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ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… However, Mzilikazi’s Matabeles had to be expelled from the Western Transvaal (now North West Province) before a … the beginning of November 1837, but sources…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… On 28 October 1917 more than 400 market gardeners from the Springfield Flats (Tintown) area in Durban, Natal … for the bravery of six seine-netters who saved…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… response to evictions of farm workers and labour tenants from commercial farms. Formed as an umbrella body, the LPM … Assembly. This Assembly brought…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… took the view that Johannesburg would be no different from any of the other gold mining villages which had preceded … specifically for the new Reef diggings…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… and applied mathematics. The earliest mathematicians were from Africa and female? . The earliest artifact globally, … certainly seems to suggest this. Tally…
ArticleTransport on land
… invented. The first wheels were simply solid discs, carved from one lump of wood. The wheel changed the way that people … The oldest wheel that…
ArticleKora
… a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a … (`-qua’ meaning ‘people of’). This…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 3: Transport through time
… in which we live.e.g we can now taste fruits and produce from other countries. We can also visit family and friends who live far from our towns or areas…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… other name can we call herders? 4. Where did they come from? 5. What does the name Khoikhoi mean? 6. Why did … 7. How was the way the…
ArticleInfecting the City Public Arts Festival
… excellence, it now includes performances and productions from both South African as well as international acts. … to speak, think or act. In this way, we…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… the farmers Archaeologists found a lot of information from their research surrounding Suikerbosrand and … Clay pots Stones used for grinding Remains of huts…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… new measures be introduced in Natal to prohibit Indians from buying agricultural land in a specified area along the … enables the Durban City Council to…
The French Revolution
… parts of the world. Spark Notes on the French Revolution: From the world famous Spark Notes an overview of the French … leave the land they lived and worked…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… a convenient label for this period, as people made tools from iron, but all the other facets of these societies should … clicks in the Nguni languages, for…
ArticleBlack Sash
… Voters Bill, a ploy by the government to remove Coloureds from the common voters' roll. The women saw this as a … sashes. They attracted some support but…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… Patricia Johnson-Castle Patricia Johnson-Castle hails from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a Labrador … in the cooperative research project…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa … it has a direct relation to the community it emerges from,…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… established by modern archaeologist this festival lasted from some time before 776 B.C. to 393 A.D.During the 19th … had an impressive exhibit at the expo,…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… livestock and political power. As voortrekkers moved away from the Cape Colony to escape British rule, they fought, … by annexing more land and at times even…
Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017
… the mining industry used to employ only unskilled blacks from rural areas. Because of the Group Areas Act mine workers … and unflappability", writes Gevisser…
America, Spanish conquest
… All the content in this America section was developed from 2003 lessons, namely; – America in the 1500s – The … and merchants taught the Aztecs how to…
ArticleSouth African Film
… its own story-telling techniques, some of which derive from the continent’s rich tradition of oral history and … films, and important directors like Djibril…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… thousands of foreign nationals every year, seeking refuge from poverty, economic crises, war and government persecution … in their home countries. While the…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… Amongst one of the companies where the union organised from 1973 was Sarmcol, a subsidiary of a British Tyre and … for recognition and being denied, workers…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… Buoyed by a mandate in favour of organising African unions from the overwhelming majority of affiliated unions, the … the year progressed, TUCSA publicly…
ArticleNational Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR)
… South Africa to encourage dialogue and dissuade churches from promoting violence. It was successful in attracting … NIR's other programs were to open…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… garrisons, military posts and signal towers. Resistance from particularly the Xhosa was a cohesive one; other Xhosa … superior weapons such as guns quickly…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… the segregation of the Black populations of South Africa from the White minority as a means of upholding the … provide enough employment for Blacks, thus…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… Free State and British colonies like Natal could also gain from the riches and investment brought to the country. The … soon squeezed out. Prospectors…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… Your smallest coin has it on one of its sides. When away from the country seeing a plaque of it on the embassy signals a home away from home. The coat of…