 214, 216, 239, 243, 250, 268

  Soweto, 178, 202, 212, 238, 250, 261, 264

  Sparrman, Anders, 48, 51

  Squatter camps, 305, 306

  Sri Lanka. See Ceylon

  St. Peter’s (high school), 172

  Staffrider, 228

  Stals, Chris, 292

  State corporations, 160, 177. See also names of individual corporations

  State of emergency, 210, 235–40, 245, 253

  State Security Council, 224

  States-General, 33, 42

  Stavenisse, 18, 21

  Steinberg, Jonny, 341

  Stellenbosch, 35, 39–41, 46–47, 51, 59, 67–68

  Steyn, Lieutenant-General Pierre, 255

  Steyn, M. T., 151

  Stockenstrom, Andries, 60, 62, 64, 76

  Strategic minerals, 177, 217

  Stratification: precolonial, 13–14; pre-1870, 33, 39–40, 51–52, 71, 92; post-1870, 112–13, 115, 118, 126, 129, 142

  Strikes: pre-1948, 157, 159–60, 179, 182; post-1948, 224, 229, 239, 257, 263, 276. See also Boycotts

  Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society (SPROCAS), 205–6

  Sunday Times, 295

  Suppression of Communism Act (1950), 198–99

  Supreme Court, 271. See also Appellate Division of the Supreme Court

  Suzman, Helen, 345

  Swazi, 72, 87, 91, 123

  Swaziland, 12, 86, 151, 162, 214, 230–31, 327

  Swellendam, 46–47, 49, 51

  Symbiosis, 14, 28, 128

  Symbols, 157, 160

  Syria, 327

  Table Bay, 3, 32–33, 35, 39, 47

  Table Mountain, 39, 43

  tac. See Treatment Action Campaign

  Taiwan, 299

  Tambo, Oliver, 182, 207, 211, 216, 244, 251, 268

  Tanganyika. See Tanzania

  Tanzania, 81, 86, 212–13, 215, 231, 233

  Tatane, Andries, 333–34

  Taxation: pre-1870, 97, 100; 1870–1910, 125–26, 128, 131, 134, 144, 146; post-1910, 164, 172, 181

  Taxi companies, 243, 270

  Teachers, 156, 172–73, 174, 264, 265, 276

  Tenant laborers, 132, 155, 163, 165

  Tenderpreneurs, 303

  Terreblanche, Eugene, 340

  Terrorism Act (1967), 199

  Thaba Bosiu, 86, 106

  Thatcher, Margaret, 232–33

  Thembu, 76–77, 80, 208

  Thomson SC, 295

  Thunberg, Carl Peter, 43

  Third Force, 249, 270, 275

  Time magazine, 313

  Towns: pre-1870, 21, 40, 51, 108, 112, 144–45; post-1870, 170, 178–79

  Townships, African, 193–95, 228–29, 232, 235, 237–38, 241, 246, 261, 264, 269, 276, 277

  Trade, 37, 42; overseas, 32, 39, 53, 67, 108–9, 133, 138; posts, 41, 50; regional, 19–20, 55, 148

  Traders, 16; in Cape Colony, 40, 47, 53; in Afrikaner republics and Natal, 71, 75, 83, 90, 101, 103; post-1870, 122–28, 131, 133, 171

>   Trade unions, 144, 156–59, 167, 176–79, 195, 225

  Traditional authorities, 267. See also names of individual chiefs

  Traditional courts, 323

  Transitional Executive Council, 249, 252, 263–64

  Transkei: pre-1910, 4, 25, 80, 174, 176; post-1910, 191, 207–8, 222, 226

  Transvaal: pre-1870, 6–7, 12, 16–17, 19, 72, 83–84; post-1870, 158, 189, 193, 204, 237, 253, 257, 266

  Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), 308

  Treatment Action Campaign v. Minister of Health, 308

  Trekboers, 46–51, 53, 67, 73

  Tribes, 14–15, 25, 113

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 249, 250, 275–78

  Tsetse flies, 4, 93, 104

  Tshabalala-Msimang, Manto, 313

  Tshwete, Steve, 293

  Tsvangirai, Morgan, 300, 301

  Tswana: in precolonial era, 16, 25, 27, 30; and white conquest, 72, 86–87, 104, 128; under apartheid, 201; postapartheid, 272

  Tugela River, 83, 88, 91

  Tutu, Desmond, Archbishop, 239, 249, 275, 277, 303, 314, 327

  Uitlanders, 136–37, 139–40

  Ulundi, 260

  Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), 211, 269, 272–73

  Unemployment, 242, 246, 256, 276–77

  Union buildings, 209, 238

  United Democratic Front (UDF), 228–30, 236, 247, 250, 251

  United Democratic Movement, 315

  United Nations, 219–20, 262; arms embargo, 222; and Namibia, 214, 232, 239; Charter, 181–83; Children’s Fund, 201; General Assembly, 214, 262; Human Rights Commission, 318; Millennium Development Goals, 302–3, 328; Security Council, 214, 239, 298; Special Committee on Apartheid, 214; Special Unit on Apartheid, 214

  United party, 161–62, 186–88

  United States: 1870 population, 53; African Bureau of State Department, 219; Bureau of Mines, 217; business and defense interests of, 217–19; foreign policy of, 219–20, 232–33, 239, 262, 301

