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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…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm … to be …
ArchiveApartheid is a cancer in the body politic of the world
… The truth of the UDF slogan "UDF Unites - Apartheid Divides" was clearly … flocked to Cape Town . Image of Archie Gumede, one of the three presidents of the…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
… matriculating from Nassau High School, Hofmeyr enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where he completed a BA in … [ii] . Through this time, his…
BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
… Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1944. The progenitor of the Terre'Blanche name was a French Huguenot refugee named … Terre'Blanche and his…
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). … drama. As a political activist he…
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’…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… An incident occurred in December 1988 which shocked the nation and forever changed the lives of the close-knit community of Trust Feeds, a rural … of police…
The impact of the collapse of the USSR on re-imagining African nations in the 1990s
… The impact of the collapse of the USSR on re-imagining African nations in the 1990s …
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people involved in this were the … The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… As the struggle for freedom reached a new intensity in the early fifties, the ANC saw the need for a clear statement on the future of … Congress of the…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… The need for a controlled labour force: Indentured Labourers There is an indentured labour gallery on the SAHO site, webteam please select an image from…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… On 28 October 1917 more than 400 market gardeners from the Springfield Flats (Tintown) area in Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal) drowned when the banks of…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… Abrahams, L., (2005). Married to the Struggle. Worchester: Diana Ferrus Publishers.|African National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the Struggle…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… According to the EFF’s publication ‘The Coming Revolution’, Julius Malema had earned the title of Commander-in Chief of the Economic Freedom … The Founding…
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
… and active expression of solidarity and support. The Order constitutes an essential pillar of international … (Silver) Class 3 = Companion of O.R. Tambo …
ArchiveThe Kairos document: a theological comment on the political crisis in South Africa
… Book containing chapters on The moment of truth; Critique of State Theology; Critique of Church … The Kairos document: a theological comment on the political…