Background Notes Archive - Africa primarily descending from the earliest settlers and the indigenous peoples . HISTORY People have inhabited Southern africa for thousands of years. http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/bgnotes/af/southafrica9411.html
Bantu Peoples -- Encyclopædia Britannica The Bantuspeaking peoplesthe tswana, the Kgalagadi, and the Hereroare relative indigenous peoples Compilation of links to articles and essays on http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013220
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Bophuthatswana (from SOUTH AFRICA) -- Encyclopædia Britannica Bophuthatswana (from SOUTH africa) The republic of Bophuthatswana consists of the indigenous peoples, whether living in states or smallscale societies. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-91287
Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in This Article's Table of Contents Introduction The Republic The Republic. Bophuthatswana Ciskei Transkei Venda The Homelands. ... Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products SOUTH AFRICA Page 3 of 7 Bophuthatswana The republic of Bophuthatswana consists of seven discontinuous, landlocked geographic units, entirely surrounded by South Africa except for one unit that borders Botswana on the northwest. Area: 44,000 sq km (16,988 sq mi). Pop. (1993 est.): 2,564,000. Cap.: Mmabatho. Monetary unit: South African rand. President in 1993, Kgosi (Chief) Lucas Mangope.
South African Languages | Khoesan Languages Internet Links Ethnologue South africa PANSALB Kuru Family of Organisations indigenous peoples of africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/khoesan.htm
Extractions: There are two extinct South African languages from the same family and subgroup, these being Xirigowap and !Goragowap, known in English as Griqua and Korana respectively. It is possible that there are isolated unidentified individuals who still speak these languages as an L1. There are no communities who speak these extinct languages.Khoekhoegowap is an ancient language, related to others from its family, such as Naro to the east and Khwedam to the north. However Khoekhoegowap is distinct and not mutually intelligible.
Extractions: Recension John R. Campbell T his is a carefully considered and well-written anthropological analysis of an evolving relationship between the government of Botswana, the Norwegian Agency for International Development ( norad )âthe principal donorâ, and a diverse group of peoples (and aid recipients) referred to as Bushman/Basarwa/San (by outsiders, including the dominant Tswana ethnic group) or as the âFirst People of the Kalahariâ (by indigenous political spokesmen). The book examines assistance to the San provided under the Bushman Development Programme (1974-1977) and its successor the Remote Area Development Programme (radp). The name change reflects a substantive change of focus from a concern to meet the needs of âBushmenâ into a general welfare program aimed at the rural poor or âRemote Area Dwellersâ. The author was attached to the program as a â norad Expertâ in the early 1990s.
The National Question In Post 1994 South Africa. A.N.C. 1997 The indigenous people were ruled as a conquered and colonised people. On thehighveld were the baPedi kingdom, the tswana and southern Sotho Kingdoms. http://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/anc/1997/national-question.htm
Extractions: Transcribed : by Ayanda Madyibi Comrade President Mandela has often remarked that we should not behave as if we are dealing with an enemy whom we defeated on the battlefield. Implicit in this warning is that the enemy is still strong and might well have un-exhausted reserves of power and energy that he could marshal against us. It is in this context that I want to locate the national question in the post April 1994 period, focussing specifically on the issues of uprooting the institutions of Colonialism of a Special Type (CST), on the issue of Ethnicity and Culture; and on Affirmative Action. Despite their unfinished character, both these movements were nonetheless victories. And the significance of their achievements is not diminished by the concessions that had to be accepted or that were foisted upon them. Virtually all the liberation movements that attained success after 1947, including our own, have been forced to make compromises at the point of victory. National liberation has rarely come in the form that the movement sought. Consequently, the terrain on which the successful movement has to manoeuvre after victory is not necessarily all of its own choosing or making. April 27 1994 will remain a very significant day in South African history, but in reality it merely marks a high point in a continuing process. In that ongoing process there will be moments of rapid advance, but there will also be the need, sometimes, to retreat. Retreating does not mean conceding defeat, it is most often a tactical manoeuvre undertaken to put off till a more opportune time, action one would have preferred to take in the present.
