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BiographyAlec Erwin
… Officer of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and remained an Officer until 1993. During the … Democracy Education Trust The Road to…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… to die Anglican mission station at Epinga in South West Africa/Namibia. He started receiving formal education at the …
BiographyBen Baartman
… after the signing of the Nkomati Accord between South Africa and Mozambique, Baartman was arrested along with other …
Ntela Richard Sikhosana
… and international politics. When he returned to South Africa he joined the underground ranks of MK in the Natal …
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… and World AIDS Day. The campaign began in 1998 in South Africa as one of the intervention strategies towards creating … impact of violence against women and…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… of the first democratically elected president of South Africa through his childhood in rural Transkei, the beginings … promoting international goodwill and…
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, to the joint sitting of … driven by the desire to improve the quality of…
BiographyMono Badela
… page. He could call sources like General Bantu Holomisa at all hours - and was so liked by his sources that he never …
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… as prisoners of war under the protection of the Geneva Convention. A few weeks before the event at Wonderboom police …
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The SANNC sent petitions and deputations, … to involve themselves with the internal…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women … people were forced by the government…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… proclaims an end to the immigration of Asians to South Africa. 28 January, Gandhi reaches a compromise with Smuts . … married by ceremonies which allowed…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… the Progressive Party saw their ideals realized in South Africa's interim Constitution. In the 1961 election, only … This began one of the great…
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… who was one of the leading Marxist intellectuals in South Africa, and a former Central Committee member of the South … the country. He first joined the…
Insurrections: The Storming
… possible, that it could be deep and full of surprises for all of us. For the third, the question was how to develop a … “Prosperus” (in our version) an…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… possible, that it could be deep and full of surprises for all of us. For the third, the question was how to develop a … “Prosperus” (in our version) an…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be allowed to … Every Step of the Way: The Journey to…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… ‘boererate’, and anybody was allowed to use them. South Africa is very rich in oral traditions. In the next unit there are some examples of stories from all…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… to find a sea-route to India around the south coast of Africa, reach the coast of Guinea, West Africa. 1483 Diogo … and have access to slaves. They have,…
BiographyProfessor Brij Maharaj
… and a B-rated NRF (National Research Foundation – South Africa) researcher in the School of Agricultural, Earth and … at the University of Kwazulu-Natal …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships … European ships had to travel around the southern tip of Africa to reach their destination…
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the South African Students' Organisation …
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… became a republic in 1960. Nkrumah was a founder of the Convention People’s Party. Nkrumah experienced several … BBC, ‘ Kwame Nkrumah’s Vision of Africa’ ,…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… Army of Namibia (PLAN) was an armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), the major liberation … class in the class struggle. SWAPO…
BiographyCassim Mahomed Lakhi
… Bibi, who were both born in India. They arrived in South Africa in 1894 and settled in Greytown. Here Mahomed Lakhi … at Cambridge for a law degree, but had…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… country. During the first decade of democracy in South Africa, the energies of civil society organisations in the … appeals for a public treatment programme…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… negotiations with the Governments of India and South Africa. 1932 January 12 - February 4, The Second Round … passing of the Hertzog Bills leads to the…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… and 1989, the producers managed to attract people from all sectors of the community and the Dance Umbrella heralded … programme/s, performed once. Vita…
BiographyDr Morris Zwi
… what was happening around him as he grew up in South Africa, under the abhorrent Apartheid political system. Zwi … magazine, featuring Afrapix’s first…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… of the Report will be applied in dealing with members of all organisations, groupings or institutions, governmental or … completed not later than the end of…