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Celebrating Freedom and Democracy
Celebrating Freedom and Democracy
Celebrating Freedom and Democracy
Celebrating Freedom and Democracy
Celebrating Freedom and Democracy
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ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… the idea of racism. These include colonial conquest, land dispossession, economic impoverishment and exclusion … Khoi societies sustained their livelihood…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… bishop, the first African bishop, returned to his native land and continued his good work with greater vigour than …
BiographyEnoch Mankayi Sontonga
… Sikelel' iAfrika," is a prayer for God's blessing on the land and all its people. A well-known Xhosa poet, Samuel …
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… of monopoly industries as well as the redistribution of land. The NDR, intended as an incremental, working-class-led, …
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) came into being in 1996 when communities on the Cape Flats, Cape Town decided to form an anti-crime organisation…
Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies in Ixopo,
Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies in Ixopo,
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… in growing Dutch newspapers. New newspapers included Ons Land, De Paarl, Onze Courant, Philipstowsche Wekblad and Het … of the people. In 1894 De Zuid…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… superstition. Man-hunting savages infested the hinterÂland bush. The reign of the witch-doctor was everywhere … converts they have not shown similar concern…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… Steyn knew that the grant of outright ownership of land to urban Blacks would be seen as politically impossible … black middle class stifled since the Native…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… the Passive Resistance Movement against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, commonly referred … defined the areas where Indians could live…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… their way to stem the attack, but they were hindered by land mines and attacks from the South African Air Force. … – 2500m long and 30m wide – so that large…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a…
South African and World leaders
South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich history. Many different cultures and communities live side by side and even together in South…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
Isangomas and inyangas are the two main types of indigenous or traditional healers in South Africa. Isangomas Isangomas are spiritual healers and are…
Assessment task: Fascism and Nazism
Source: www.dhm.de (Deutsches Historisches Museum) Question 1: Refer to the photographs of Hitler in Source A. These photographs were used in anti-Hitler…
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… The Apollo XI mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. Launched on 16 July 1969, it carried … 20 July, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
Pass laws in South Africa were met with fierce resistance during the 20th century. But earlier forms of passes, had in fact been used in various instances…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
At a GFWBF meeting in Pietermaritzburg in April, metalworkers from two factories called for the establishment of a union. Two months later, the Metal and…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
The birth of the Industrial and Commercial Union of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town when African labour leader, H Selby Msimang…
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
… produced three volumes on rural life, livelihoods and land tenure in the former Ciskei. After completing this …