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Maps of Africa through the centuries
… describing the country depicted and listing Ortelius’s sources of information. The atlas was phenomenally successful …
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… the Kingdom of Kongo is complicated by the lack of written sources from the time, as well as the problematic fact that … contact with the Portuguese in 1482 …
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… war period the FNLA received support from several external sources. France supplied troops and presented the FNLA with …
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… present the facts in a more neutral light? 4. Do all the sources have the same kind of information, and are all the … the same? 5. If you find facts that…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… for resources and recognition from states that were sources of funding and support. While the PAC had initially … the ANC had also managed to use its…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… industrial sectors which preferred to locate their labour sources close to the harbour and the inner city area. These …
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… its own anti-pass campaign. The reasons cited by many sources for this split are that the PAC advocated for …
The French Revolution
… activities to help students learn how to work from sources, like; maps, cartoons, quotes. Further reading: Cape …
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… South African Private Security Workers' Union (SAPSWU) Sources Barrett, Jerome T. and Mullins, Anne Finbarr. 1990. …
ArticleKora
… By then, the Korana had become well-armed and some sources cite that they lived very much in the style of the …
ArticleThe Constitution
… from all forms of violence from either public or private sources; not to be tortured in any way; and not to be treated …
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… to Portugal and interred at St Jeronimos in 1880. *Some sources give this date as the 7 November 1497. …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… said, consumers of history must be aware that most of the sources left for historians to construct narratives of … Society ↵ There is limited availability of…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… 124 companies organized into nine "groups" based on their sources of financing.African migrant labour--were first …
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… industrial sectors which preferred to locate their labour sources close to the harbour and the inner city area. These …
ArticleBlack South African literature
… large amounts of writing, published in a diversity of sources outside South Africa, through banning and relative …
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… war. However, even the 10 January date is disputed as many sources say that the ultimatum actually expired on the 11 …
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… the Cape Government to look further afield for potential sources of workers, the most obvious being the Transkei and … made in this direction. It stated that…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… cultivate the skill of finding information using various sources. SAHO has used Pretoria as an example local history. …
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… and achievements. To achieve this, the following sources were used; archival material, newspaper articles, interviews with ex-learners and pictorial sources…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… Mutota, travels north to expand commerce and to find new sources of salt. 350 km north of Great Zimbabwe, he finds a …
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… Written documents are very important sources of history. Letters, diaries, and even old shopping …
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… concentration camp population in the 66 Black camps (some sources give the number as 80) reach 115 700, of which 60 000 …
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… or 25 lashes. Although there is no accurate figure, some sources say that at least 10 000 Black men accompanied the …
Grade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… and policies imposed by the British and Dutch. Various sources can be attributed to the cause of Apartheid, or …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… were based in Congo, as well as a variety of new archival sources collected in South Africa, the UK, Belgium, and the … by Frelimo’s government and…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… to all, both Jewish and gentile. Works Cited Primary Sources : Mandela, N., (1994). Long Walk to Freedom: The … Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa…
Local Government
… unable to raise the necessary funds it needed from local sources, and most of the taxes raised on the Witwatersrand … and, since its inception, has had to…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The following article will … or knowledge on Shaka comes from…