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Feb 17, 2014

Labour time in South African gold mines: 1886-2006 by Paul Finlay Stewart

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Elza Miles (Botha)
Biography
Feb 14, 2014

Elza Miles (Botha)

Artist, art historian, teacher, curator, critic, consultant and author

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Feb 10, 2014

In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament

While the tricameral parliament was designed to co-opt Coloureds and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Ap...

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High Farce in the House
Article
Feb 10, 2014

High Farce in the House

Both the HoR and HoD were characterised by impotence and incompetence. Examples include one NPP MP voting to support mil...

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The House in session
Article
Feb 10, 2014

The House in session

With the parties and their representatives elected, the Tricameral went into operation and the various houses sat for th...

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Responses of different groups in South Africa to the outbreak of the First World War
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Feb 07, 2014

Responses of different groups in South Africa to the outbreak of the First World War

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A White Referendum
Article
Feb 07, 2014

A White Referendum

On 2 November 1983, the government held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parli...

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Council policies and practice
Article
Feb 07, 2014

Council policies and practice

The council was divided, with verligtes and verkramptes pulling in different directions. It was subsequently also schizo...

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Developments leading to the New Dispensation
Article
Feb 07, 2014

Developments leading to the New Dispensation

By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising, the Apartheid government was forced to consider...

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The Tricameral Parliament
Article
Feb 07, 2014

The Tricameral Parliament

Introduction The Tricameral Parliament, a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was in...

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Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo
Biography
Feb 06, 2014

Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo

Footballer, captain of the national South African soccer team and football coach.

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Biography
Feb 06, 2014

Loet Douwes-Dekker

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Biography
Feb 06, 2014

Jimmy Bolton

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Biography
Feb 06, 2014

Fozia Fischer

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Biography
Feb 06, 2014

Eric Taycke

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