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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…
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…
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…
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’…
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…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events, from the banning of liberation organisations, the launch of … South Africans. The Liberation…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… Union (AMCU). 2012 9 August, A number of employees from Lonmin Mine go on strike demanding a wage increase. 10 … for the mineworkers near the Lonmin mine…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… A new Interim National Committee was formed with members from each region, which also included more black and white … Loudspeakers and video-screens relayed…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… of certain leaders. Some of these actions result from Government provocation, the people's patience becomes … encourage them in their wrong acts, nor shall…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… to the property at Jansenville and I have heard recently from Dr. Xuma that there is another Title deed which has come … all progressive measures which the…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… Abstract In 1994, South Africans were liberated from a system of apartheid which had controlled their lives … motivations and consequences. Secondly, I draw…
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… New words Independent: This means separate from one another or not linked in any way. Free and fair …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… confidence were political and had come down directly from the Dean of the Faculty of Science, acting on behalf of … went on to acquire not one but two PhD…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… Zanzibar had controlled this territory until pressure from the European powers had forced the Sultan to give it up. … bin Muhammad was proclaimed the true…