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ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
Pretoria’s founder – a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i]. At the time of his arrival, King Mzilikazi and the…
Formation and launch of the UDF
UDF launch at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. Source: http://www.nelsonmandela.org In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… national monument! The entrance is completely caved in! Sources ‘South Africa’s first irrigation tunnel:The Philip …
’UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!’
… minority racist rule. AMANDLA NGAWETHU! MATLA KE A RONA! Sources: …
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… elicited statements from a range of authoritative sources that indicate that Mandela belong to the underground …
Make your own ROCK ART
Make your own ROCK ART Express your creative side! Make your own San rock art. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: THINGS TO DRAW: …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… since the Great Library of Alexandria [xlix] . Some sources claim that during his reign Mansa Musa conquered 24 …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… to two months’ hard labour ( Limb (2010: 163) Other sources cite May as the date) 8 July, As a result of the high …
Insurrections: The Storming
… and for which he composes music reflecting his diverse sources of influence. These include jazz, popular and …
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… and for which he composes music reflecting his diverse sources of influence. These include jazz, popular and …
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… began to emerge not only of William Fehr, but also of the sources from which he drew his combined passion for history …
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… was essentially customary law in character, having its sources in the practices, traditions, and customs of the …
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… carrying liquor had wider ramifications on one of the key sources of income for many families in the Western Areas-beer …
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
Student protests in democratic South Africa South Africa has a long history of student protests going way back to the anti-Apartheid marches that predated…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, which means that fought for those who were…
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… on 15 November 2013].| Europeana Collections. ‘Unlocking Sources: The First World War Online’ Available at …
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
San hunter-gatherers The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the first people to live at the Cape…
Defining Black Consciousness
" Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the Black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the…
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
Key terms with definitions for this topic Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah …
ArticleKey terms with definitions for this topic
Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah Kingdom: an area controlled by a particular…
ArticleMads Nørgaard
Mads Nørgaard, born in Denmark in 1987, is a photographer educated and living in South Africa. Mads has integrated himself into South African life and works as…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… sought to cut out the middlemen and go directly to the sources of the commodities. As a result, trade between …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… was detained for three weeks for refusing to disclose his sources Apr 5- Torch and New Age banned. (Merrett:44-45) Apr- … three periods totalling 16 days for…
PlaceCameroon
… global food prices caused further suffering [lxxxv] . Some sources claim that as many as 139 people were killed in the …
South African and World leaders
South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich history. Many different cultures and communities live side by side and even together in South…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyAhmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… through Window Gorge and Skeleton Gorge. Uniting its sources it turns Northwards and flows into Table Bay. As …