The Iziko South African (SA) Maritime Centre opened in 1990. It is based at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A Waterfront), Cape Town, Western Cape.
One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March, Lilian Ngoyi
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It was broken up violently by university authorities, and I still have a copy of a two-page “Witness Statement” that I wrote immediately after the event, outlining the bare facts of what happened. The final paragraph is a threat to sue the university for defamation, common assault, and malicious damage to property.
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper:
Causes of the French Revolution
Authoritarian: A system where people are expected to obey all authority and rules, even though some of these rules and regulations may be unfair and cause the loss of personal freedom.
Clergy Priests or ministers of a religion that are usually a part of the Christian Church.
Constitution The system of laws and principles that a state, country or organisation is governed by.
Democracy A system of governance where people of a country can vote to elect their country’s representatives.
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the ideas of liberty, equality, fraternity and individual freedom in the late 18th century, and to understand what these meant in societies of the time. The conditions in France that caused the revolution in 1789 should be put into context regarding why revolutions did not occur in a reforming monarchy such as the United Kingdom, or in Russia.[1]
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A young victim of the atrocities committed by Belgium in the Congo stands next to a missionary.
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Riot police play a game of soccer with youths in Nyanga on 27 August 1976. Photo by John Paisley
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A certificate of slavery for an infant named Sophie, dated 1827 Cape of Good Hope.
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Riot police attempt to block the way of workers leaving a May Day meeting at Khotso House in Johannesburg in May 1985.
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A family sits outside the front door of their District Six home in Cape Town in the 1970s, prior to their forced removal. Photograph by Jansje Wissema.
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