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BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
Early Life and Teaching Career Matsie Angelina Motshekga (popularly known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… The Afrikaner ideal of a republic South Africa only became a … the Cape on the Great Trek, their ideal was to create an Afrikaner republic. After facing much…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… The first white inhabitants Between 1820 and 1826, Afrikaner trekboer (migratory farmer) J.N. Brits trekked from … from the Orange River Sovereignty and the…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… meeting you had the development of the National Peace Accord. Now it would seem to be that after eleven months of the National Peace Accord being in…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… of a South African Republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner culture. NP members were sometimes known as … and headed the South African Party (SAP) - an…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… became a powerful instrument in the arsenal of the White Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner Nationalism when in 1952 it became the ‘Day of the … 16 remained…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… in September 1991. 14 September 1991: The National Peace Accord (NPA) singing ceremony is held at the Carlton Hotel in …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… was condemned (Sanders, 1997). With the burgeoning Afrikaner nationalist movement of the 1900s, Dutch Reform … became a major foundation of apartheid and…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… claiming that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique on 16 March …
English Settlement in South Africa
… as the ‘ Great Trek .’ This resulted in the founding of Afrikaner Republics away from British control such as the … 1880s, set the stage for war between the…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… than the Afrikaners. Rugby and the Springbok Symbol in Afrikaner Identity and Politics Throughout the first half of … century rugby and the Springbok symbol…
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
… white and non-white voters and a number of Afrikaner-bond, whom he had offered shares in the British … important political goal for Rhodes, and so when the…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
Wendy Heather Woods (neè Bruce) was born on 5 February 1941 in Mthatha (formerly Umtata), Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). An outstanding pupil in school,…
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… agreed to the terms laid down in the National Peace Accord. Furthermore, this attack and other APLA attacks … Africa's major political parties that endorsed…
ArticleParties involved in the history of elections in South Africa
… (LP) Unionist Party (UP) Purified National Party (PNP) Afrikaner Party (AP) Progressive Party (PP) National Union …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… the Cold War and Disintegration of the Soviet Union Peace Accord Early announcements of talks Mandela’s Breakthrough – … Party (CP), the Herstigte Nasionale…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… at Nkomati in March 1984. Under the terms of the Nkomati Accord South Africa was to terminate its support for RENAMO. … bomb attack). These attacks…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… at Nkomati in March 1984. Under the terms of the Nkomati Accord South Africa was to terminate its support for RENAMO. … bomb attack). These attacks…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… 1930s NUSAS was affected by the growing feeling of the Afrikaner nationalism. The Afikaanse Studentebond (A.S.B.), … for full cultural and political…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… language and the continued existence of the shrinking Afrikaner ethnic group. The challenge of ethnic survival … a 29-year-old Transvaal teacher, later a co…
ArchiveAgreement on non-agression and good neighbourliness between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique
… Copy of the Nkomati Accord. …
ArchiveMobilise the people!
… Draft, annotated ANC statement on the Nkomati Accord. …
ArchiveThe signing of the Agreement of non-aggression and good neighbourliness
… Speech by Samora Machel on the signing of the Nkomati Accord. …
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic transformed …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… in 1924. His greatest ambition was the elevation of the Afrikaner The Union government experienced internal conflict, … founder of the National Party (NP) in…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… union. There was a constant flow into the office of young Afrikaner women, whose ages ranged from 15 to 25. Over a … of civilisation, culture and riches…
ArchiveAfrica puts the West on trial
… Council's debate on South Africa and the Anglo-American accord influence on this debate …