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ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… the 1920s slums and mensetaal (People's language) of the 1940s and 1950s. This language is made up of Afrikaans and a …
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… saw the capitalist system rather than apartheid as the main oppressing force in South Africa and believed that class … L.E. (eds), (1999). Southern African…
ArticleXhosa
… and traditions are very similar to the Xhosa nations - the main difference is that the latter abolished circumcision. In … in South Africa's gold mines. The…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… unemployed Blacks contained in the reserves, which by the 1940s began to experience severe malnutrition, infant … status in 1978, saw its leadership…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… a prominent member of the APO who played a key role as the main organiser of the TLSA’s founding Conference under the … followed. All articles supported the…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , South Africa was … for the working and lower classes specifically. The 1940s saw the growth of community…
Establishment of Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the South … for the working and lower classes specifically. The 1940s saw the growth of community based…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , South Africa was … for the working and lower classes specifically. The 1940s saw the growth of community…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… impact. Township music was also heavily influenced in the 1940s and 1950s by American music and American movies. Hollywood's two all-Black musicals in the…
EventSASOL plant under attack
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
South African Labour history
… Union Movement 1930's and 1940's" During the 1930s and 1940s attempts at organising workers into trade unions became …
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… that HIV/Aids might have been introduced to humans in the 1940s or early 1950s. However, in January 2000 (San …
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… similar dialects, beliefs and social structures and the main distinctions between the three groups were only … In fact, most archaeologists presume the Sotho…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
Khami Ruins National Monument and World Heritage Site, is located to the west of the Khami River, 22 km from the City of Bulawayo. The property, located on a…
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
… independence. Theatre in Zimbabwe since 1980 has, in the main, been a response to these policies of reconciliation, …
BiographyDorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams was born in 1928 in Wellington, 72 kilometres north-east of Cape Town. Wellington had been declared on the farm of Champagne in 1840, and it grew…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… at KZNSA contains images dating back as far as 1963. The chronology of this exhibition begins on the Day of the …
BiographyWangari Maathai
… in co-chairing its Jubilee 2000 Africa Campaign. [xvi] The main purpose of the Campaign necessitates the cancellation of …
BiographyGuy Tillim
… Territories, RAY Photography Triennial, Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Germany Ex Africa, Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, São …
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… and traditions are very similar to the Xhosa nations - the main difference is that the latter abolished circumcision. In … Xhosa Townships and Homelands The…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… Christian student bodies where Basil Moore was to be the main speaker, but Moore was not allowed to speak, and Steve was asked to be the main speaker. The…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… John D’Oliveira: ‘Look, we knew that Fischer was our main target (in the CPSA), that if you wanted to break … that he initiated what he called his Outwards…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… Roberto, and Agostinho Neto, as leaders of the three main political movements in Angola, went to Portugal in …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… by the 1920s (and the increased rapidly in the 1930s and 1940s), with women such as Ray Alexander , Hetty McLeod, … fact that an ANC member, a Mrs Bhola, was…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… to outnumber women as domestic workers in the 1930s and 1940s Life in the cities was also very difficult. South … for their workers. For many newcomers to…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself preferred another … at the Cape, large meetings are held in the country's main…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… and 20 000 people. Most of them lived far away from the main stone buildings, with only 200 to 300 royals and advisers living inside the main city, which was…
The National Arts Festival
… Gaol on Somerset Street. Upon its inception, there were 64 main events on the programme, ranging from theatre … craftwork and craft artists. The NAF is…
EventBram Fischer is released from prison on health grounds
… a close ally of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s. … L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political…