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ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… and urban squalor to bring him up. 1960 In the early 1960s, the State of Emergency used by the apartheid state to … of South Africa's oppressed. At the same…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… of families units was probably closer to eighteen. In the 1960s Hlangane Msiza died, and leadership of what had by now … which translates to "the place of…
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… were first to impose sanctions against South Africa in the 1960s. Only the United States (US) and the United Kingdom …
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… it was destroyed by the Group Areas Act from the 1960s, leading to fierce resistance that continued into the …
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… Barlow , world-renowned South African cricketer of the 1960s. …
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… and lecturer. He became politically active in the early 1960s when he joined the African National Congress (ANC). He …
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the first …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… people in South Africa. However, the 1950s and the early 1960s, showed the intension by the South African government … the MK high command set up regional…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's … in South African cities and towns, and farms as well. The 1960s period of the struggle ended with…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… taken in reaching it, the judge who disagrees with the main writer will prepare to write a concurrence or dissent. … It is a litigant's responsibility to…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… questionnaire, the Umbrella was restructured to include a Main Programme consisting of established and International … programme was no longer included. This…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… plan put in place for the invasion of Zululand. The main objective was to occupy the Zulu royal kraal at Ulundi … Zulu tactic of attacking from three sides…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… the general consensus that credit for the discovery of the main gold reef must be attributed to George Harrison, whose … workings were being opened up along…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… his Masters in Afrikaans and Dutch literature. In the 1960s, Brink, Ingrid Jonker and Breyten Breytenbach were part …
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… against Apartheid from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. It was a time of hope because in the corridors of MTB, … she was barely tolerated and hardly…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 1950, after which Eskom set up substations and became the main provider of electricity. An irrigation dam at Olifant's … began to grow, and new townships…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… read on Down with Afrikaans Countdown to conflict: The main cause of the protests that started in African schools in …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… on a boundary, such as a river or a mountain range. The main difference between a border and a frontier is that a …
Bantu Women’s League
… was raised again in subsequent years and was one of the main components of the women's struggle. …
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
… in 1964. He was also guided by Ephraim Ngatane in the mid 1960s, and was a pupil of Bill Ainslie for a short time. He …
PlaceObservatory
… 1821. It's an arty district locally known as ' Obs '. The main entertainment area is centered around the Lower Main Road. You’ll find quirky restaurants,…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… house political prisoners and common law prisoners in the 1960s. Over the course of time, several hundred political …
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… ANC respectively. The armed struggled, begun early in the 1960s was intensified in the second half of the 1970s through …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… of states that emerged from nationalist movements in the 1960s. The Congo was used as a tool in the Cold War. This … and Rosberg's (1992) attempt to…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… its own forms of political philosophy. While Joshua’s main interest is Early Modern thought, much of his research … studying Politics and International…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. King led blacks in the Montgomery bus boycott of …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… he realized a liberated life. From an early age in the mid-1960s Tariq started a life-long interest in slavery heritage …
Sadecque Variava
Early life and schooling Sadecque Variava was born on 8 July 1949 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), the fourth of seven…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's … in South African cities and towns, and farms as well…