  Universities, 180, 242, 265, 310–11; Fort Hare, 156, 173, 182, 197, 207, 210; Rhodes University, 197; University of Cape Town, 197, 202, 205, 265; University of Natal, 197, 256, 265; University of Pretoria, 185; University of South Africa, 208; University of the Witwaters-rand, 180, 197, 205, 210, 265; Stellenbosch University, 265; University of Durban-Westville, 265; University of the Western Cape, 265

  Unlawful Organizations Act (1960), 199

  Urban Areas Act (1923), 194

  Urbanization: 1910–48, 157, 162, 166, 169, 178–79, 181–82, 186; post-1948, 195, 241–42, 245, 256

  Vaal River, 85–86, 88, 90, 101–2

  Van der Merwe, Johan, 259–60, 270

  Van der Stel, Simon, 41

  Van der Stel, Willem Adriaan, 37, 41

  Van Riebeeck, Jan, 32–33, 35–37, 66

  Van Zyl Slabbert, Frederik, 244

  Veldkornets, 47–48, 57–58, 68, 92, 101–3

  Venda, 72, 123, 191, 226, 272

  Vereeniging, 143–44

  Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch, 189–91, 196, 215–16, 222–23, 227, 274, 339

  Victor Verster, 245

  Viljoen, Constand, 252

  Villages, 17, 21–23, 25, 55, 171

  Violence: pre-1870, 27, 38, 52, 55, 71, 91, 95; 1870–1989, 129, 160, 229, 230, 233, 238, 244; post-1989, 246, 247–48, 249, 252, 253, 257, 260, 263, 264, 265, 270, 272–73, 276, 311–12, 339, 340–42

  Vlok, Adriaan, 235–36, 276

  Volksraad, 91–93, 102, 133, 136–37, 139

  Volkstaat, 248, 272

  Voortrekkers, 67, 69, 87–96, 123, 133, 162. See also Great Trek

  Vorster, B. J., 189, 220, 223–24

  Vula (the opening), 248, 254

  Wage laborers: 1870–1910, 118, 121, 126–27, 129; 1910–48, 155–57, 159–60, 163, 167, 169, 179; post-1948, 195, 224, 227. See also Appendix: table 4

  Walvis Bay, 239–40

  War on Poverty, 302

  Wars: African, 77–109 passim; Mlanjeni’s War, 77; War of the Axe, 76; Kaffir Wars, 173; South African War (1899–1902), 141–43; World War I, 157, 159, 170–71, 177; World War II, 157, 162–63, 166–67, 170, 177–86

  Washington Post, 300

  Water, 200–201, 256, 260, 261, 264, 266, 304–5, 335–36

  Waterboer, Andries, 94, 117

  Wealth, gap in, 302, 303, 329, 345

  Wesleyan Missionary Society, 94–95, 97

  White education, 162, 181, 195–96, 242, 256

  White farmers: pre-1910, 35–36, 71, 109, 120–22, 127; post-1910, 154, 160, 164–66

  White immigrants: pre-1870, 53–56, 62–63, 67, 96, 100; post-1870, 112, 115–16, 118–20, 137, 144–45, 159, 189

  Whites: terminology, xviii–xix

  Willemse, General Johan, 274

  Wine, 36–39, 41, 53–54, 66, 69, 112

  Witchcraft, 26–27, 78

  Witwatersrand, 251, 269

  Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (wnla), 144–45, 167

  Wodehouse, Sir Philip, 106–7

  Women: in precolonial societies, 19, 20, 22–23, 25–27, 29; in pre-1870 Cape Colony, 35–36, 40–41, 43, 45, 51; 1870–1910, 111–12, 119, 124; 1910–48, 156, 160, 168, 172, 174, 186; post-1948, 209, 228, 249, 256, 258, 267

  Wool, 53–55, 67, 108, 112, 126, 161. See also Sheep

  World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 239

  World Bank, 202, 242, 298

  World Conference against Racism, 298

  World Cup (2010), 306, 314, 342–43

  World Health Organization, 305

  World Summit on Sustainable Development, 298

  World War I, 157, 159, 170–71, 177

  World War II, 157, 162–63, 166–67, 170, 177–86

  Xenophobia, 312, 343

  Xhosa: in precolonial era, 16, 18–19, 22, 25, 27–30; in Cape Colony, 50, 53–55, 62, 68; conflicts with Afrikaner trekboers and British, 73–80, 87; in Natal, 246; and Government of National Unity, 272

  Xhosa Nostra, 291

  Yutar, Percy, 274

  ZANU-PF, 300

  Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro), 295, 316–17

  Zimbabwe, 5, 32, 90, 209, 216, 230–33, 272, 300–301, 342

  Zimbabwean Election Support Network, 300

  Zulu: and the Mfecane, 80–91, 97; and apartheid, 198, 201, 208, 230; and transition period, 246, 247–48, 249–51, 260–61; and Government of National Unity, 260, 268, 270, 271–72

  Zulu, Lindiwe, 328

  Zuma, Jacob, 290–91, 295–96, 314; presidency of, 315–44

  Zwangendaba, 86

  Zwartland, 41, 48

  Zwelethini, Goodwill (Zulu king), 253, 260, 272

  Zwide, 81, 86

 

 

 


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