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ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… Pretoria’s founder – a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i] . At the time of his arrival , King Mzilikazi and the…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… A legacy is the long-term effect of something. A person or an event or a piece of writing from the past may still shape what people believe and how they live…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… The Freedom Charter was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress … The adoption of the Freedom Charter …
The Order of the Southern Cross
… awarded this medal include Chris Barnard who performed the first heart transplant in South Africa. Recent recipients include the gold medal posthumously to…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa Conditions in Rustenburg point to deprivation throughout the segregation and…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… The campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter was the climax to a decade or so of … Significance of the Congress of the People and the…
The Duration of the strike!
… The Duration of the strike! …
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… Background What is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… The passive resistance campaigns led by MK Gandhi in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War Issue In ……
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 6. The Moderates' Eclipse | Conclusion > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 7. Events leading up … The…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… On 2 February 1990, the National Party government unbanned political parties, … people, including Nelson Mandela. On 20 and 21 December the first session of…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and … The Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955 …
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… In the 1870s a series of farming associations emerged in the Cape, both in the west and in the east. While both English and Afrikaner … The…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… The Constitutional Court is South Africa's highest court on constitutional matters. So its jurisdiction - the scope of its authority to hear cases - is…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… is detailed and we have broken it up into 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction During the 1980s , the apartheid ……
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… This message was published early in April 1958, before the general elections. Sir or Madam, You may be surprised to receive this message from the African…
ArticleThe impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989
… The impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989 …
ArticleThe Khoisan
… In around 2300 BP (Before Present), hunter-gatherers called the San acquired domestic stock in what is now modern day Botswana. Their population grew, and…
ArticleThe San
… The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. The San were also known as 'Bushmen', a term …
ArticleThe missionaries
… Missionaries arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku , the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan … to establish a mission station…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Struggles against the Bantu Authorities Act were fought in the Transkei , where the resistance of the peasants culminated in the Pondo revolt … The Transkei …
The War
… The flag of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on … The War …
ArticleThe Constitution
… South African Constitution of 1996 Republic of South Africa The Republic of South Africa is one, sovereign, democratic state founded on the following values:…
ArticleThe Homelands
… The Bantustans or homelands, established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which the majority of the Blacks population was moved to prevent ……
ArticleThe Basotho
… In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There were a number of conflicts…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… The Cold War was the period of conflict and competition between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, and their respective allies…
The implications of the freedom charter
… The implications of the freedom charter …
"The Nature of the Struggle Today."
… "The Nature of the Struggle Today." …
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in to the workers’…