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BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… President of Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA). He led CONTRALESA to align itself with … the ANC. He was a very strong believer in…
BiographyZindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
… refusal speech directed at then Prime Minister of South Africa P.W. Botha in relation to his early conditional … for over a year. Zindzi was currently…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
… and his mother a teacher. His parents moved to South Africa from the north of Scotland shortly before the outbreak … Crystallography at the same university…
ArticleTswana
… beliefs: About 4 million Tswana people live in southern Africa; 3 million in South Africa and 1 million in the nation … facilitated the integration of…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… Xuma was still moderate, and called for the unity of all African people. He managed to streamline the running of … during the war, bad living conditions and…
ArticleSita’s story
… roads to go into the city. If it rained there was mud all over and the little bridges would be over-run by the … and then there were the people who worked on…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…
Black Reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973 - Address to the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association by O. R. Tambo, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, 1973
… help us to understand what is now happening in South Africa. The black reaction is not merely to apartheid; it is … Despite earlier failures to create a…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All other laws must follow it. Other laws can be divided into … that were brought by the Dutch when they…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… This policy, although not undeviatingly observed al all times, has nevertheless been the means of raising us in … be accepted as the only guiding principle…
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… This policy, although not undeviatingly observed al all times, has nevertheless been the means of raising us in … be accepted as the only guiding principle…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… Marcus Garvey, preaching the unity of all blacks, claimed that liberty would come about only through the return of all Afro-Americans to their ancestral…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… over the next two decades into the economic powerhouse of Africa. It led to a scramble by the British colonial … administration to expand their political…
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… for the ZAR from Britain in 1884, at the London Convention. … C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa ; 3rd rev. ed. Pretoria:…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… Stations, commissioned near Volksrust. The remains of the Convention Bridge, on Grensspruit have been proclaimed a … has produced hundreds of professionals…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
… began last year with requests for submissions from all structures of the ANC, from government departments, and … fact that there are 4 million deaf people in…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was changed to the … popular, and additional organisations…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… of the people at heart. [11] This image was contrasted all the more given the negative perceptions of Mbeki … [15] The significance of the unemployment…
BiographyDavid Nthubu Koloane
… Johannesburg to learn more. In 1972 Maqhubela left South Africa to pursue an art career in London. He sent Koloane to …
BiographyJohannes (Jan) de Klerk
… In 1967 he was widely tipped to be President of South Africa and it never happened. The following year he was …
BiographyPaul Shipokosa Mashatile
… Sexwale (presently Minister of Human Settlements in South Africa) as Chairperson of the Province. In 1994, Mashatile … and presently Minister of Arts and…
BiographySifiso Nkabinde
… who was the Chairman at a time. In 1994, after South Africa's first democratic election, Nkabinde was elected as … Call for peace in South Africa . BBC …
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… the Netherlands for Tanzania and then returned to South Africa in 2011. Her death saw an outpouring of …
BiographyPieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
… 1953 he was elected to be the secretary of the South Africa Textile Workers' Industrial Union.The influence that … November 2011|SADET (2004). The Road to…
BiographyHelen Kies
… because of his involvement in the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA) and other political activities. His firing …
BiographyManfred Zylla
… born in Augsburg, Germany in 1939, and arrived in South Africa in 1970. A series of woodcuts about the 1976 Soweto …
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… was Khayinga`s turn, followed by Mkaba, as they too defied all prison rules to shout out their valedictions. Soon after, … to Challenge: A Documentary…
ArticleZulu
… and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into four … as well as dancing. These activities…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is … prisoners and the return of exiles…
Classroom activities: Learning about history
… day. We must remember that the full history in South Africa and all over the world has been hidden and distorted. By writing … you to influence how your…