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ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… Vella Pillay moves from South Africa to London, to further his studies. Previous to this he had become involved with Marxist student movements and through…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… agents, likely acting as proxies. Arthur Maimane detailed his flight to Ghana in 1958 after publishing a series of … of Drum, Antony Sampson, William “Bloke”…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… were eager to use the space opened up by registration. The death of Neil Agget in February 1982 saw 100,000 workers … to inaugurate the new trade union…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… man, women and child of eight years and above, to register his or her name with the Registrar of Asiatic in order to … in South Africa and the very first…
ArticleBattle of Blood River 1838
… of the Zulu's at the time and most historians site that his army was led by King Dingane’s generals Dambuza (Nzobo) …
Andrew Tshabangu
… Daimler Chrysler photography award and Sasol Wax Award. His works form part of private and public collections. …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… (Botswana). Chief Albert Luthuli publicly burns his pass. March 28, The African National Congress calls a … in countless bonfires. March 29, Dr Yusuf Dadoo…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the snap debate on the Shell House incident National Assembly, Cape Town, 7 June 1995
… a passionate divergence of views on any matter. That the death of eight citizens outside Shell House on 28 March 1994 … where their attention had then been…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… of the last residents to leave Sophiatown in 1959. Today, his house is one of only two houses that managed to escape … of self determination. Brief…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… Working under gruelling conditions, paid a pittance for death-defying work, fed ‘like dogs’, housed in barren … of Action and then embarked on the Defiance…
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
… to democracy as soon as he became President. To dwell on his preceding career as an apartheid apparatchik seems … germane: F.W. was an extremely religious…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… around this issue. Evolutionary theory Charles Darwin. His theory of evolution describes how we developed to become … more about archaeology. You can read…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… process of the strikes and the establishment, growth and death of this venture, and is divided into four parts: (a) An … that Canard tried to attract new low…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - What is industrialisation? by Emilia Potenza
… for protection in times of war, a serf had to give some of his produce or his labour to the noble. This arrangement between nobles and … were made illegal,…
ArticleEuropean Revolutions Timeline 1768-1848
… 1768 Industrial Revolution: Hargreaves perfects his spinning jenny. 1769 Industrial Revolution: Watt …
George Hugo
… been lecturing at The Cape Town School of Photography. His work has been selected for various national photographic …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Fishes' for whom the chairman of the Labour Party pleaded his detestation as a round for soliciting votes, whereas … affairs Comrade DG Wolton, General…
Judaism
… about 4 000 years ago, God makes a promise to Abraham and his descendants and says, " I will be your God and you will … was called David and he made the…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… Africa. He called the new town Pretoria, in honour of his father. The city of Pretoria is 60 km from Johannesburg, … bought some Jacaranda trees from Rio de…
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
… that these powerful persons should remain powerful until death deprives them of the capacity to exercise power. This … concentrated in the capital became a…
PlaceKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
… the race, finishing in second place. Jim Clark (Lotus) won his final Grand Prix at the circuit in 1968 just prior to his untimely death at Hockenheim. Three…
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… played in the fight against apartheid. At the time of her death, Dorothy Masuka was based in Yeoville, Johannesburg . …
EventIsidingo will air it's last episode
… one of the soapies actresses Ashley Callie , after her death in 2008. Isidingo has been heralded for its efforts to …
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… reminder that difference is not a source of conflict. His profound anxiety for the fate of our people and his earnest quest for peace in our country and the…
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
… Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In his address as acting president of the Natal Indian Congress … Although he is not the first and is…
America, Spanish conquest
… early colonialism in the Americas The Caribbean Islands On his first voyage, Columbus claimed San Salvador, Cuba and … by the inhabitants of the island for…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… During their courtship the young man would bring gifts to his future parents-in-law to prove his ability as a hunter and to show that he could support his…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… Smuts Jr. The army's Commander in Chief, Beyers, tendered his resignation, and tried to mobilise Boer leaders like De la Rey to join his cause. Beyers was…
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… five years since Canon John Collins passed away. With his departure, many of us lost a dear friend. As a people, we … the system of apartheid. Yet, such was…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 16 - 1 January 1977 by Carol Hermer
… service. Gus stayed home. He was too scared to move from his home area. Usually the Friday service is packed but last … fine he was too scared. Today, he was…