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ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… formed to advocated immediate Namibian independence from South Africa and became the country’s leading party … South Africa refused a United Nations order to…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… is intercepted by South African authorities and deported from South Africa to Namibia. 1959 The OPC expands and … South Africa refuses to relinquish control…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… fought over purely imperialist interests. Before splitting from the SALP, socialists and other progressives began the … breakaway organisation when it became…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… not Dyani knew about his adoption prior to his departure from South Africa. His step-brother and nephew, Fikile Dyani, … played two self-made instruments: a…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… (DCC) began to restrict Indian trade and voting rights. From 1922 the Council stopped the sale of municipal land to … in 1913. 1921 The Indian population of…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… occupy the Zulu royal kraal at Ulundi by advancing on it from three directions. This operation was similar to the Zulu tactic of attacking from three sides…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… years, Gandhi would direct the policy of Indian Opinion from Johannesburg, write articles, give direction and above all divert his earnings from his…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… pressuring both mining capital and the state to back down from the policy of saving on labour costs by employing Blacks … Between February and December 1920,…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… gives black women the status of minors and excludes them from rights regarding children and property. South Africa's … Court ruled that sections 44(1) and 44…
ArticleWomens Rights
… gives black women the status of minors and excludes them from rights regarding children and property. South Africa's … Court ruled that sections 44(1) and 44…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… a far greater labour force than crop farming. Men migrated from various regions in Southern Africa, predominantly the … West province. The women in Marikana…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… of South African liberation movements derives primarily from his two crowning achievements: President of the African … in black sport before the 1950s. It…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… of members and formed AMWU late in 1930 and early 1931. From the start they were confronted by companies who were … were immediately fired. The union could…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… him, and when no one would respond, he began to fall from grace. He eventually found himself serving a jail … be bailed out the next morning. There were…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… the spread of European settlement around the world dating from about AD 1500. By concentrating on these documents, … South Africa over time. They have…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… by the Minister of Education and purportedly coming from the Presidency has provoked a storm of controversy. Some … see in the pledge a cynical attempt to…
Islam
… This means that muslims do not eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset. The last pillar is that every Muslim … and this is the language in which he…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… democratic government is to create a new national identity from a divided legacy of division and discrimination. … were made up of whites only. South Africa…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… with the movement for liberation, draw sustenance from it, expand their intellectual horizon and in turn make … class exploitation.’ Dan Mokonyane, a member…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… This could only be obtained by purchasing or leasing land from White farmers which led to complaints by neighbouring … the country. The rural locations had…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
… This chapter comes from the book …
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… of majority White workers who came to Southern Africa from across the globe in the search of fortunes and work in … story of the descendents of slaves,…
ArticleNational Newspapers and News Sites
… financial information. Financial Mail - Daily Information from the financial world. Cape Business News - Business News of the Western Cape. The Star - Daily…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… South Africa. [ix] Close to a decade after his graduation from Fort Hare, Themba won a short story competition hosted … non-White Africans to segregated…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… with refugees, making it “extremely difficult” to tell one from the other. The relatively unknown Boetie was part of a … “banning orders,” whereby they were…
BiographyAlbert Newall
… Homes Gallery in Cape Town in 1960. He received a grant from the Cape Tercentenary Foundation to produce a series of … Cape Town Art Fair | Past / Modern…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… In the case of the Transkeian model, headmen were drawn from subordinate chiefs and ward heads of pre-colonial and … to enact the Native Administration Act…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… Hugo Nellmapius is given a concession to construct a road from the goldfields to the foot of the Lebombo Mountains. … stands for future development. 1891 1…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… colonial expansion in SA, millions of people were uprooted from their ancestral lands, often with deliberate cruelty, … were ruthlessly crushed, forcibly…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… lugging her bewildered self and her young? Estranged from Autshumato and her fast-disappearing people, there … natural identity― The Company buried…