Mzilikazi

People generally strive to better themselves, their methods being that if they can keep improving themselves, they will eventually become better people. They can become more compassionate, more intelligent, more trustworthy, etc. NoViolet Bulawayo, author of We Need New Names, has incorporated this into her book. The main character, Darling, improves herself throughout the book and is able to become a better person. However, she is not able to do this alone. With the help of her friends, family and

In 2000 the Zimbabwean government tried to amend the constitution, and replace the ‘Willing Buyer, Willing Seller’ act with one that would allow government to expropriate whatever land it needed, without compensation. This attempt to amend the constitution failed. However, the War veterans association, independently mobilized people and marched on farms owned by white people, and forcefully removing them from their land. It is widely believed that the British are responsible for this because they

In the 1830s, the British Government began to look to South Africa for the abundant gold and diamond in the area, as well as, with the hopes of gaining control of the most strategic port and route to trade with India. The British acted quickly, and started to take control of the cape of South Africa. In 1833, they emancipated the Afrikaners’ slaves, created more taxes, and auctioned off previously communal land. This caused great rage within the Boer community. The Boers were Dutch and Huguenot people

“Lethabo! Can you please grab all the silverware and load it into the kakabeenwoen?” my mother requested as she put my favorite shirts into the wagon. Papa had just come home and told us that his good friend, Andries Potgieter, heard that Louis Tregardt had successfully gone north, and found land free from British rule. Tregardt was originally a farmer from our town in the cape of South Africa but left after becoming furious that the British started take over. Pretty much everyone in our community

Archaeology Research Project The Ezra Siyadhuba Archaeological Research Project proposes to investigate the changing patterns of political and social organization in Southern Africa during the 19th century. The project focuses on how social and economic practices were transformed by the way the political system of the state worked on the people. The study will answer the questions asked about whether the Ndebele people who migrated continued with their political and social status that they had before

Introduction The Ezra Siyadhuba Archaeological Research Project proposes to investigate the changing patterns of political and social organization in Southern Africa during the 19th century. The project focuses on how social and economic practices were transformed by the way the political system of the state worked on the people. The study will answer the questions asked about whether the Ndebele people who migrated continued with their political and social status that they had before in Kwazulu