For most African societies in South Africa, the hallmarks of the nineteenth century were difficulty, conflict, dislocation, reorganisation and finally subjugation. The appearance of the Griqua north ...

The first ever Lifaqane-Mfecane Music Festival took place in Maseru, Lesotho on Saturday the 2 nd of May 2015. Organized by Ancestral Collective, a new nonprofit organization developed and structured ...

Hundreds of thousands of people - possibly even a million or more - across southern Africa died from starvation and war during the 'crushing', the Difaqane or Mfecane, of 1816-17. One of the main ...

Bantu South Africa before the Mfecane -- The Zulu kingdom -- The birth of the Swazi nation -- Soshangane and the empire of Gaza -- The Ngoni invasions of east-central Africa -- The invasion of the ...

This article discusses one of the more debated topics in the history of South Africa over the XIX Century: the Mfecane period. The given name to the period and its meaning are a part of the debate, ...

In his controversial analyses of African affairs, former president Olusegun Obasanjo often puts on scholarly airs on account of his experience in government. He had supervised an activist foreign ...

Kanye — Motsenekatse Monument and Cultural Site in Molapowabojang has rich history that attracts tourists and scholars from Botswana and abroad. Narrating the history of the site in an interview ...

Khaya Mfecane enjoyed a positive start to life as a Chippa player on Saturday by scoring his first goal in the club's 1-1 draw with Mamelodi Sundowns, capping off his debut by earning his first Man of ...

At least one headmistress believes that high school pupils who live by themselves in rented apartments have too much freedom. Attwell Madala High School principal Yalelwa Mfecane told City Press that ...

Hundreds of thousands of people – possibly even a million or more – across southern Africa died from starvation and war during the ‘crushing’, the Difaqane or Mfecane, of 1816-17. One of the main ...