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BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a…
BiographyReggie Williams
Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police that operated in the 1980s. Vlakplaas is also…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
January 8, 2023, will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Durban Strikes and the emergence of a new wave of independent non-racial trade…
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile also known as Sizwe or Tshonyi[1] was born on the 6th of October in 1957. He was originally from Port…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fosatu), gave the keynote address at the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
QUESTION 1: HOW WAS AFRIKANER NATIONALISM PROMOTED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s TO 1940s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism. Flagrantly authoritarian…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
An image showing the persecution of German Jews after the Nazi took powerImage Source Source 3A The source below shows how the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
An image showing the acculturation of indigenous Australian children by the British officials Image Source Essay Question To what…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
Introduction In the previous section, we have learnt about the origins of capitalism, however, we paid cursory attention to the racial…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the presidential desk in Washington Image Source Essay Question: To what extent did Roosevelt’s New Deal…