Kaffraria
Kaffraria , former name for a region in the Transkei , E South Africa. Founded in 1848 as the dependency of British Kaffraria, it was added to Cape Colony in 1865.
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A short course on South Africa.
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/20/1987; ; 700+ words
; A Short Course on South Africa WILLIAM A. RUSHER'S A Short Course on South Africa (Communications Distribution, Inc., 150 East...two-week Opinion Leaders' Fact-Finding Tour of South Africa' sponsored by the World Media Association, an...
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The Asian eagle has landed. (Asian investment in South Africa)
Magazine article from: African Business; 10/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...investment capital is still fighting shy of South Africa, Asian businesses are actively pursuing...economists, Mr Tony Hawkins of Harare, South Africa is currently the continent's sole economic...are holding back to see . how the new South Africa copes with its problems before they...
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Remarks announcing assistance to South Africa. (Pres. Bill Clinton) (Transcript)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 5/9/1994; 700+ words
; ...watched with wonder as the citizens of South Africa went to the polls, as voters lined up...smoother than many thought possible. South Africa is free today because of the choices...helped to lead the way. Throughout, South Africa's cause has been also an American cause...
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South Africa rejoins the world community; Nelson Mandela elected president. (includes related article)
Magazine article from: UN Chronicle; 9/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...turning-point in the history of a nation. Today, South Africa regains its rightful place in Africa...as State President of the Republic of South Africa on 10 May. The Pretoria ceremony followed South Africa's first non-racial and democratic elections...
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Travel and Tourism in South Africa.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Country Reports; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; SOUTH AFRICA Capital: Pretoria (administrative...US$0.090 as at 10 April 2002 Summary South Africa has emerged from the turmoil of the...industry. The authorities are keen to pitch South Africa as a 'safe haven' in these troubled...
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A shining moment. (election of South Africa's President Nelson Mandela) (Editorial)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 5/20/1994; 700+ words
; ...ended forty-five years of apartheid in South Africa last month--complete with universal...years of colonialist subjugation in South Africa, will not be expunged soon, if ever. But South Africa gives hope that even in the most intractable...
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The trials of being Africa's superpower: emergence of the rainbow nation.(Beyond the Miracle Inside the New South Africa)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: African Business; 10/1/2003; 700+ words
; BEYOND THE MIRACLE INSIDE THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA. BY ALLISTER SPARKS 14.99 [pounds sterling...completing a broad ranging analysis of South Africa's complex and turbulent history, and...Allister Sparks' first book, The Mind of South Africa, dealt with the three and a half centuries...
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It's time to risk against against lingering apartheid. (lifting economic sanctions from South Africa) (Editorial)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/8/1993; 492 words
; Recent developments in South Africa offer the best hope yet that the...The countdown to democracy in South Africa has begun, African National Congress...remain. He said a trade mission to South Africa is forthcoming. As South Africa...
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South Africa: action against apartheid continues; 'difficult transition ahead.'
Magazine article from: UN Chronicle; 6/1/1993; 668 words
; All parties in South Africa should reach agreement on the principles...Elimination of Racial Discrimination. South Africa was at the dawn of a new era...said he was heartened to see that South Africa had begun to break away from the...
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What next in South Africa? (column)
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/7/1986; ; 700+ words
; WHAT NEXT IN SOUTH AFRICA? THERE WERE a couple of nice touches in the...veto. On wednesday, the foreign minister of South Africa, no less, telephoned key senators and told them that South Africa might react against sanctions in any number...
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Kaffraria
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Kaffraria, South‐East Africa A coastal region colonized by the British and Portuguese, in particular Xhosa territory. The...or ‘pagan’, the Xhosa derogatorily being called Kaffirs. The Xhosa and Zulu languages used to be called Kaffrarian. The British part became a crown colony in 1847 and in ...
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Kafirs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the Bantu -speaking people of S Africa. Originally used only for the inhabitants of the Transkeian Territories (then called Kaffraria), the name came to be commonly employed as a derogatory term for all black Africans. The South African government encouraged...
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Transkei
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...settlers and Africans over the possession of cattle and grazing land. Much of the territory was annexed in 1848 by Britain as Kaffraria , which in 1865 was joined to Cape Province. Transkei was separated from Cape Province in 1963 to become the first of ten...
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