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EventTanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han
… thirty administrative regions. The other 25 are found in the mainland, formerly Tanganyika. The country is a one … of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. …
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… Due to the fact that Black People were detained in separate camps, the issue of Black Concentration Camps is dealt with in another … Women and Children in…
ArchiveCiskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Sheena Davis, Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the Transkei Independence
… Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the independence of the Transkei and its socio-economic impact on black urban…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… a BA Degree. She went on to become a prominent journalist in the 1970s and 1980s. Zille became well-known after she exposed the real circumstances behind the…
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
… Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef was born on 13 August 1886 in Pretoria from Dutch parents. Pierneef started his high school career at the Staatsmodelschool in…
BiographyBilly Nair
… Billy Nair was born in Ansonia Lane (now Lacey Road), Sydenham, Durban on 27 … and Ittynian (Kisten) Nair, an engineer's assistant in a cargo vessel which…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… Women in South Africa, since the turn of the century, have emerged … mattress, furniture and baking industries. While several black national federations…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the country reflects on the … Medium Decree, issued in 1974, which…
EventThe first pineapples are planted in South Africa
… The first pineapples are planted in SA. … The first pineapples are planted in South Africa …
BiographyMohammed Tikly
… Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in Pietersburg, …
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… Reddy affectionately known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a century. He played a central…
Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activities
… From the outset a large number of Indians were employed in non-sugar growing activities. A small group was employed … Greytown employed 606 indentured…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… ↵ An acute labour shortage forced White settlers in Natal to plead to the Indian Government to send its citizens to work in their cane fields. After…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… The first farmers in southern Africa were Bantu-speakers and archaeology shows … did not end the occupation of hunter-gatherers. They in fact shared the…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… Please note: This topic's content was written in 2003 and is part of the old curriculum content, we have … new curriculum but we will be further updating the…
Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th
… Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th …
The SA race horse, Horse Chestnut, is flown to New York by special cargo aeroplane to run in the Dubai World Cup with R30 mil
… The SA race horse, Horse Chestnut, is flown to New York by special cargo aeroplane to run in the Dubai World Cup with R30 mil …
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
… Marion Monica Sparg was born in East London and was one of six children. She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family … in…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… the South African War. The factors that have been covered in the text below include; the conflicting political … to read about the ‘ First Anglo-Boer War ’…
”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extracts]
… ”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference …
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… The Second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa, Uprooting poverty in South Africa: Report … South Africa. The first Carnegie inquiry into poverty in…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical Centre, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg from 8th July 1972 to 10th July 1972
… Minutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical Centre, … the report of the urban and rural politics commission, Black business and co…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… They kept domesticated animals and generally lived in areas that were too dry to grow crops. They would also move to a new settlement when food became scarce…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa 1. What is herding? 2. Who were the first herders in southern Africa? 3. By what other name can…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The … of disability in accordance with the…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… The first American president to visit SA with his wife, President Bill Clinton, arrived with his … International Airport. Clinton was on a tour of two weeks…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… the Afrikaners that I grew up with or knew, as a young man in the 1960s and early 1970s, came to an alternative view … as I, encouraged me to tell my “story”…
ArchiveIn Memoriam
… Black background. Yellow and white lettering. Multicoloured … In Memoriam …
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… private all-girls missionary school, played a pivotal role in the education of Black South African women. Just outside of Durban, Inanda … Seminary played an…
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Mandla Maseko and Simon Dladla in Swaziland and transferred them to stand trial in SA. The treatment of Ebrahim, an Indian passport…