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ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… trans-Saharan trade routes between Songhay and the North African traders provided Europe with gold coins used to trade … the Americas. The Portuguese…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… slave trade A map depicting the three most well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West Africa had … governing hundreds of thousands of…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… Black delegates from the four provinces attended the South African Native National Convention (SANNC) in Waaihoek, … to propose ways of objecting to the…
BiographyZulumathabo Zulu
… of Mathematics, The Sacred Knowledge of the Desert: African Philosophical Transcendence, African Origin of Mathematics, A Woman in the Bush, The Triangle…
BiographyJo Thorpe
… School. Jo then left home to drive trucks for the South African Army during World War II . After this she worked as a … In 1959 she was appointed regional…
ArticleGreater St. Lucia Wetland
… and coastal forests, salt and fresh water marshes and areas where rivers flow into the sea and salt and fresh water mix. There are also lush areas close to…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… the United Democratic Front (UDF) and Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) were restricted. In 1984, PW … 1976 uprisings and their aftermath,…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 27 July 1987
… of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 27 July 1987 …
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
… was a well known alto saxophonist in the 1950’s South African Jazz scene. He taught himself to play the saxophone … his peers and followers. He became the…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… of Pretoria and in February 1953, he joined the South African Department of Foreign Affairs. In June 1956 he was transferred to the South African Mission in…
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… known as "comrades" or "young lions." Mainly active in urban areas, especially in the eastern Cape, most were unemployed …
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
… Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO) and later the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) where she served … Students Movement in the 1980s…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… traditions, religious beliefs and relatively stable family units.” [i] This was however not possible in the … India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Indonesia and the…
BiographySondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu
Sondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu, from the Ingwavuma district, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], was said to be one of the ringleaders of the unrest that broke out in this…
PlaceIsandlwana Battlefield Site, Nqutu
… some of the poorest and most underdeveloped, Rural Areas of KwaZulu-Natal. (The most notable being the Msinga … 454 people. Of the population, 93% are Rural…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… on the other; between women and men; between rural and urban areas - all of these inequalities, magnified a … clinics are being built and upgraded. Even on…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… war, inspired by the Native Representative Council, the African National Congress (ANC), the Transvaal Indian Council … WW II in August 1946, to investigate…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… Committee will provide an opportunity to discuss Indian housing problems and the need for proper amenities in the predominantly Indian-occupied areas, as…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… Leadership of the Tripartite Alliance; The Moroka Family; Esteemed guests; Dumelang! We have gathered this … the life and times of the seventh President…
BiographyKewpie
… Preceding the forced removals of 1968, Kewpie’s family left District Six for Belville . Kewpie refused to …
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein was becoming a fast-growing economy and … Nombonisa Gasa, Women in South…
BiographyLewis Nkosi
… Ilanga lase Natal in Durban. In 1956, he joined other African writers on the staff of Drum magazine , which was … (1965), Nkosi describes the Drum staff as …
PlaceLenasia, Soweto
… Nationalist Government, but the drastic shortage of Housing for Indians in Areas close to the Johannesburg City Centre meant that some, … always included…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… a padrão at Angra PequeÁ±a (LÁ¼deritz). He sees some African people near the Fish River with large herds of … !Garib River with Klaas Afrikaner, leader of…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… University, where he was the first recipient of the South African Bursary to study at Churchill College at Cambridge. … in 1983. He served as President of…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… conference; Noting: 1. The current structure of the South African Labour market • The structural deficiencies of the South African Labour Market as a direct…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… a prominent founding member of the Federation of South African Women, died in October 1979. She had been one of the … principle as before, but for sheer…
BiographyMbalekelwa Mngomezulu
Mbalekelwa Mngomezulu was the induna (headman) of the Lindizwe Area, Ingwavuma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal]. It was alleged that he was involved in the…
BiographyMankopodi Sekhukhune
Mankopodi Sekhukhune’s partner was Morwamotse Sekhukhune, a Paramount Chief (PC) of the Bapedi people. He was suspended for not supporting the Native Affairs…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town
… leaders participated in the founding conference of the African National Congress in Bloemfontein, 98 years ago. At … we can say we have bridged the gap…