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ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… father a certain amount of cattle. Where did they come from? African farmers arrived in southern Africa around 250 AD, which is about 1 000 years ago, from…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… - Door IBALELO - Used to signify a roof timber spanning from post to post, or from roof beam to roof beam, and could mean either a batten, … IFESDIRI - A…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… that South African movement was engineered and controlled from India and the British Indians continually shifted their … Gandhi stated: "A cheque for £250…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… (ANC) Programme of Action . March, Dr A.B. Xuma resigns from the African National Congress (ANC) national Executive … in terms of the Riotous Assemblies Act…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… with hard labour or a fine of £40. He makes a speech from the dock. The Star and Daily Mail report his speech in … Indians. In terms of this Act some…
ArticleSouth African History Online and the University of York Collaborative Project
… jointly taught by Professors Attwell and Drew benefited from productive Skype discussions with SAHO researcher Jeeva … gained important insights into the…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… News of his illness spreads and messages of concern came from all over. Dadoo drafts a message, which is sent to all … meeting in Moscow. For the first…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
… also bad for the environment. The exhaust fumes that come from cars contain poisonous gases and pollute the air. The most dangerous gas that comes from cars …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… 1998, two Senegalese and a Mozambican were thrown from a moving train in Johannesburg by a group of individuals returning from a rally organised by a group…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… were tasked with defending the refreshment station from possible attacks from the original inhabitants of the Cape. In 1681 a defence … South Africa also has…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 12) A … “Marxist-Leninist” books; periodicals and journal articles from China,…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
… believing that if communists and Jews were driven from the nation, all Germany’s problems will be solved. His … contempt for traditional German law had been…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… you would like to add a name or biography. ANC Presidents from 1912 - present President Period John Langalibalele Dube … - 2007 Jacob Zuma 2007–present ANC…
BiographySicelo Shiceka
… had beaten him up. He sustained serious head injuries and, from that point, his life, both private and public, began … Bheki Mthethwa after which the bill…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… of their time defending their territory and their women from their rival gang, the Berliners. They later turned to … They would often travel the trains and…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… of Angola (UNITA). The Angolan government received support from the Soviet Union, Cuba and other liberation movements from the African continent. It was also…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… died of the plague. By soliciting descriptions and maps from German scholars and foreigners, he was able over time to … most decorative and popular of all…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… eugenics program aimed at weeding 'undesirable' genes from the population. The Holocaust was the consequence of … African constitution. Keep in mind that…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… with Khoi-Khoi, probably due to a misunderstanding arising from barter between the Khoi-Khoi and the Portuguese at the … is wrecked north of the Great Fish…
Tsonga
… the Bantu-speaking population who live in areas extending from St Lucia Bay on the northern KwaZulu Natal coast, up to … known of their early history. Some…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, … have influenced Kwaito. At times the use of styles…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… G.M. Pitje and Oliver Tambo March, Dr A.B. Xuma resigns from the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) after … The Conference is attended by the…
ArticleTransport in the air
… has become the most popular and convenient way to get from one country to another. Helicopters are another way of … Both of them worked in Britain during the…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… of many new and different schools. Britain’s withdrawal from Bloemfontein The population grew fast, but conflict in … make the necessary arrangements for…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… disadvantaged institutions and the lack of effort from University management to provide better quality … since 2008 till present- 2016. In 2008 a body of…
ArticleSouth African Institute of Race Relations
… geared towards conducting research on race relations. From 1933 the SAIRR wrote and published quarterly a Race … Facts . The annual Race Relations Survey was…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… "Ghetto Act" was a "complete misnomer and exaggeration". From the Indian point of view, this was not so. They defined … Act of 1936, which removed the Cape…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… was a South African jazz pianist and alto saxophonist from Port Elizabeth. Due to rising political oppression … Sophiatown was the Mecca of South African…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refugees from war in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State are … Public health measures are enforced when an…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Richter reports, on the basis of a message received from Lt. Zürn at Okahandja, that the Herero have gathered in … to be attacked. At 5:30pm, a German patrol…