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ArticleThe impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989
… The impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989 …
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…
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 …
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." …
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…
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 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…