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BiographyNgoako Abel Ramatlhodi
… Tambo After 1994 first democratic elections in South Africa which were won by the ANC, Ramatlhodi was appointed …
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
… At the age of 21, she joined the Communist Party of South Africa , where meetings were held at the Gandhi Library in … Ltd: London.|Naidoo, P. (2006) 156…
BiographyGeorge Naicker
… Nations. With the return of ANC exiles back to South Africa in 1990, Naicker was charged with taking care of the …
Christianity
… years old he began telling people about God. He travelled all over the country, healed sick people and performed other … crucified. Christians believe that…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… had a presence throughout the modern history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to establish a … Fosatu was able to build the shop-floor…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… the only slaves amongst a few hundred Europeans. Almost all of these early slaves arrived at the Cape with VOC … It was through this informal trade that most…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… 1930 Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga … went in for the top end of that trade. Miners would come all the…
BiographyGopal Krishna Gokhale
… Society in Poona. On Ghandi's invitiation, he Toured South Africa in October of 1912. He was associated with Deccan …
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… culture she grew up within and insure that the new South Africa held place for all its people and all their cultures, as well as honouring her word. Sisulu…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… The passive resistance campaigns led by MK Gandhi in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the … become the Union of South Africa in…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… an antiapartheid activist. After she was exiled from South Africa in 1960, she used her success to shine a light on the … vocalist in 1954. In 1959 she left…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… largest scale non-violent resistance ever seen in South Africa and the first campaign pursued jointly by all racial groups under the leadership of the ANC…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the … District 6 Museum JAG - Johannesburg Art Gallery Museum Africa Pretoria Art Museum South…
ArticleMapungubwe
… site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, 75 km from Messina. It sits … The best known of these objects is the…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… by The Department of Education The1950s and 1960s in South Africa were marked by the apartheid state's tight control … had come to hate the minority…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… for an educational system that was representative of Africa and Africans. Most student leaders raised the concern … a plea for peace pegged on two conditions…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… One of FOSACO’s goals was to make art representatives of all the different cultures of and within South Africa. They also rallied communities and…
Grade 10 Archive
… controversial issues regarding European intervention in Africa is the slave trade. The causes and results of the … European Revolutions 1750-1850 : In this…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… the globe - symbolise the achievements of South Africans all over the world. Rising sun - the new dawn emerging from Africa. Mapungubwe hill - forms the…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… event marked a symbolic shift in the discourse of South Africa, to one more decolonial in character. RMF, other … for immediate structural change. In 2001…
PlaceThe Haven Night Shelter(s)
… houses in District 6 but were not legal owners or tenants. All of these marginal residents were now homeless and living … on the streets. Harrington Street…
BiographyEdson Sithole
… in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was the second … work toward a Doctor of Laws from the…
BiographyMlungiseleli Velaphi
… was a United Democratic Front (UDF) member. He left South Africa in 1985 to join the African National Congress (ANC) … (now Limpopo). The unit crossed from…
BiographyAlbert Newall
… for Temple Press Ltd. In 1946 Newall immigrated to South Africa, where he eventually settled in Doornfontein, … sculpture for the African Life Centre in Cape…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… criminal offences. Theoretically these laws applied to all races, but the courts held that the laws were applicable … and trading segregation for Indians…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… of political offences to those inside and outside South Africa. All persons who may be affected will be considered. The … line with the new dynamic situation…
Polokwane an Overview
… with each other, friendly as well as conflictual, but all were eventually vanquished by the Whites, either Boer or … way station for travellers to and from…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The … to merge Southern Rhodesia (now…
PlaceEdward Hotel, Durban
… Casino, u Shaka Marine World and the International Convention Centre. The Hotel is also one about five minutes … Suncoast Casino, uShaka Marine World and the…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… 1952 during the Defiance Campaign . Collins was in South Africa during this period, and met with Nelson Mandela , … the government’s attitude towards the…