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ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… provided for the racial segregation of the country's four main groups, so-called European, African, Indian and Coloured. One of Apartheid's main concerns was…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… during the Soweto Uprising and the township revolts of the 1980s. The SADF Reserve Contact records of all former members …
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… Bergh though the Public Service Amendment Act (1969). The main aim of BOSS was to monitor national security, as well as … for coordinating internal and…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… trade Freedom from enforced labour The Congress became the main political organ of the Black people throughout the …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… and asylum seekers in South Africa dates back to the 1980s when the country was home to a number of Mozambican … not belonging to the dominant ethnic groups…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… perception had changed, as throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Free Mandela campaigns were run in a variety of … free man in, was on the brink of widespread…
Grade 10 Archive
… Central and South America. The impact of colonialism : The main reason why Europeans began to search for a sea route to …
ArticleThe missionaries
… the Xhosas and Zulus. The missionaries became Faku’s main channel of communication with the Cape Colony, and later … introduced the system of Tribal…
ArticleTransport on water
… of boat from ancient times. This boat had three hulls (main bodies) and were built by Polynesians about 4 000 years … to their boats. For many centuries,…
EventThe State of Emergency is declared in thirty six magisterial districts.
… popular resistance and violent township protests amid the 1980s forced the South African government to declare a State …
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa 1979 - 1996 - by Kumi Naidoo
… allies dominated South Africa's political landscape in the 1980s. This study deals with political resistance amongst … of a myriad of progressive Indian…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… the Kwa-Zulu Government. It was only early in the 1980s that relations between the two were mended. This … them dead. As tensions escalated in the second…
EventDr Stanley Mogoba is born in Polokwane
… on this day. He was detained on Robben Island during the 1980s and was appointed as the presiding Bishop of the …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… as early as the 1930s Afrikaans women were regarded as the main bearers of their culture. They were also the … fact that an ANC member, a Mrs Bhola, was also…
EventNegotiations between Nelson Mandela and Mangosutho Buthelezi
… camps had been engaged in violence since the early 1980s. …
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… of KwaZulu-Natal, the hosts of this event, in the late 1980s. His 1982 poetry collection, No More Lullabies, was the … the BC movement. He said a lot of…
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… Blog 1 S. Mhlongo, 'Youth, Culture and Resistance in the 1980s', SAHO Blog [web blog], 10 June 2023, https://www.sahistory.org.za/blog/youth-culture-1980s , …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… taken in reaching it, the judge who disagrees with the main writer will prepare to write a concurrence or dissent. … It is a litigant's responsibility to…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… questionnaire, the Umbrella was restructured to include a Main Programme consisting of established and International … programme was no longer included. This…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… plan put in place for the invasion of Zululand. The main objective was to occupy the Zulu royal kraal at Ulundi … Zulu tactic of attacking from three sides…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the increasing activities of the UDF posed a … of the IFP was gradually eroded. As a…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
… During the late 1970 and early 1980s the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations had tried … uranium, magnesium, and other strategic metals. By the mid 1980s…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… set the stage for other women’s organisations in the 1980s. Keywords Federation of South African Women, Ray … in the 1960s and was unable to re-launch…
PlaceBenin
… Benin just as the later democratic transition would. The main political contenders were temporarily united under the … parties and shifting alliances, all…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… the general consensus that credit for the discovery of the main gold reef must be attributed to George Harrison, whose … workings were being opened up along…
Sadecque Variava
Early life and schooling Sadecque Variava was born on 8 July 1949 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), the fourth of seven…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… coal-to-liquid strategy. [40] During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, ESCOM built 13 new coal-fired power stations. [41] The … Economic Reforms During the late…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… and internalise. District Six thus became one of the main urban targets for destruction in the city of Cape Town. … for many years . The Land remained vacant…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… educational as well as political issues. Throughout the 1980s, under the banner of COSAS students have staged a … National Congress refugees in Zimbabwe and…