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Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… the vote was extended to White women. And in 1936 the Coalition Government made up of Afrikanar Nationalist Party …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the organization’s early years. Events…
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… From 6 to 26 October 1973 Israel and a coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt and Syria were …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
Impact of Slave Trade and Colonisation on Indigenous Societies at the Cape Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… Despite being banned, the UDF continues to work through a coalition with Cosatu. This relationship is formalised with …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… multi party rule for fifteen months, to be followed by a coalition government for up to five years. February, Mandela …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… ticle/2016-08-25-60-iconic-women-the-people-behind-the-1956-womens-marc h-to-pretoria-11-20/ . (Accessed April 7, …
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… form a government until Kenyatta is released. KADU forms a coalition government with the white-led New Kenya Party. … 20 – Oginga Odinga dies. The opposition…
PlaceTanzania
The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the entire…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
On 13 September 1995, Beverley Palesa Ditsie made a statement at the Beijing Women’s Conference about the importance of including lesbian rights in discussions…
ArticlePoverty and development
… on Gender Equality (CGE) and the South African NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) convened a series of ten hearings on …
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… year of the Great trek (1938) and the reaction against the coalition between the National Party (NP) and the South …
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
While the South African press readily covered stories of those having committed acts of treason or communism during the apartheid era, little attention was…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
PlaceGuinea
Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… and the latter’s children. The Social Justice Coalition have memorialised her by naming their annual …
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town…
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
On this day Nelson Mandela was charged for leaving the country illegally and inciting a strike. This was after he had been arrested near Howick, Natal (Kwazulu…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still…
ArticleWorld War I
This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main belligerent European…
Article“Fees will Fall, Not Us”: A glance at Stellenbosch University
In Kadzamira Modjadji’s MatieMedia newspaper article about Fees Must Fall he quoted students who described the movement as revolutionary since protests against…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Essay Questions
Explain to what extent Stalin succeeded in transforming Russia into a superpower by 1939. Stalin came to power on the back of Lenin’s death in 1925, after…
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
… to go ahead with no police interference. Yet, a march by a coalition of women activists, 'Women Against Repression' was …
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial coalition group that was initially formed in protest to the …
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… league, known as the Black Sash, in the mid 1950s. A coalition of white women opposed to apartheid, its members …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source The…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… his approval that his parents did not support the new coalition government. His strong republican, anti-English and …
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract …