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ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… Against Women and Children. It takes place every year from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of …
The National Flower
… the south-western and southern areas of the Western Cape, from the Cederberg up to just east of Grahamstown. The …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 4: World War I (1914 - 1918)
… to be fought along modern industrial lines and it lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was also the first time that chemical …
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… knew that Mama Adelaide Tambo had been recently discharged from hospital. But because we also knew that she had the … the House the activists of the 1956…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… and the New World, with much of the work by the artists from 63 nationalities grappling with the concepts of … [3] This prompted a curatorial primacy given…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… of dues on trade and the extraction of exorbitant taxes from land owners and local rulers further impoverished its … centuries, over 50% of all slaves at the…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), which is a breakaway group from the ANC, will be protesting against the Pass Laws … open fire. After the shooting,…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… and to educate their children; The privacy of the house from police raids shall be protected by law; All shall be free to travel without restriction from…
Buy the Insurrection Ensemble's music
… The artists are well-known musicians, composers and poets from both countries who are masters in their field, featuring …
The National Bird
… which is fairly high-pitched. This call can be heard from far away. …
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
… of the Joint Councils Movement and this drew criticism from the more radical black organizations and individuals …
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… Africa in 1977, led the SSRC. After Mashinini's flight from South Africa, Khotso Seatlholo took over the role. Even …
Provincial government and symbols
… SAHO feature on national symbols. Activity Get map picture from hands on history ‘map.htm’ …
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… PACOFS operated from Bloemfontein with Rex Hugo as the first director. In …
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… 6 months. When, after a month he had not received a reply from Albertina, he became distressed. He knew that she was … taken to Robben Island, they had not…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… in line with the 1996 Constitution shifting the approach from a judicial one to an administrative one in 1999. Rather … for finalizing land claims has been…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… some four million South Africans were forcibly removed from their homes. Refusing to do so was not an option and … space: ‘space allowed’ and ‘space denied’…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… ‘success’ or ‘failure’ of armed tactics and the transition from non-violent to armed resistance being among the most … a space for recounting narratives of…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… a position he holds until 1994. 1983 Huddleston retires from the Episcopal office to St James, Piccadilly and accepts … . 1994 Huddleston is awarded the…
ArticleWorld War I
… along modern industrial lines. What marked its difference from previous wars, in Europe, is the scale and brutality of … a huge shortage of labour which…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… elections of March 1914. It also captured seats from the government in by-elections, and it was expected to … those who opposed the war motion resigned or…
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… before his death, Lenin called for Stalin's removal from office due to growing popularity, both within the … War, the Soviets and the Americans took over the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… security for the richer Indians. Some areas are exempted from the provisions of the Gold Law in Johannesburg, … Colonel Denez Reitz to discuss African…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa women – ranging from all backgrounds and cultures including Indians, … system designed to segregate the population…
ArticleHuman evolution
… Also note, there may be minor changes to the curriculum from year to year, teachers always check with your Curriculum …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 4: Transformations in southern Africa after 1750
… during this period. However, historians are moving away from the idea of the mfecane, which is linked to outdated, …
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… AU’s Constitutive act represents a significant departure from the OAU which aimed to eradicate colonialism but made no … The AU has thus shifted its focus…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… plans to leave the region for Johannesburg and stole a cow from the regent's herd to raise funds for their trip. As they … concentrated upon raising the…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… for a training officer who was demanding sexual favours from employees’, with the hard evidence exposed, he became … of the reasons that women had so few…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… 1886 African voters in the Eastern Cape increase from 1150 to 6045 in the period between 1882 and 1886. 1879 … Mapogo Makgatho who later became president of…