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ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… Africa’ because he envisaged that it would be extended to cover not just the Transkeian territories and any district in …
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… are low, she’ll have to see how to share this wage to cover everything”. Thus Berger (1984: 49-66) contends that …
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
Early Beginnings of the African Film Industry: During the British colonial rule over Kenya, Uganda, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Gold Coast in the late…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… dignity of people's lives. Indigenous knowledge systems cover a wide range of areas: Traditional medicine and health: …
The people armed, 1984-1990
… of the police or the army activities, this went on to cover boycotts and any information relating to civil unrest …
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… of the police or the army activities, this went on to cover boycotts and any information relating to civil unrest …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… revealed that the security forces had created an elaborate cover up of their involvement. 8 March , Moses Mabhida , MK …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… movement at its most intense moments. The inside cover reads, "This book presents eloquent and searing … Beyond the Barricades (New York: Aperture, 1989),…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… and other human-like features. Two were large enough to cover a person’s head, but the others would have been mounted …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… resolved to come up with an alternative to the LRA to cover all workers, and to present Saccola with a list of six …
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… The Nkandla issue eventually leads to a series of cover-ups by state officials, Cabinet ministers loyal to Zuma …
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… Oom At Geel, who is in the stories and who is on the cover of my book, Some Afrikaners Photographed, was the …
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
Written documents are very important sources of history. Letters, diaries, and even old shopping lists can tell us a lot about how people lived, what they…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
1960 Mar- Norman Phillips of the Toronto Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… allow the UCM to hire a full-time secretary, buy a car and cover programme costs. 1968 July, At the Annual Nusas …
ArticleAfrapix
Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography Collective Afrapix, a progressive photographers'…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… Dr David Ho, Man of the Year, December 1996 TIME magazine cover 1 December, The Department of Health hosts a special …
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… Durban Film Festival. [xviii] Ngakane choose to not just cover injustices against him and those around him. He also …
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… concluded that Beyleveld had “fingered innocent people” to cover up for others in the leadership.35 These observations …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle between invading Italian forces and a strong…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… to secret places, usually on the mine dumps, and under cover of dark. But the private police aided and abetted by …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… were injured. The South African government tried to cover up how many lives were lost during this massacre to …
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
The discovery of a diamond on a farm in the British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… On the same day, Sisulu addresses a meeting under cover of the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions …
ArticleClassroom: Educational sites for learners and educators
Interactive and educational sites for learners and educators: These websites are recommended for use as an extra resource and as an 'activity' tool for the…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 6. The Moderates' Eclipse | Conclusion > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 7. Events leading up…
Article50 Facts on Africa
In the modern-day world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 facts about this continent that people may not…