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ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin as either Fanagalo … of contact Fanakalo is the lingua franca of…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… the Eastern Cape. Image source Growing up he learnt about African history and the unfair discrimination faced by … and rights to self-determination. Mandela…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… a history for the majority of present-day southern African and South African citizens. The term ‘Iron Age’ is a convenient label … · When, why and…
Abbreviations - Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… (Germany) SA : Salvation Army (England) SABMS : South African Baptist Missionary Society (Cape of Good Hope) SACIM : South African Compounds and Interior…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… event that celebrates and raises awareness around South African women. The festival aims to commemorate all women, so … of resistance. SAHO has hosted the…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… militarised and heavily policed all aspects of South African society - which heightened feelings of mutual … allowed the state to ‘legitimately’ use not only…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… Islands of Lamu and Pate into important centres of trade. African groups on the coast gradually develop the Swahili … taken by the Arabs. Arab sultans…
Activity: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/african-kingdoms …
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… In 2002 the South African Society of Artists, the oldest surviving organisation … divisions, and that it demanded the recognition of South African art at an…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… The Decoration is awarded to South African citizens who have performed an extraordinary act of … Mendi - represents the courage of many black South African…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… of the characteristics that have come to frame the South African experience. It was profoundly oppressive. As the … and resistance, is vital for…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… 26 February, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi supports the African People's Organisation's (APO) resolution to declare … negotiates with the Union Government on…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… space with means formally or informally for relevant South African themed theatre, which defied apartheid laws. It was … for more educators in drama within…
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
… and passes for women. Photo by Drum photographer © Baileys African History Archive Labour Issues Working Life Factories, … and Political program for 1928…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… groups of people such as the Khoikhoi , San , slaves and African people further inland fought to extricate themselves … to occupy centre stage in shaping the…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a … us to understand the interaction between the world, the…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… This topic describes the history of the southern African kingdoms of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe … goods with Arab and Portuguese merchants…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional … The period 1950 -1952 began with a commitment to militant African…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… publicly refused to obey their army call-ups by the South African Defence Force (SADF) and were sentenced to up to 18 … in a road accident in the 1990s. The…
Chapter III - The world outside
… This sadistic compulsion remained enshrined in South African law, but the reality of it was hidden, high up on the … spoke from the dock in words that have…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Dennis Brutus called Nortje “perhaps the best South African poet of our time.” [i] Due to the racial oppression … was one of the few poets who presented the…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… was the 1946 strike. In response to a call made by the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU), over 60 000 workers went … Party of South Africa (CPSA, later…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… build a comprehensive social and political history of this African community. Origins: South Africans of Indian origin … the forbearers of the majority of…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… of political rights by the apartheid regime also saw the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist … 21 March 1960 marked an important turning…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… evolves. However, all is not well. Friction mounts as African tenants level allegations of exorbitant rent-hikes … to their jealousy of Indian advancement…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… The Day Our Kids Lost Faith. 1976. © Bailey's African History Archives During the 1970s, and particularly … riots also played an important role in the…
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… perse number of people and cultures, but we are all South African. National symbols such as a national flag, an anthem … a part of that country and all its…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… were issued that added AIDS to the official South African list of communicable diseases. These regulations … case was confirmed. Later that year, the first…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of South African Politics. The Launch of MK and the Liliesleaf Raid … of political rights by the Apartheid…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… The Groote Schuur Minute 4 May 1990 The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment … on a definition of political offences in…