ASSIGNMENT 04
This assignment contributes towards your semester mark.
Submit this assignment before the closing date of:
17 April 2024
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to help you to gain insight into precolonial
Southern African societies, as well as the early colonisation of the Cape by
Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Assessment
Assessment will be based on the following:
• Your ability to comprehend Learning Unit 5 and to think independently and
critically about what you read.
• Your ability to present your own arguments.
• Your ability to select relevant information from reading, and to express this in
your own words.
• Your ability to incorporate ideas and insights from additional sources.
Structure
Answer ONLY ONE of the following ESSAY questions. Each Answer (Essay)
should be a page and a half in length
Questions
1. Discuss with reference the ways in which slaves were
treated as well as the ways in which they reacted to their
situation at the Cape during the VOC period. (40)
2. Explore and discuss the impact of slavery on the Cape
economy and social (racial) order during the VOC period.
(40)
, Topics
TOPIC 1
Study Unit 5
TOPIC 2
Study Unit 5
Extra Reading material
Elphick, R and Giliomee, H (eds), The Shaping of South African Society, 1652–1840
(Cape Town: Maskew Miller Longman, 1989). This book is also available
in Afrikaans: ’n Samelewing in Wording, 1652–1840 (Kaapstad: Maskew Miller
Longman, 1982, of later uitgawes).
Legassick, M, The Struggle for the Eastern Cape 1800–1854: Subjugation and the Roots of
South African Democracy (Sandton: KMM Review Publishing, 2010).
Mostert, N, Frontiers: The Epic of South Africa’s Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People
(London: Jonathan Cape, 1992).
Peires, J, The House of Phalo: A History of the Xhosa People
PREVIEW
Question 1
During the time when the Dutch East India Company ruled the Cape, slavery had a
big effect on how things worked. Slavery was really important for the economy of
the Cape because it provided cheap labor for farming, housework, and other jobs.
But slavery didn't just affect money stuff—it also changed how people were treated
and how they saw each other based on their race.
This assignment contributes towards your semester mark.
Submit this assignment before the closing date of:
17 April 2024
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to help you to gain insight into precolonial
Southern African societies, as well as the early colonisation of the Cape by
Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Assessment
Assessment will be based on the following:
• Your ability to comprehend Learning Unit 5 and to think independently and
critically about what you read.
• Your ability to present your own arguments.
• Your ability to select relevant information from reading, and to express this in
your own words.
• Your ability to incorporate ideas and insights from additional sources.
Structure
Answer ONLY ONE of the following ESSAY questions. Each Answer (Essay)
should be a page and a half in length
Questions
1. Discuss with reference the ways in which slaves were
treated as well as the ways in which they reacted to their
situation at the Cape during the VOC period. (40)
2. Explore and discuss the impact of slavery on the Cape
economy and social (racial) order during the VOC period.
(40)
, Topics
TOPIC 1
Study Unit 5
TOPIC 2
Study Unit 5
Extra Reading material
Elphick, R and Giliomee, H (eds), The Shaping of South African Society, 1652–1840
(Cape Town: Maskew Miller Longman, 1989). This book is also available
in Afrikaans: ’n Samelewing in Wording, 1652–1840 (Kaapstad: Maskew Miller
Longman, 1982, of later uitgawes).
Legassick, M, The Struggle for the Eastern Cape 1800–1854: Subjugation and the Roots of
South African Democracy (Sandton: KMM Review Publishing, 2010).
Mostert, N, Frontiers: The Epic of South Africa’s Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People
(London: Jonathan Cape, 1992).
Peires, J, The House of Phalo: A History of the Xhosa People
PREVIEW
Question 1
During the time when the Dutch East India Company ruled the Cape, slavery had a
big effect on how things worked. Slavery was really important for the economy of
the Cape because it provided cheap labor for farming, housework, and other jobs.
But slavery didn't just affect money stuff—it also changed how people were treated
and how they saw each other based on their race.
