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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… the negative effects of the Great Depression in USA in the 1930’s? Present an argument in support of your answer using … sought to bring economic relief to…
ArticleMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South West Africa). However, there were a number…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… in a male-run Union government. It was only in 1930 (many years after settler women elsewhere in the empire) … (because the material is presented…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… Indians from entering licensed premises, is withdrawn. 1930 May, The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill … (mining) land. i) The Industrial…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Africa . Cape Town: Books of Africa. VAN WARMELO NJ . 1930. Transvaal Ndebele Texts. Ethnological Publications No 1 …
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
It was a struggle to survive in the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread line. …
ArticleZulu
… . His first Zulu novel "Insila kaShaka" was published in 1930. We see a steady growth of publications especially novels from 1930 onwards. The clear-cut…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Source: New History of South Africa Cape Town) p231 In 1930, after a spirited struggle the vote was extended to …
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… SA National Gallery. The attainment of this objective in 1930 did not enhance the Society's prestige, but the … Gallery's (SANG) Inaugural Exhibition on 3…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… in a male-run Union government. It was only in 1930 (many years after settler women elsewhere in the empire) …
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
This article was written by Peter LaNasa and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract: This essay discusses…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… a descendant of ancient rock artists in Lesotho in the 1930's, and like any other artist he made his tools with …
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… qualification for the University College of Fort Hare. 1930 The Zulu choir of the Ohlange Institute, under the …
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… company in 1929 giving him a controlling stake. In April 1930, Gumede lost presidency of the ANC to Pixley Seme. The …
ArticleIndian South Africans
From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… was the first Provincial Congress to be held in town since 1930. 3 October, Dr. A.B. Xuma calls a meeting of twelve … the minutes of this meeting click here …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, made an historic announcement: South Africa…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
Prison labour has a particularly debatable history in South Africa. Historically, South Africa operated on the understanding that prisons were places of…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
The indigenous inhabitants of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before European settlement, most of the inhabitants of…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at representing and promoting the interests of university and college students…
ArticleA history of Soweto
The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great number of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… blatant betrayal. In the first two decades of Union (1910-1930), the Governments of Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, and J. B. …
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… read more In the first two decades of Union (1910-1930), the Governments of Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, and J. B. …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
What is Communism? Communism is a social, economic, and political ideology whose aim is to establish a communist society in which there is a collective…