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EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… Francis Mokhesi and Reid Mokoena, better known as the "Sharpeville Six", narrowly escaped their scheduled … hangings by fifteen hours. A huge sigh of relief…
Grade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… British arrival and the expanding frontier A frontier marks the edge of a known area, but a frontier is not a formal … lie on a boundary, such as a river or…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… The South African parliament approved legislation to set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1995. The Commission, … The TRC is set up by…
Some ideas for using the Mapungubwe poster in the classroom
… Some ideas for using the Mapungubwe poster in the classroom …
Message to the second National Consultative Conference of the ANC
… Message to the second National Consultative Conference of the ANC …
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary
… Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary …
Speech at the Launch of the National Crime Prevention Campaign
… Speech at the Launch of the National Crime Prevention Campaign …
The establishment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1994
… The establishment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1994 …
Impact of the collapse of the USSR on South Africa
… Impact of the collapse of the USSR on South Africa …
The differences between the Fascist economies of Italy and Germany
… The differences between the Fascist economies of Italy and Germany …
What was the impact of the Great Depression in Germany?
… What was the impact of the Great Depression in Germany? …
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… A Durban magistrate ruled that no one was to blame for the death of a young dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died … August 1977. It was ruled that he had…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… Relations between Russia and South Africa In the late-19th century, Russia was engaged in rivalry with the British Empire, especially in Asia, and sought to …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Daily Mail photographer, two of which were published in the and Daily Mail of 29 September 1962 and captioned: … Benoni and Bapsfontein, police were still…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… Mass mobilization of the 1950s culminated in the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960 . Soon thereafter the apartheid government banned the African National…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… Between 1996 and 1999 the South Africa government commissioned the purchase of R30 billion worth of armaments specifically … capability. This decision was…
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… as a national flag, an anthem and a coat of arms unite the people of a country and make them proud to be a part of that country and all its achievements. The…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… Compatriots: Today we mark the 86th anniversary of the people's organisation, the African National Congress. As … a people-driven process of transformation…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) refused amnesty to Janusz Walus and Clive Derby-Lewis, the assassins of Chris Hani,…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… The International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) was established … Its mission was to work towards a peaceful solution to the problem of apartheid through…
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… Human rights abuses were common in South Africa during the apartheid era and the liberation struggle was aimed at bringing these abuses to … regard to abuses…
Challenges to capitalism; Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Communist state
… written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new curriculum but further updates will be made in 2010. … to old content. Also note,…
Speech by President Mandela at the launch of the Canadian Friends of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
… Speech by President Mandela at the launch of the Canadian Friends of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund …
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada
… Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada …
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the business leadership meeting
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the business leadership meeting …
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Prime Minister's dinner
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Prime Minister's dinner …
References and links: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… References and links: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century …
EventThe Sunday Times political journalist is suspended
… The senior political writer of the Sunday Times, Ranjeni Munusamy, was suspended by the newspaper after her admission that she passed a story on … of Judge…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service of…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… Like their African counterparts, the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They shared the same…