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ArticleFootball in South Africa
… and boxing by Blacks. Between the 1880s and 1910s, African, Indian, and Coloured football associations and … inter-war years signaled the dawn of a new era…
BiographyRuth Elizabeth Arndt
… Association of South Africa (later renamed the Southern African Association for Early Childhood Educare). It is …
BiographyJoseph Nkatlo
… a delegate to the December 1960 consultative conference of African leaders in Johannesburg. A clerk by occupation, he …
ArticleBiography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) In Summary : Poet, African National Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and … from the majority of Black South…
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… tours to adrenaline pumping watersports in pristine dam areas, Middelburg is the ideal holiday destination. For … over a hundred years ago that cements its…
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… After his release, Mandela built a small House on his Family Plot, (said to be a replica of where he spent his last …
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
BiographyGodfrey I. M. Mzamane
… as secretary of the Cape ANC and was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee …
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… She has thoroughly enjoyed deeply learning about South African history. Project: The 1956 Women’s March Reid Arnold … She enjoys traveling and spending time…
Local Government
… at that time, the Republic could only boast of two major urban centres: Potchefstroom and Pretoria. Most so-called … 1858, provisions for the ‘Regulation of…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold to Union Investment Company Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI). It…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… 2000 January, The partnership is formalized by South African National Aids Council (SANAC) to review its two years … failing health and his desire to spend…
PlaceMthatha, Eastern Cape- previously known as Umtata
… Mandela was born into the Madiba Clan of the Them-bu Royal Family. The greatest attraction of Umtata is the Nelson … after President Nelson Mandela's clan of…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… that slavery was not common in the eastern frontier areas from which almost all the Voortrekkers came. Besides, … the problem of landlessness again reemerged…
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… it provided warmth, light and a way to cook food. The family would also hang their possessions in bushes close to … and it is a mirror in which reflects the…
PlaceLiliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
… final meeting would prove to be one too many and the South African Police swooped down on the Buildings after they … a member of the Communist Party; Arthur…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… or izikhuluwas at the top and included the Zulu royal family, the king and other leaders of Zulu chiefdoms. The … frontier farmers who from the Cape Colony…
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…
BiographyMargareth Baloi
… better life for all people. In 1990, Margareth joined the African National Congress (ANC) at the former Dunn Branch, …
BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
… J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, …
BiographyMangisi Pheneas Nene
… African National Congress branch chairman in Alexandra … African National Congress branch chairman in Alexandra …
BiographyMargaret Chuene Mncadi
… practice in Benoni, where she became active in the local African National Congress (ANC) . In 1956 she moved to Natal … Physician, member of the African…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… utensils, but is also reputed to be the home of the family's ancestral spirits, or shades, and thus also serves a … had changed to a linear pattern. The…
PlaceFisantekraal, Cape Winelands
… widely confirmed by the residents of houses in other RDP housing programs throughout the Country. "Groot Phesantekraal … Farm, in the Durbanville wine Region…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… Northern border (Orange River) of the Cape Colony to the areas known later as the Orange Free State, Natal and … in South Africa. Over time, the NG Church…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… who diagnose illness. People often visit the sangoma in family groups but sometimes they go alone. The reason for … speak through them. A sangoma asks the…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… opponent of racial discrimination in the whole South African Parliament. She fought against detention without … on grounds of colour, racially separate…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… of Blaeu’s atlases. The maps and atlases of the Blaeu family business, carried on after Willem’s death by sons … these two maps was probably the most…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… 27 April, The national flag was designed by a former South African State Herald, Mr Fred Brownell, and was first used … ousted Haitian President Jean…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… Catholic school (he grows up a devout Christian – The Hani family is Roman Catholic) 1953-1954 Campaign against Bantu … Society of Young Africa (SOYA) for…