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ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… our heritage? Heritage is what we have inherited from the past. Each of South Africa’s nine provinces is rich in … the things of significance that we have…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… Prison send their very warmest greetings to Bishop Desmond Tutu. Bishop Tutu has made it clear to the world that the Nobel Peace …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… issues. Assessing a turning point in the relatively recent past – in this case only a decade ago – presents a particular … Constitution remembers “the…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… and the law, to transform our society from its unjust past and to deliver the fundamental rights in the …
South African and World leaders
… Religious leaders and Community leaders Archbishop Desmond Tutu Religious and spiritual leaders have also played an … Africans. One example is the Anglican…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… many different ways of finding out what happened in the past. History has been recorded in writing, on film and … through archaeology. Archaeology is the…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… Dube, with his recollections of and pride in his African past, understood the significance of Dinizulu and his place …
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… RS167. Although there were many concerns with his police ‘past’, he lied to cover up and quickly rose through the ranks … the ANC and heavily influenced by…
ArticleHistory of Photography in South Africa
… interested in the visual representation of South Africa’s past and current lens-based history. The feature acknowledges …
Learning about history through objects
… or pictures to help us find out information about the past, only the objects that have been left behind. These …
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… the ANC in 1987. Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg Desmond Tutu became a frequent visitor, first in 1986, then again in … and strategies to achieve a non…
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… judicial commission." The previous week, Bishop Desmond Tutu had submitted a dossier to President de Klerk which …
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… the US government,” he says. “He was friends with Desmond Tutu and Miriam Makeba, who went to the same teacher training … Sentenced to between eight and 12…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… a rich source for historians to recreate the township's past. This group of literary figures inspired as much wrath …
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
… Francis Ngobo Frank Moneli Frank Anthony Frank Grysman Franklin Madiba Frans Mothloaleng Frans Leteane Fred Dyebi …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… with organisations in the West such as the AAM. Desmond Tutu is ordained as a deacon in the Anglican Church. 1 … suspends the Football Association of South…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… some of the finest political poems published in the past two decades ...." Heather Mackie, Business Day "Asvat …
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
… historical artworks dating from South Africa’s colonial past. How can we today view a collection that offers glimpses of our past through a colonial lens?…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… in a funeral attended by amongst others Bishop Desmond Tutu and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. An angry mob of PAC …
Glossary: Local History
… Account A record or description of past events. Archaeology The study of pre-historic people and …
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… prizes) Not only has Alexander written extensively in the past couple of years for academic journals and books on …
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… of the people in British South Africa, who have in the past shown their unswerving loyalty to Crown, their … greater unity. The development of a vision In…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… with Malan in view of everything that had happened in the past. The only way to get to unity again would be for the OB … detention clause earlier this year…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… of a right in land after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices. Is a deceased … of a right in land after 19 June 1913 as…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… would help students to construct a relationship between past events and present-day reality so they can understand … between South Africa’s current problems…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… Thami Mnyele and Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective During the past few years the Johannesburg Art Gallery has focused … which has proved to be fairly cutting…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… a sense of cultural continuity with the pre-colonial past. One aspect of this process was to appropriate the … experiences of the oppressed, integrating…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… first is the complexity of the South African pre-colonial past. The second is the length of time that South Africa has … years ago. The third is the way in…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… most feasible sea route between Europe and the East ran past the southern tip of Africa, and South Africa played a …