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Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to express my deep appreciation for the opportunity to address you on the topic of " The African…
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…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
The section below on the Mfecane can be used as an introduction to this section. It is important to note that CAPS 2011 does not require it to be covered in…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
Key Words: Can Themba, Apartheid, Writer in Exile, Drum Magazine Born: 1924 Marabastad, Pretoria Died: 1968 Swaziland Education: High School, Polokwane …
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
MY YEARS ON THE ISLAND Part One: The University behind locked doors April 1980. The Susan Kruger, a tiny Prisons Service boat, ploughed the Atlantic in the…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
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Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic Towns People Between 1886 and 1914 people…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
The South African state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of treason. Consequently, on the early morning of 5…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… Coloured people and the institutions of slavery. Often the topics were grouped in sets containing general information …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… to be held in Durban on Sunday, 7 October. One of the main topics for discussion will be the disbandment of SASA and the …
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction after the Second South African War of 1899…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN THE LATE SIXTIES the old Missionary Road that had led Dr. Philip, the Rev. Shaw,…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
Life Fatima Zohra Imalayen was born in 1936 in the town of Cherchell, Algeria (Chronology Assia Djebar 1996). She grew up learning both Arabic and French…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had previously been ruled in succession by the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the French,…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic This part describes the nature of housing and…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker as already informed you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker has already informed you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… to visit. Conversation flowed all round the political topics of the time. National and international affairs were …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The African National Congress, the S.A. Indian…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer The riots broke out in Soweto on June 16, 1976 when police fired on a group of school children…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
To understand what the Women's liberation movement today represents, we must understand the general situation, which is developing in the Western world. …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of Tutankhamen Way of life in ancient Egypt The spread of Egypt’s knowledge Together we will learn…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 World Heritage Sites within the continent…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Factories, New Workers
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic Today the industrial working class is more…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
Response to the State of the Nation debate by His Excellency Mr JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; National Assembly 16 February 2010 …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
War photographers are either sleazy and glamorous, or noble and glamorous. At least this is what you will think if you believe the various literary or big…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic So far, this feature has described how the…