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ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… generals Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi attacked about 470 Voortrekkers at dawn. With the advantage of gun …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… regarded as a central point of infection. In general about 500 000 people died of the epidemic in South Africa, …
Islam
… more than 50 independent Muslim countries in the world and about 1 300 million Muslims. Muslim Festivals New Year/Day of …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… near the hill that became known as the Nelsberg. From about 1883 his sons, Gert, Louis and Andries Nel, brought …
The appointment of Judges
… 25 over four days in October 1994. The interviews lasted about an hour each. The list was finally reduced to 10 …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… is meant to be 100% factual, historians often differ about actual dates and interpretation of events. Their …
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… Elizabeth II’s coronation. The government was so concerned about SOYA’s activities in Sharpeville that meetings of the …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… to Pondoland by magistrates in 1947. This scheme was about resettlements, stock control, rotational grazing, …
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… clan, of the Xhosa nation, was born in the Eastern Cape in about 1873. It is believed that he received training as a … Sontonga died at the age of 32. The…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
… for working with the ANC and its government, to bring about the change and transformation we see today. As we pray … of our country. This is contrary to…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… iconic images that compelled us to have conversations about the wellbeing of our country and continent. His … and their incisiveness compelled us to…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… police brutality and injustice. Q : You have probably read about the shifts away from apartheid in recent months and about the promises that were made by…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
… Rach (public domain) Image source On 27 October 1808, about 340 slaves from the Swartland and Koeberg hinterland of … Because of this the uprising is not…
PlaceMamelodi
… political uncertainty as well as lack of hope about the future may give rise to these type of narrow … among the young generations that are generally…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos I talk about the past mainly because actually I am interested in the … in the light of all the new or more…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… and others and here they encountered Dingane. Nervous about white encroachment on his land, Dingane had a party of … wedding ceremony and experience Zulu…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… 1993 annual magazine) revealing some fascinating history about beacons and boundaries. A Beacon, or Boundary Corner … the high title security of our…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… only be sustained if everyone does so. We can say the same about the fight against crime. No Strategy, no amount of … strategy for economic growth and…
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… Town Branch is making preparations to send a delegation of about four members and is organising a social to raise the … a year ago when I was in Johannesburg…
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… himself. 31 March 1983 Your beautiful photo still stands about two feet above my left shoulder as I write this note. I … but confided in Zindzi: By the way,…
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… on job creation, something which COSATU has long warned about. In a country with such serious levels of unemployment, … and Development Programme. There has…
PlaceRetreat, Cape Town
… City of Cape Town, Western Cape with a postal code. It is about 15 kms West-North-West of the Provincial Capital City … It is about 15 kms West-North-West of…
EventAmichand Rajbansi threatens non-cooperation with the James Commission
… witnesses against the previous parliamentary inquiries about his conduct in office. …
Statement at the International Conference on the EEC and South Africa by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 27 January 1979
… The African National Congress is in no doubt whatsoever about the importance of this Conference. We welcome the … The ANC of South Africa has produced…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… low sense of self-esteem, grounded in a deep insecurity about his race and station. The sort of perverse satisfaction … to embody. At home, icons like Steve…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… was up and out to lock the gate against the people running about. I had to go and fetch Nomsa from school. I ran out, … last to come was Reverend N. who…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… either in body or in spirit. The most endearing feature about Kajee was his capacity for friendship. Where other men … a man of the world and as a man of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… A person who is sent to a foreign country to teach people about religion. Plantation: A large area of land, especially …
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… was formed to help the few banished people we knew about through the press, and to find the rest. Only the … of the places were given, but there was no…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… allies were infected by ‘a mood of scepticism’ about the ANC’s military capacity. So, too, were ‘many of … was how the ANC’s potential domestic constituency…