Trinicenter.com - The Pillage Of Africa The benefits that have accrued to the indigenous peoples from the five centuries of South africa still has immense gold riches, but the great mining http://www.trinicenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1070
TRC- S5-Black South Africa's Political Traditions of black unity had already emerged as an ideal amongst indigenous peoples . Early whites regarded the indigenous African population of the country as http://www.ifp.org.za/Archive/trc/trc515.htm
Extractions: BLACK SOUTH AFRICA'S POLITICAL TRADITIONS By the middle of the nineteenth century the Kingdoms of Swaziland, KwaZulu and Lesotho had already come to the realisation that continued warfare between them was destructive. King Moshoeshoe I had sent peace emissaries to King Mpande, and King Sobhuza I did likewise. There was common recognition that the growth of Kingdoms by the process of conquest could not be continued indefinitely and that there was a need for clearly defined foreign relations between the then established Kingdoms. Black leadership in the country, after the Act of Union, accepted the need for black political unity both because of the newly formed unity between whites and because the cause of black unity had already emerged as an ideal amongst indigenous peoples. The country's black leaders at the time of the Act of Union had discarded warfare as a prime mechanism of political expansion or as a mechanism best designed to maintain territorial political integrity. The Bambatha Rebellion of 1906 must be seen as the last attempt by black South Africa to throw off the yoke of oppression through revolutionary violence. They had to face the reality of the white presence in the country and they had to face the reality of the fact that this white presence had destroyed the boundaries of existing black Kingdoms. They recognised that these boundaries would never be re-established and they recognised the fact that a new multi-racial South Africa had come into existence. They recognised that blacks had either to drive the white man into the sea and reclaim the country as their own, or they had to be participants in the new reality and accept the fact that the country was destined to be a multi-racial state.
The Probert Encyclopaedia - People And Peoples (T-V) The Tasaday are an indigenous people of the rainforests of Mindanao in the African industries. The tswana language belongs to the Bantu branch of the http://www.fas.org/news/reference/probert/CE.HTM
Security Brief - African Security Review Vol 11 No 2, 2002 africa Company, much to the chagrin of the Batswana (one of the tswana ethnic The UN special rapporteur on indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, http://www.iss.org.za/PUBS/ASR/11No2/SecurityBrief.html
Extractions: Recent reports from Botswana indicate that the current government is now using all means to force the last remaining San out of the CKGR. It was reported on 18 February 2002 that Botswana officials had turned off essential water supplies to the San. According to the government, this became necessary because government-sanctioned cattle ranching had lowered the water table, depriving the San of natural water. The government, in its defence, claims that the relocation of the San from the CKGR is essential in order for them to have access to sustainable state services such as health care and formal education. This is because the government insists that it cannot currently afford to provide water and other services to the San communities in the reserve even though it costs only US$3 per person per week. The position taken by the Botswana government seems even more baffling if one considers the fact that it turned down an offer by the European Union (EU) to cover the cost of keeping the San in the CKGR. This offer was to form part of the CKGR Management Plan that was signed by the Botswana government and the EU in 1996. One of the key provisions of this agreement was that the water supply to the San would not be turned off. It was on the basis of this assurance that the EU agreed to continue its long-standing support of conservation and management of wildlife resources in Botswana. The most important provision of this agreement (relating to the provision of services to San communities) would be rendered meaningless if, through the cutting off of services, these communities ceased to exist.
Extractions: If you prefer to sample the playgrounds of the coasts, you'll find ocean-side resorts alive with every kind of attraction - from fine hotels to glamorous leisure centres, from fishing and sailing to superb surfing and board-sailing. Consider Durban with its wide, white beaches, its Golden Mile of non-stop entertainment and amusement, its enticing Indian markets and emporiums. Now contrast Cape Town - the scenic splendour of Table Mountain, the sophistication of its world-class shops and restaurants, and its rich history dating back to the 17th century. From heady nightlife to solitary beachcombing in secluded bays, South Africa's coastal resorts offer a welcome that ensures visitors keep returning. Echoes of the past A mere 20 minutes from Johannesburg's bustling modern metropolis, the Sterkfontein Caves provide an eerie sense of time standing still. Sterkfontein is a World Heritage Site where fossils have been found dating back to the era when mankind first walked upright. No visitor should miss the prolific rock art of the early San people, still preserved in caves where they first made their homes. South Africa's caves are a treasure-house of wonders: some with signs of human habitation dating back to the Stone Age; others with geological marvels such as stalactites and stalagmites.
