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Chapter five: A Historical Overview of Madressa Education
… Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the religion. Its primary objective has…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… At the beginning of the second term of our new democracy, we South Africans are fully aware that we have not as yet told the full story of the sacrifice of…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… The Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre was established in 1978 by Benjy … in their various forms as well as to resolve legal issues of ownership…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… brother, Emecheta’s childhood was filled with the stories of her people and culture, told to her by her grandmother. … finally persuading her parents to…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… Opening address by I B Tabata, to the 1st Conference of the Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held on 20th December 1951. This is an … it is here that SOYA is…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able to gain a … in March 1961 to give formal notice…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… also married while still attending. Her father was the son of a miner in apartheid South Africa, her mother the daughter of a man who would later train to be…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… educated at a Lutheran Mission and was fluent in a number of European languages, as well as his own Nama. Witbooi's grandfather and father were both chiefs…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. She was the eldest of six children born to parents, Christopher Ljeoma, an agent … education, Nwapa read and fell in…
EventInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
… This day recalls the date of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA,GA), of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… Selassi was born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to the…
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… at the gold mines on the Rand resulted in the importation of Chinese labour in 1904. This situation, in part, was the result of the Anglo-Boer War (South…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… The aim of The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was to be a national … umbrella organisation that could coordinate the movements of Black…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of about 15 people protested on the steps of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town to demand medical ……
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… The government imposed a state of emergency in 27 townships in the Vaal Reef area and banned the carrying of all weapons. The regulations introduced by…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… The system of Apartheid was not only detrimental to the cultural, economic and emotional wellbeing of those on whom it was imposed , but also on the physical…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… water', is generally attributed to the famed King Shaka of the Zulus. During one of Shaka’s campaigns, he and his army stopped to rest here. … water, he said…
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… Nelson Mandela, leader of the Transvaal branch of the African National Congress (ANC), was acquitted of treason charges after a four year long trial. Mandela…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… The Museum of Military History offers adults a fascinating look at all forms of war vehicles and weapons. And it will captivate children with the visual…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special Forces, together with…
ArchiveOrganisational Report of the National Executive Committee
… Organisational Report of the African National Congress National Executive Committee … Alfred Nzo to the First Legal National Conference of the ANC in Durban,…
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… visit to Dingane's kraal in October 1837 was the beginning of an eventful relationship between the Zulu and the … Voortrekkers. Retief was in high spirits at…
ArchiveThe position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities
… Article outlining the position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities. … The position of…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… After the Goldstone Commission's first disclosure of the complicity of elements of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in violence in … Fraser, R. (1992)…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… son Matthew Berger (9 years) stumbled across a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, estimated to be 2 million years while looking for fossils at…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… Lovers of military history are sure to enjoy a tour of the Ditsong National Museum of Military History. The museum, located on an 80ha site next … eng.net…
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… Fholisani Mufamadi and Moses Mayekiso were convicted of kidnapping and assault after the holding of security policeman Monge Maleka in the Congress of South…
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… On 2 August 1928, Italy signed a twenty-year treaty of friendship with Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). In the treaty, which was called the Italo-Ethiopian…
ArchiveThe origins and the decline of the Roosboom Village and the struggle of its community for survival
… Journal article about the origins and the decline of the Roosboom village in northern Natal, and the struggle of its community for survival. … The origins…
ArchiveRule of security defence and code of conduct: Introduction - let us defend our ANC and our people
… Memorandum, possibly compliled by Joe Slovo, about the rule of security defence and code of conduct for ANC. Note that the document is barely legible. … Rule…