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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 84th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1996
… 20th anniversary of the epoch-making Soweto Uprising of 1976. We will mark these anniversaries during the 84th year … the terrible human and social tragedy…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… China was ruled by a series of dynasties until 1911 and from 1368 to 1644, the Ming Dynasty ruled over China. This … numbers, had their lands confiscated,…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… he was defended by William Philip Schreiner, a top lawyer from the Cape Colony, Dinizulu was convicted of treason and … the political exclusion of Africans,…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… The Dutch settlers began to move further and further away from Cape Town, eastwards and northwards, in search of land … In 1806, the British (Great Britain)…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… (Frente de Libertação Moçambique) is a communist party from Mozambique . It was founded in 1962 and formed a part of … Act (1950) and the Unlawful…
Mary Matilda Brown
… and as editor of its monthly paper, The White Ribbon, from 1911 until 1920. Brown was active in the National …
BiographyRebecca Bunting
… Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s. She was a Jewish immigrant from the Baltic who came to South Africa on the eve of the …
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… was returned to the Cape mail run in 1918, was withdrawn from service in 1935, and broken up in 1936. Arniton The … It completed 8 successful voyages between…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… Heritage Resources Heritage – our past, and where we come from – means different things to different people. Some … World Heritage Sites? Investigating…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… of individuals and probably few families removed from the inner city slum yards opted to relocate to … voting. To realise its objective of removing Africans…
Defining Black Consciousness
… seeks to demonstrate the lie that black is an aberration from the normal which is white. It is a manifestation of a new realization that by seeking to run…
BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
… reflected back to the event that led to his expulsion from the University of Fort Hare; “And I was expelled. You … with us at Fort Hare at that time.... And…
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
… constituencies of the first union parliament. He retired from bench in 1910 but still remained in prominent in public … South Africans. He became one of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, 75 000 citizens from the United Kingdom immigrated to South Africa. [18] … Swart.: “The Causes of the Boer War,”…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in Gaborone, Botswana; including Molefe Pheto, from Mhloti Theatre. Thami Mnyele…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… (SANLC) was formed in 1916 in response to a request from the British Imperial Government for an African labour … owing to the very extended front recently…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… of the Pact Government in which the push for independence from Britain was becoming strong. In 1923 the National Party … a new South African identity marking…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… through inhaling the poison dust. Millions displaced from their homes, separated from their families and locked into a chain of guarded, … already paid by…
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… aims to develop guidelines for the engagement of media from across the African continent with the African Union and … coming out of our schools after the…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… Africans resisted colonial rule from the outset, trying to hold on to their land, but were … these two wars helped fuel the struggle for independence from…
Griqua
… these facts, they were increasingly being squeezed out from the land they held and they rarely succeeded in winning … during the 1750’s. He attracted a…
Griqua community
… these facts, they were increasingly being squeezed out from the land they held and they rarely succeeded in winning … during the 1750’s. He attracted a…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… parts of the country. For example, the Tlokoa were driven from their villages and, in turn, attacked other settlements … people needed a stronger fortress to…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… to the nefarious act, which alienated the black majority from power sharing. According to ANC documents, the gathering … was an extraordiÂnary one; it…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… by a geologist in April 2008. 1670s Dutch explorers from the Cape arrive in Namibia and have the first … Captain Wobma and Dutch sailors reach Kuiseb…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… of the most famous and influential musicians of all time from South Africa due to his role in spreading awareness … Not long after gaining some recognition…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… Organisation (AZASO) was established in 1979 by students from five black universities and one college of education. … of Black Consciousness which called for…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… vegetable supply more land was required. Land was seized from the Khoikhoi, and later the San, to increase Dutch … settlers. After the British took over the…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… rich in wildlife. Big shifts in climate led to the change from the nomadic way of life to one of settled farming … The Nile is the biggest river in Africa …
ArticleThe Basotho
… found a virtually impenetrable location about 30km from Maseru and he decided to move his tribe to this safer … successfully defended his people against…