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Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Africa. The period 1967 to 1976 marked the beginning of a new chapter in resistance politics to the National Party (NP) … The watershed Morogoro Conference …
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Protests started as early as 1950 when rumours of the new legislation were leaked in the press. Meetings and … accelerated when local officials began to…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… or lower positions. [xx] Traditional leadership under the New Constitution Under the post-1994 South African democratic … 78. ↵ [v] Mthandebi EN, 920120…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… of the novel before exploring how and why he reaches a new state of grace and serenity in the novel’s closing … era, where one could say women were seen as…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… Redness – written six years after the inauguration of the ‘New South Africa’- falls within this context of … Rahnema states that former colonial rulers were …
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… Indians came to South Africa mainly as traders alert to new opportunities abroad. These 'free Indians' came at their … The Zulu had not intended to attack…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… 1880 would mean independence for the Transvaal, but the new Prime Minister, W. E. Gladstone, insisted on maintain … was appointed to draw up the Transvaal’s…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… the first time ever – in Rustenburg. 1858 2 February, A new Constitution is signed, bringing into being the South … Rustenburg. More than 300 people sign up…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… The Zulu had not intended to attack then, as it was a new moon and it was considered unwise to fight on a 'dark … of Shepstone’s 'native policy', Sir Garnet…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… Government however acquired” and makes available about 160 new farms covering an area of about 112 000 hectares. The … about borders of existing reserves and…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… “Climate change will amplify existing risks and create new risks for natural and human systems. Risks are unevenly … said they are considering stopping…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… in nature and, despite the fact that ore deposits on the new reef seemed to be both concentrated and of a long life … exceed 25 years. Thus, initially at any…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… In the 1980s Cosatu organised mass strikes against new labour laws and workers emerged as a strong political … in the Act and set aside the Labour Appeal…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… is dismissed by the BCP. Many BCP MPs follow him into the new party. 1998 The new leader of the LCD, Pakalitha Mosisili, becomes prime … star Bono begins an…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… to prosper; investment capital is pouring in, creating new jobs, new opportunities. This is what a 'No' vote will destroy … started on 2 February 1990 and…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence regarding the families move to Brandfort
… stipulated. His death has destroyed all your hopes for a new and challenging experience in your stay in that world. I … would save you all the problems…
Pedi
… be housed in separate huts, which are referred to as ‘age sets’, and were an important element of Pedi social … at remote outposts with their peers and…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… prescribing the status of regional government under a new constitution. 24 February 1992: De Klerk announces that a … and provides guidelines for its vision…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… Southern Methodist University. Connor is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. He enjoys going to concerts, watching … Los Angeles, California and loves to…
EventDr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at the age of 82, following a stroke. Early in his life, as a Rhodes …
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
… so long. For both of us we were faced with shaping our new life together. We had to get to know each other again and I had to find my feet in my new home…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos
… Lived Chapter 4 - Protest and Resistance Chapter 5 - New Factories, New Workers Chapter 6 - New Workers,New Unions Chapter 7 - Locations for Labour …
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… When Britain handed over the reins of Government to the new Lesotho government in 1966, with due pomp and cerÂemony, … into the civil service. The British…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… skills and opened up theatre to the masses whilst offering new democratic and inclusive methods of theatre production. …
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… recorded. “There remains before us the building of a new land, a home for men who are black, white, and brown, …
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… present, am his only regular visitor. 3. I am 46 years of age, married to Denis Allister Kuny, an advocate practicing … sentence imposed upon Mr. Goldberg. …
PlaceMooivallei, Dairy Farm
… the valley as an opportunity for white settlement in the age of empire. The scheme was initially known as Riggton, and … Myrtle Rigg contracted meningitis in…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… leaders on that unforgettable day. Looking back now at the age of eighty, it seems to me that perhaps for twenty years I … to India and my interest was…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… son would be inextricably intertwined with that of the new organisation. Childhood Like most young boys in rural … Bible stories, Walter was not religious…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… 2009. While much of the content is still relevant to the new curriculum, the focus is slightly different. However, it … his voyages. The attempts by Columbus…