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Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… doing, provide its citizens with constitutional protection from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation. … Court confirm that this section…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… ANC in exile. On 24 February 1988 the UDF was restricted from performing various activities, and was in effect banned, … decided to react by continuing…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… The new council would include some temporary delegates from each province, however, so some legislators would rotate … Council of Provinces and the…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… 1962 he entered British controlled Bechuanaland and from there flew to Tanganyika and on to Addis Ababa and the … Strategically however the FLN imparted much…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… the guerrilla war in Angola would be kept further away from South Africa. South African apartheid laws were extended to Namibia and prevented black Namibians…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… August. The Women's March was a spectacular success. Women from all parts of the country arrived in Pretoria, some from as far afield as Cape Town and Port…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… 1926 At the age of seven Abrahams mother retrieves him from Elsburg and brings him back to Johannesburg to live with … a tree in Hampstead Heath before…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Day) throughout the Union of South Africa with effect from 1911. In 1952 the name of the day was changed from Dingaan's Day to Day of the Vow (Day of the…
The girl child
… the female share of enrolment has increased over the years from 44.1% in 1993 to 51% in 1999 and to about 54% in 2001. … and harassment against girls, who…
The appointment of Judges
… the cabinet and the chief justice - to appoint four judges from the ranks of the Supreme Court. The four were Laurie … consultation - was then to choose the…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… set up in 1960 to recruit and assist skilled immigrants from England and Europe. By the mid-1980s, civil protests and … high costs of Apartheid, the regime…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… 525 participants. Currently the event attracts cyclists from all over the world and is the largest individually timed … been written about it. The below…
First Matabele War
… vision for a British Africa included Pan African Highway from "The Cape to Cairo," stretching through British colonies … set his sights on Matabeleland…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… in Africa and the liberation struggles in southern Africa from the 1960s until the 1990s, when the Union of Soviet … sympathetic to either cause. The Cold…
ArticleThe Western Front
… where most of the war casualties took place. It stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss border along a 400 mile … rotting corpses. During the long hot…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… article of 10 September 1897 in Pretoria was taken up from another source, published two days earlier in Cape Town … SASA was then just over five months old…
Safety and security issues
… Fear of abandonment often prevents women from reporting violence on themselves. Incest and abuse is … afraid to lay charges against perpetrators. Apart from…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… power, but the African populations were totally excluded from the new pact. Not only so: within a short time the … of races which was then to develop as…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… elected. At this Congress, Godfrey Selematsela, took over from Koos Bezuidenhout and became the new president who … advised affiliated trade unions…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… However, the main demand has been more financial support from National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).NSFAS is … include: quality accommodation and…
Durban an Overview
… In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu , a grant of land in the area … region was settled by numbers of disaffected Dutch farmers…
ArticleLives of Courage
… engagement - especially in the form of contributions from ordinary citizens who were personally involved in the … struggle for freedom against segregation…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… of the Tsitsikama forest and in 1778 drove them back from the Gamtoos River to the Fish River. The emergence of … setbacks and atrocities, the Xhosa people…
ArticleActivity: Human evolution
… Learning Outcomes: Uses information from sources to present well-thought out answers to … understanding by formulating arguments based on evidence from the…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Kokstad and was subsequently transported to Robben Island. From these early days successive governments have allowed … as probably nowhere else, the…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… fall of Port Natal Port Natal Andries Pretorius arrived from Graaff-Reinet. On 25 November 1838 Pretorius took over … When the Zulu's, who had withdrawn…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… in the history of our multi-racial nation that its people from all walks of life will meet as equals, irrespective of … of the People. It would consist of…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… by Mr. H.W. Currie in 1878, and which saved the town from serious water famine ". Hence, the naming of the stadium … prior to 1994. Many leaders were…
Bantu Women’s League
… stop their protest only when the law prevents policemen from stopping and demanding passes from other men's wives? In 1914, the government relaxed the …
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… of others anxious to retain whatever power possible from their apartheid inheritance. Part D of this book … elected majority government in an attempt to…