INTRODUCTION SOUTH AFRICA (Huridocs Code 5458) 1. BACKGROUND DATA CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY Southern africa was originally inhabited by indigenouspeoples cultural groups including Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa and tswana peoples. http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/humanrts/emergency/safrica/saf1.htm
Extractions: Africa - The Birthplace of Modern Humans You either love it or hate it . . . Africa Map Click here to see large map Features of Africa Africa is the second-largest continent , after Asia, covering 30,330,000 sq km; about 22% of the total land area of the Earth. It measures about 8,000 km from north to south and about 7,360 km from east to west. The highest point on the continent is Mt. Kilimanjaro - Uhuru Point - (5,963 m/19,340 ft) in Tanzania. The lowest is Lake 'Asal (153 m/502 ft below sea level) in Djibouti. The Forests cover about one-fifth of the total land area of the continent. And the Deserts and their extended margins have the remaining two-fifths of African land. World's longest river : The River Nile drains north-eastern Africa, and, at 6,650 km (4,132 mi), is the longest river in the world. It is formed from the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria. World's second largest lake : Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the is the world's second-largest freshwater lake - covering an area of 69,490 sq km (26,830 sq mi) and lies 1,130 m (3,720 ft) above sea level. Its greatest known depth is 82 m (270 ft).
BBC News | AFRICA | Medicinal Plant 'fights' Aids A South African indigenous medicinal plant may hold the key to the treatment of The tswana people know it as Mukakana for its power in treating http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1683000/1683259.stm
Extractions: By Carolyn Dempster in Johannesburg A South African indigenous medicinal plant may hold the key to the treatment of millions of poor people living with HIV and Aids, helping them relieve the symptoms of Aids. For the first time in South Africa's medical history, the plant, Sutherlandia Frutescens, sub-species Microphylla, is to undergo clinical trials to assess its immune-boosting properties. Phyto Nova The Medical Research Council will conduct the trials early next year and results are expected within three to six months. Anecdotal evidence is already mounting, suggesting that this plant can improve the quality of life of thousands of people both with HIV and full-blown Aids. Sutherlandia Frutescens grows wild in the Western Cape and in the hills of Zululand.
Extractions: Review Essays Hegemony and Culture in Historical Anthropology: A Review Essay on Jean and John L. Comaroff's Of Revelation and Revolution SALLY ENGLE MERRY In the recent rapprochement between anthropology and history , one of the most important projects is Jean and John L. Comaroff's study of the colonial mission in South Africa. In this large, two-volume work spanning almost 200 years and over 700 pages, the Comaroffs tell the history of the colonial encounter on the South African frontier and detail its contemporary consequences. More a history of culture than a history of persons or events, this work presents the story of the changes in cultural meanings and practices taking place over time in a region of radical political, economic, and religious transformation. Although it begins from the role of the mission, the scope of the project extends into an exploration of changing conceptions of agriculture, money, healing, fashion, architecture, house furnishings, law, property, and subjectivity. This work contributes to the effort to expand the terrain of data and methods of historical analysis and to re-theorizing and historicizing culture. Within anthropology, they have been widely praised for breaking new ground theoretically as well as criticized for failing to present an adequate temporal and narrative account of historical change.
IRIN Africa Southern Africa BOTSWANA BOTSWANA Court Case To If the San are not recognised as Southern africa s indigenous inhabitants South africa s Constitutional Court ruled that indigenous people have land and http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41957&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa
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PeaceNews #: Article Breakthrough for South africa s indigenous groups Five years ago a group ofindigenous people took the both the government and the mining company to http://www.peacenews.info/news/article/181
Extractions: The court case involved 3000 Rictersveld people who live in Northern Cape Province and are from the Nama subgroup of Khoikhoi peoples, who lived in the area until the 1950s when they were evicted to make way for diamond mine which is now owned by the South African government. Five years ago a group of indigenous people took the both the government and the mining company to court, claiming ownership rights over the 85,000 hectares of land and its resources, but they lost the case.
