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ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… to work for them, they turned to importation of slaves from other colonies. This was particularly true of the … which broke out in 1850 and became…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… ship’s carpenters, they set about building a decked boat from the remains of the wreck, which the Master and nine men … behind at the wreck were joined by…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… in Africa received military and economic support from one of the Superpowers. Despite its racist policies, the … www.schoolhistory.co.uk (provides additional…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… by competition for wealth and the search for independence from more powerful kingdoms. The earliest African … It was ruled by the dynasty or royal family of…
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…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… Of these, the British, who had taken over the Cape from the Dutch in 1795, were the most powerful group. This … as Morena oa Basotho (Chief of the Basotho)…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… Mapungubwe were early Iron Age settlers. They lived there from about 1000 AD to 1300 AD, and around 1500 Iron Age … was structured along social classes. This…
The Atlantic slave trade
… labour in the form of slaves. The first shipment of slaves from West Africa to the Americas, across the Atlantic Ocean, … salt. It also had a currency, in…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… and tried to protect politically active Black students from government counter-action by speaking out for them. … own struggle and reject the white liberal…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… for their opposition to legislation that prevents Indians from entering the Transvaal. Many other Passive Resisters … Gandhi leads the first batch of…
BiographyRaymond Basil van Staden
… man in great difficulty trying to rescue his two children from a whirlpool in an unguarded section of Warner Beach, … For his selfless act in saving a person…
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
… and deported to Charlestown. He had to proceed to Durban from there because of his brother’s serious illness. He was a … • E.S.Reddy. (2012). From an email…
BiographyGeorge Mokate Ramafoku
… order, dated 19 December 1955, which banished Ramafoku from Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Western …
BiographySolomon David Lion
… Solomon David Lion’s father, Edward Lion, was expelled from Basutoland to the Union after his religious sect was … by Professor S. Badat, Rhodes University,…
BiographyNancy Graham Dick
… the Suppression of Communism Act and was later banned from union involvement. She dedicated much of her energies in … Portraits of Women’s Lives in the…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 10) … the Freedom Charter and the Congress of the People (COP) from which it…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from parents to children, but it also has to do with what has been passed on from the family,…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee … she was a national representative of…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… elements Central motif/symbolism The shield, made from animal hide, particularly cattle, is processed and woven … which is given to visitors who come into…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday … land area was set aside for this purpose and it was from these reserves that the mines…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… of an armed unit was that it was to be separate from and independent of the ANC. The drafted resolution, … and a number of militant ANC groups anxious to…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… in 1896. After the 5-year contract was over, the Indians from India were given the option - to return to India or … He quit the job and aquired a few acres…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always … types of tactics used to move people against their…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… into smaller groupings that eventually peopled the region from the Highveld to the Kalahari. Between 1440AD and 1560AD … smaller groupings that eventually…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… of these communities in danger. Where did they come from? Some of the earliest people to arrive in southern Africa were the San. They came from further north…
Lenore Cairncross
… Cape Town, 1974. Received her MSc (Chemical Engineering) from University of Cape Town and MBA from Gordon Institute of Business Science, UP. Studied …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… Compagnie (VOC) trading company receives a charter from the States General, the highest authority in the … who are not drowned or killed by Khoikhoi are soon…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from the 1950s to today, when she continues to promote … of an intentional process to strike all non…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… attracted to its ranks possessed common traits; aside from vehemently opposing the apartheid regime, members … SACP - a number of them Trotskyites who had…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… The city of Thulamela from the air. It has walled areas like the ruins at Great Zimbabwe, which separate royalty from commoners. Source: www.chico.mweb.co.za…