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ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… nature of the fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa we need to look at the climate just before WW2. … 1900, Europe began to introduce changes…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth was discovered in the late nineteenth century, there was a general belief … gold deposits such as those the…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… After the government crackdown on political organizations in the early 1960s, new organizations emerged to fill the … and found resonance among black workers…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the Struggle against apartheid, 15 July. Available at … [Accessed 29 October 2014]|‘Africa Day Protest in…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, in the United States of America and Canada resolved that … 01 May annually. The first recorded…
Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activities
… From the outset a large number of Indians were employed in non-sugar growing activities. A small group was employed … Greytown employed 606 indentured…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… The opening moment of education in South Africa coincides with the foundation of the colonial experience at the Cape in 1652. Six years after the Dutch East…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… seeks to better understand how photographs have been used in South Africa as ideological and consequently political … supports? What countermeasures has the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… The first farmers in southern Africa were Bantu-speakers and archaeology shows … did not end the occupation of hunter-gatherers. They in fact shared the…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
… August Wilfried Lubowski was born on 3 February 1953, in South West Africa (now known as Namibia), the second child … of Wilfried Franz and Molly Lubowski…
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
… Bongiwe Dhlomo was born on 25 June 1956 in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, and grew up in nearby Bergville. Dhlomo matriculated in 1974 from St … ‘protest’ nature of…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… Please note: This topic's content was written in 2003 and is part of the old curriculum content, we have … new curriculum but we will be further updating the…
BiographyAbdullah Ibrahim
… musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. Born Adolph Johannes Brand, he converted to Islam in 1968 during his…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference was chaired by Neville Dubow, then … society. It urges artists to refuse…
Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th
… Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th …
The SA race horse, Horse Chestnut, is flown to New York by special cargo aeroplane to run in the Dubai World Cup with R30 mil
… The SA race horse, Horse Chestnut, is flown to New York by special cargo aeroplane to run in the Dubai World Cup with R30 mil …
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… Simon ‘Mahlathini’ Nkabinde was born on 30 November 1937, in Newcastle. He grew up in Alexander Township. His father died while he was young, … with success…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu family in Sophiatown on 1 August 1959. His parents were Roselinah … a speech at the inauguration of Nelson…
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… workers who came to Southern Africa from across the globe in the search of fortunes and work in the wake of the discovery of diamonds and later gold. The ……
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was a very different one from that of the … government had shattered the Black resistance movements,…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… They kept domesticated animals and generally lived in areas that were too dry to grow crops. They would also move to a new settlement when food became scarce…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa 1. What is herding? 2. Who were the first herders in southern Africa? 3. By what other name can…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s 1994 ‘miracle’: what’s left? by Christi van der Westhuizen
… van der Westhuizen, C. (2021). South Africa’s 1994 ‘miracle’: what’s left? from The Conversation , … Available at https://theconversation.com/south-africas…
ArchiveReflections of South African Student Leaders: 1994-2017 by Luescher, Webbstock and Bhengu
… Reflections of South African Student Leaders: 1994-2017 by Luescher, Webbstock and Bhengu …
ArchiveA Call for Unity in the Arts - interview with Omar Badsha, Student Voice, 7 February 1994
… A Call for Unity in the Arts - interview with Omar Badsha, Student Voice, 7 February 1994 …
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were executed at the gallows in Pretoria Central Prison. Marcus Motaung , Jerry Mosololi … activists found themselves serving long…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… The first American president to visit SA with his wife, President Bill Clinton, arrived with his … International Airport. Clinton was on a tour of two weeks…
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Mandla Maseko and Simon Dladla in Swaziland and transferred them to stand trial in SA. The treatment of Ebrahim, an Indian passport…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… at the University of Pretoria. The Hertzog prize is named in honour of General J.B.M. Hertzog, former premier of the … a committed opponent of apartheid and…
Migrant Labour in Southern Africa: 1910-1970’s
… Migrant Labour in Southern Africa: 1910-1970’s …