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ArticleThe Khoisan
… because the sound of their language was so different from any European language, and they could not pronounce many … Khoikhoi only ate cattle that had died…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… union also wanted Coca-Cola advertisment to be isolated from general advertising for the 2010 soccer World Cup. 11 … national road network. 27 – 29 March:…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… 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 Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… the conflict between AZAPO and the UDF in Soweto from 1984 to 1993. At its inception in 1979 AZAPO adopted the … Convention (BPC). In the first four years of…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… the Afrikaners and the British to dislodge African people from their land while consolidating areas of White … accomplished in 1910. However, black people…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… its partners were democratic and that leaders were elected from the working class. This approach encouraged the … union movement in South Africa. FOSATU…
National Orders Recipients
… South Africa has taken many strides away from its past of exclusion and discrimination on the basis of … of South Africa. One of the symbolic moments of the…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… nearly 100 000 signatures for the Charter, most of them from the Transvaal. The Freedom Charter was endorsed by the … it was younger, less affluent and more…
ArticleMads Nørgaard
… to Khayelitsha, the inevitable awkwardness that comes from having a foreigner in one's space, is circumvented by … in Tafelsig, Mitchell's Plain. Mads used…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… rank. But he also was famous for telling stories. He moved from shebeen to shebeen telling stories and jokes in exchange … redirect. And the subject Gwala…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… the first time. BP = Before present, calculated backwards from the date AD 1950 4 000 000 BP Australopithecus: … dwelling. Australopithecines roamed the…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… It remained Dutch in character, despite employing men from all over Europe. The colony grew slowly during the … about 1000, of which one sixth were…
Judaism
… Israel In the Bible you can read about the Jews escaping from Egypt and slavery with God's help. This is called the … Israel is seen as the centre of the…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… became a fascist country under Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945. Here you can read about the Nazis rise to … these thousands as one." - J. Noakes…
BiographyIshmael Mkhabela
… has even taken on projects of taking over properties from slum lords in crime ridden Hillbrow. With his life in … Johannesburg, South Africa: | Ishmael…
BiographyThemba Godi
… where he still serves. In September 2007, Godi broke away from the PAC and became the founding President of the African … Legislatures: Quality, Capacity,…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Cecilia was disgraced and forced to move to Port Elizabeth from Oudtshoorn, a small town in the Western Cape, after her … he was an adult. His mother kept…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On … State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others The change from being a…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim … * advising Muslim businessmen in commerce and economics from the Shari 'ah point of view; *…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… Every child has the right to - a name and a nationality from birth; family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… it remains a pan-racial organization. 1927 A delegation from the ANC attends the inaugural Congress of the League … in 1927, where ANC members met many anti…
Interview with Swami Gounden by Vino Reddy, 29 May 2002
… VR: Good morning. I am Vino Reddy from the Documentation Centre of the University of … That's where I was born. My father was an Indian…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… there were many forms of government in Africa, ranging from powerful empires to decentralised groups of pastoralists … Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… teacher at the school was Mary Kelly Edwards, a missionary from Ohio who taught at Inanda Seminary for almost sixty … again’ , and the ‘ war times’ . The…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… 2012, his public statements had gotten him suspended from the African National Congress (ANC) for 5 years. Malema … general secretary, Sindiso Magaqa were…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… launched. 18 March Russians try and divert German troops from Verdun by staging an offensive on the Eastern Front in … days of fierce fighting and heavy…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… 1. Introduction ↵ The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors and clues of the past … its periodical occurrence. By taking in the…
The Legal Veneer
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of … conferences and spontaneous gatherings of all kinds. Since 1976, the minister has imposed a…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from small packaging, transport and ship repairs companies … on broader political issues. The first…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… was representative of the past. Seeking to move away from the past, in May 1998, the newly-instituted President's … Orders. Context South Africa has taken…