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ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… an initiation ceremony, he would acquire followers from that ceremony who he would then leave with to start his own homestead and establish his authority…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… millions over the next few years to meet a rising demand from foreign tourists as well as the continent’s fast-growing … There are a number of widely used…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… Gender roles in Ndebele home-making From the 1940s onwards the settlement at Hartbeesfontein … Prof AL Meiring who, together with architectural students from…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… without the book more than three times could be taken away from the municipality where they lived. In 1908 a special … without passes. It highlighted how…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… it, buying the magazine: The African Drum.' - extract from 'South African Drumbeats', TIME Magazine, 1952 The quote … movements. Anthony Sampson, a friend of…
ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
… of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move away from peaceful protest. The ANC leadership had always stressed …
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
… the other prisoners are looking. It was small windows - from a view of one side you can get about three; you can see … row. Even while in the shower, inmates…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… 31 March 1907. The Herero had possibly migrated earlier from further north in Africa to settle in Namibia. The Herero … territory. The Germans began to take…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… the government did want to prevent black and white people from mixing together. The policy is known as the policy of … labour - people moved across the…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… of fresh meat. In 1657 the VOC released some employees from their contracts and granted them freehold rights on … exploded into open conflict in the first…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… for Miners (NUM) local office in order to demand support from their union, and were instead met with the firing of … delegated to cross the veld (field) that…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 104th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… South Africa (CODESA), leading to a peaceful transition from apartheid to a democratic and free society. As South … the basic human dignity of all people and…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… ANC's declared ‘ Programme of Action' of 1949. Volunteers from the ANC and SAIC (the Communist Party of South Africa … a few months before and had created a…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… part of their conditions of service without repercussions from the government. Estimates of the current prevalence of the dop system range from less than 2%…
The National Arts Festival
… there were 64 main events on the programme, ranging from theatre productions, workshops, lectures and tours. … The National Arts Festival’s Fringe attracted…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… area of the Eastern Cape (19 July). [i] 1954 Matriculated from John Bisseker High School, in East London, Eastern Cape. … Member of Parliament in South…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… the mid-19th century in the United States, led by Africans from the Western Hemisphere. The most important early … advocated the idea that African Americans…
ArticleTransport on water
… boat was the coracle. This was a round-shaped boat made from a basket of branches or twigs and then covered with … cloth coated with tar. Trimarans are…
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… their achievements and their mistakes, we can learn from them to be better leaders ourselves. What kinds of … When we study them, we can then also learn a…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… Faced with this disaster, families split up or migrated from their homes in search of work. ' Hoovervilles ' (named … believed all one had to do was reach…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… which a small elite (the aristocracy) demanded recompense from a peasantry in exchange for military protection. In … section were at their height, Europe was…
ArticleBarberton timeline 1884-1911
… South Africa opens in Barberton 1893 13 October, Railway from Kaapmurden to Barberton begins 1911 Female prison is …
Challenges to capitalism; Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Communist state
… Also note, there may be minor changes to the curriculum from year to year, teachers always check with your Curriculum …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… Roux, two well known South African academics, writings and from teaching or in their home country sparked an outrage in … UK. As a stand of solidarity, 496…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… matters and decide on new laws. The word Parliament comes from the French word for " to speak". Parliament is made up … all other court matters. The court…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… built in the historical verandah style, probably derived from the baPedi, as well as a great number of walls painted … social values. Today the family is…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… congress of the ANC, 'Africanist' members were excluded from the hall. This group of people resolved to break away from the ANC and form a political party…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… The paper was written for SAHO in 2010 by Prof TN Huffman from the Archaeology Department at the University of the … BaRolong and BaThlaping) that inhabited…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… college at Bedford College in London. She graduated from there in 1935 and was offered a teaching position at St … Ruth had five children. Being a mother did…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… grouping, it was the gold mining companies that benefited from the new arrangement. From the start, those calling for union were men who were … and Politics’…