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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 …
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… dignity of people's lives. Indigenous knowledge systems cover a wide range of areas: Traditional medicine and health: …
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
ArticleAfrapix
Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography Collective Afrapix, a progressive photographers'…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
The International Socialist League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party (SALP) as a…