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ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, New Delhi, India. 1981 4 August, Mandela is awarded the … Students Union names rooms in honour of…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… his ballot, Madiba said: “This is the beginning of a new era. We have moved from an era of pessimism, division, … opportunities, turmoil and conflict. We are…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental … was suggested from Mandela to F.W de…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… japantimes.co.jp Goals and Guiding Principles Thus, the age-old goal of pan-Africanism had not entirely faded as the … trade with the inclusion of the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… expansionism. 1680 Commander Simon van der Stel starts a new settlement along the Eerste River on land belonging to … Rheede, decrees that male slaves buy…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
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The girl child
… Social changes have led to an increase in marriage age in South Africa, which has been accompanied by a rise in …
The appointment of Judges
… to a period of between 12 and 15 years, depending on the age of the judge when first appointed as a judge. …
EventFormer National Soccer League CEO Cyril Kobus dies
… Soccer League general manager Cyril Kobus dies at the age 79. Mr Kobus was credited as one of the brains in the …
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… of “grand” apartheid ; some stress the emergence of new youth subcultures in Soweto’s secondary schools in the … enjoyed by urban Africans. In addition,…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… of “grand” apartheid ; some stress the emergence of new youth subcultures in Soweto’s secondary schools in the … enjoyed by urban Africans. In addition,…
America, Spanish conquest
… in Hispaniola. This was the first European colony in the ‘New World’. These colonists fought among themselves and with … the Americas in 1492, he was made…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… "Family of Man," compiled for the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. Magubane says in an interview: In 1956 when … the townships), Shebeens Take A Bow…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… while slaves did most of the work. The European demand for New World cash crops, especially sugar, tobacco, rice, and … servitude and Indian enslavement had…
Imvaba Arts Association
… Imvaba Arts Association worked closely with artists in New Brighton, Kwazakhele and Motherwell townships of Port …
Writer’s of The Constitution
… Constitutional Assembly After the elections in 1994 the new Parliament - working as the Constitutional Assembly (CA) …
ArticleBizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962
… were the rural crop and stock farmers who did not like the new measures relating to overgrazing, soil erosion, and stock …
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… of talent of a concerned and critically engaged old and new generation of photographers. The Festival will include …
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… of entire societies. The trade in slaves also led to new political formations. In some cases, as people sought … banning, as then it was cheaper for slave…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… important Assembly. Our organisation, the OAU, has come of age. That it has, is a tribute to the steadfastness of … our continent will regain its strength…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… poverty stricken, but by which we specifically demand "a new division of the land in accordance with the whole … leadership has skillfully sought to build up…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… meantime the government also introduced into parliament new legislation to enable it to ban the ANC and PAC. After … concessions and negotiation." It called…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… took control of the Cape, they introduced various new policies to settle disputes over land. Firstly the … a Khoi person wanted to work on another farm or…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… camp, south of Angola and an MK Veteran. He died at the age of 58 years Cde Jomo distinguished himself to a point …
Freedom Day Call by Albert Luthuli, 3 June 1956
… freedom. "Let us in all humility remember that we of this age and hour are not the first and only ones who have …
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… Today a few of these romantic establishments from a bygone age still exist and they flourish alongside newer more modern …
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… excelling academically. After having matriculated at the age of thirteen, Swart went on to complete a B.A. degree in … 2013] [Accessed 30 November 2009]…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… in South African History this Site was Inhabited by Iron Age, Basotho Dwellers. Remains of their Pottery have been …
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… Bay . Roughly 300 Million Years ago, during the Karoo Ice Age , Table Mountain wasn’t a Mountain at all! It was at Sea … portion of the Jewish refugees from…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… Programme In 2012, SAHO initiated a ground-breaking new collaborative project with tertiary history departments … PhD students.. Read more Publications SAHO…