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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Grade 4 Archive
… come into being every month. More than ten million Jews from all over the world observe the Sabbath every week and … In a country like South Africa many…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… his date of birth varies substantially in various sources, from 1939 to 1942, Prince Mbusi Dube confirms his birth year … every evening. Shortly after his…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… VOC used this as an opportunity to import political exiles from the East Indies to work as slaves in the Cape Colony. … of the seventeenth century with the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… entity that is embedded in addressing sentimental issues from the major challenges that the South African society is … non-sexist, and prosperous society…
Letters: Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… the Rivonia Trial. Some of these items have been scanned from originals by Pambili Productions , others are text files and transcriptions from various…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… Indian Ocean in the medieval period. They shipped spices from India to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and eventually on … routes that led to Europe. European…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… Oxford. 1893 William H. Andrews immigrates to South Africa from England. 1896 Clements Kadalie the future leader of the … a meeting for the Central Committee…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries. … and reconstruction. The two individuals…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… were proud of their past and culture. Where did they come from? It is difficult to say where the Khoikhoi came from, but they arrived in southern Africa from…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… Street. The NIC officials worked through the entire night from the NIC offices as Cato Manor (a suburb in Durban) went … refuge in camps staffed by NIC…