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ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the … This genre of…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… North West Province) and Botswana areas in 1830. A group of about 12 Eastern Cape farmers living next to the East Riet River area in the vicinity of the…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the … However, there are still glaring gaps in…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … in unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … in unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012, the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … an unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… originally known as Transoranje, with its abundance of permanent water sources, was the hunting grounds of the San at the beginning of the 19th century…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred … hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South Africa. The town…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… Fietas was known as the 'Malay location' because most of the people who lived there were 'coloured', 'cape … location' was struck by bubonic plague in 1904,…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. … Ikhamanga (Strelitzia) plant…
The Origin of People
… are the most complex creatures on earth. Many aspects of human behaviour demonstrates a great difference with other … told weird and wonderful stories about…
ArticleThe Order of Luthuli
… The triangular flint stone represents a basic tool of survival used by prehistoric ancestors to produce … to make clothing, among others. It symbolizes the…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. … Ikhamanga (Strelitzia) plant…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… a cultural figure such as Mr. Semenya, an understanding of the social environment in South Africa is essential. The White minority rule of South Africa and…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… 16 Days of Activism is an international awareness-raising campaign … from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10…
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… Heyns a Pretoria businessman. It was here that the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging was signed on Saturday 31 May 1902, effectively …
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… state president, Thabo Mbeki, opened the second sitting of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) for the first time at its … parliament was established in March…
Writer’s of The Constitution
… President Thabo Mbeki addresses the nation at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town Constitutional Assembly After the … Negotiating Process (MPNP) had…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. … were divided…
Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius
… Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius …
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada
… Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada …
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… who were protesting against the pass laws in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. Scores of people were left injured and others…
Say It out Loud - The Coloured People and the Franchise, 1906
… the Franchise , 1906 On Tuesday 31st July the principles of the Constitution to be granted to the Transvaal and Orange … turns upon the interpretation of the…
Durban listing of mayors
… This list is listed in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date . Dr. John … Durban listing of mayors …
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the 26th assembly of OAU Heads of State and government
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the 26th assembly of OAU Heads of State and government …
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… 19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. … and individuals who resisted state…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE purport to mark the centenary of the founding of the South African Society of Artists (SASA) in 1902, it is actually the Society's ……
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Session of the Parliament of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 30 October 2007
… Honourable Presiding Officers of the National Assembly and the National Council Your … of an African Common Market, through the stages set in the Treaty…
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Confederation of British industry
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Confederation of British industry …