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Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling
… tools from stone (hence archaeologists use the term Stone Age to refer to such peoples). Those who herded and planted … of entire societies. The trade in…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… of the campaigns of the 1950s lay in the adoption of new strategies for bringing about fundamental change. For the … While women who worked in the urban…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… earned reputation to revolutionize the South Africa’s new constitution. Because of SPEAK’s credible reputation and … important for South African women…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… The immediate task of the UDF was to oppose PW Botha’s new constitution, passed in 1983, and his plans for a … Botha argued that the low turnout did not…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Joe Gqabi, Harare, 9 August 1981
… came into power in South Africa. It was the beginning of a new phase in the struggle for liberation in South Africa - … of our entire people was to rise and…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… Robben Island, including nine children under 18 years of age. I don't need to remind this Committee of the brutal … In the last three years, almost 9,000…
Gender and deviance in South African industrial schools and reformatories for girls, 1911-1934 by Linda Chisholm
… girls' rebelliousness. In March 1928 four girls ranging in age from 14 to 20 were reported to the Director of Prisons … in the late nineteenth and early…
Statement by Oliver Tambo accepting the Simon Bolivar award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, 24 July 1983, Caracas, Venezuela
… us, among others, should fall the obligation to infuse a new meaning into the glorious example which was set by Simon … displayed in his brief lifespan of 47…
PlaceArthur Newton's- Rock Seat in the Comrades Marathon
… consecutively for five times between 1922 and 1927 and set new course records on five occasions! In addition, to Arthur … race in 1951 . He started running…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… was a latecomer to activist politics, joining the ANC at age 50. This paper begins to probe an earlier period in … sport at Adams College convinced him that…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… follows up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter application of … leaders issue A Call for African Unity…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… on 24 June, South Africa wins the tournament, defeating New Zealand 15-12. Following South Africa's victory, Nelson … can you see in the box? Do you think…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… was run like a political party. Membership of the new structure within NUSAS was confined to White students. It … Turner from the Sorbonne in late 1967, that…
Hinduism
… takes the form of Shiva, who destroys everything so that new life can begin. There are hundreds of forms of god like … held in October or November and is…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… not only criminals in the ordinary sense, but of a new labouring population criminalised by laws and controlled in new institutions. De Beers Company went…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… the Junction Avenue Theatre Company activists to make a new play about the workers’ struggle. After three months of … strike takes place during which time…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
… Soweto Homeakers St. Peter Claver School Sunvalley* The New Church of South Africa UBC (Council Office) Vista …
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… support of other chiefs in the area, refused to accept a new tax that was being implemented by the colonial …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… many characterised as farcical. It was dissolved when a new interim constitution came into effect which abolished …
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… They advised workers to join the GFWBF and later the new unions. The Black Sash from Durban and Pietermaritzburg …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… of question of Indians in South Africa. February , New regulations of South African Railways came into force. … of £3 tax. February 20, Chairman, BIA, wrote…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… China reports that the pneumonia outbreak is caused by a new strain of coronavirus. The novel virus is named … the virus. China’s daily infection rate…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… of 1952 would catapult the ANC Women’s League into a new era of action and multi-party interaction. From this era a new breed of female leadership emerged,…
PlaceBritstown, Northern Cape
… was theirs. The Karoo is renowned for its wealth of Stone Age remains spanning at least half a Million years of human … the last 10 000 years. South Africa's…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… was made. “I haven’t taught for so long,” Mbete told The New Age in 2012 before looking at politics as an act of …
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… of rock art in Central Africa, ranging from Stone Age paintings to contemporary work from farmers. The symbols … altars, sanctuaries, and Togu-Na meeting…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 1807 Death of Tuan Guru 25 Tuan Guru died at the ripe old age of 95 and lies buried in Tana Baru Cemetry on Signal … areas by the Group Areas Act. At the…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… the end of the century and millennium and the dawn of a new century and millennium. The last decade of the 20th … which, through its own efforts and in the…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
… the end of the century and millennium and the dawn of a new century and millennium. The last decade of the 20th … which, through its own efforts and in the…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… rebellion of 1815 brought home to the Dutch the new terms of citizenship that the British imposed on the … inhabitant of the Cape equal before the law, and…