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Khoisan Identity
… that has traditionally been marginalised throughout South African history. Indeed, the use of the term ‘Khoikhoi’ … and a significant number were employed…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… completed her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and African Studies with Honors in May 2012. During her … strongest areas of interest in studying…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious … Africans in the form of reserves. The…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… increasing use of force by the police. For example, African women in 1953 marched in protest against the pass … Another example was the gathering of 20 000…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were … on 30 March 1960 and banned the ANC,…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944, young … Pixley ka Seme assumed leadership…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… from 1981. On the eve of its launch in 1983, groups of African arrived claiming to represent 8 COYCO braches. Coloured voted for coloureds for leadership,…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… in the Nelspruit area in the early 17th century. Other African farmers lived below the escarpment some 1000 years … Huffman, T.N. 1998. The antiquity of…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… the most historical and common challenge faced. Most South African women are situated in rural areas, where poverty is … initiatives like child grants ,…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… sentiments, as the organisation believes that the South African government poses a threat to Islamic values. It also … aims to create better political…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… Union Federation, Amadou N`diaye, Secretary of the All African Trade Union Federation and revolutionary leaders of … Conference: Report on the Strategy and…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, … by men and women who carry the colourful South African aloft…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… and the early Youth League before them, believed that the African rank and file were politically more advanced than … as the most egregious example of this …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… a signatory to the United Nations (UN) and Organisation of African Unity Conventions on Refugees in 1994. The number of … of credible myths widely accepted…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… (1866), W. C. Holden was one of the early writers on South African history to publish a book that used the theory of … two groups. Much of the idea of the …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Drake Tshenkeng B. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS ORGANISATION (SASO) Elected at the formal … for the Educational and Cultural Advancement…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… of the country. These riots continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to … international criticism, because ‘it…
ArticleSS Mendi
… Parliament that Britain had requested that the South African Native Labour Contingent provide 10 000 men to work … built in Glasgow and in 1905 registered to…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… educational system was Euro-centric, and undermined African achievement. The Africanist revival of African history that centred around themes such as African…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… under the umbrella organization, the SAIC (South African Indian Congress). However, in the 1930s-1940s the NIC … Indian Congress, the three later went on to…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… Constitution fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the way for a new democratic … Constitution was also the birth…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van Riebeeck formally established the … groups to pray under, one umbrella,…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… against the apartheid government. In both coloured and African townships in Cape Town protests and against the … security forces led by a Vlakplas based unit…
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… for more than 20 years [ii] . Mzilikazi was a Southern African King who founded the Matebele kingdom, Matebeleland … the Boer-populated Transvaal (former…
Archive2013 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2013
… life expectancy would have been exactly where it was in 1955. It was with good reason that we were delighted when … President Motlanthe has appointed new…
The Battle of Square Hill
… descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force Act 13 of 1912, ‘the obligation to … have felt within his right not to accept an…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… Africans: On the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we extend our greetings and best … glorious future was foretold by one of…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… of the Superpowers. Despite its racist policies, the South African government was supported by many governments in the … Britain and the USA. This was…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… Communist Party of South Africa, Federation of South African Women, South African Congress of Trade Unions The Rise of Women’s Trade … to become more active…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… base the Ambundu people and was largely supported by other African countries, Cuba and the Soviet Union. The National … while UNITA was able to secure the…