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ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… workers. “The Wits Student Representative Council notes with great despondency the unjust treatment of the …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
In September 1993, the South African legislature approved the setting up of a multiparty Transitional Executive Council (TEC) to manage South Africa’s…
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road), was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
Address by the Chancellor of the University of Zululand, Mr Jacob Zuma, at the Gala Dinner of the First International Co-Operatives Conference, Kwazulu Natal, 24 February 2009, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… in the last five years. In fact the same study notes that where government support is greatest, we find the … in the country, given the support. But as the…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
… delivered by speakers of the language. As the following notes will show, it would not be too far off the mark to … the kind of voice lead suggested by…
Pottery, division of labour, trade, medicine and healing, hunting
Pottery Pottery production was also a very important feature of Iron Age society. The Iron Age women were skilled potters. Pots were used for cooking and…
PlaceThe Space
… and foster a community of open debate and discussion. End Notes [i] Brian Astbury, “The Story of The Space”, Theatre of …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… South African Reserve Bank launches a new line of bank notes bearing the image of its first democratically elected … president Nelson Mandela on front, while…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… the Rustenburg area." Post-apartheid informal settlements Notes for a speech by President Nelson Mandela at Bleskop …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… available to non-landowners (Swart: 2000: 170). Swart notes that areas of rebel strongholds were those such as …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
Following on from Part 1, this article seeks to analyse some of the historical and present dynamics bedevilling ESKOM. Over the past twenty years, ESKOM’s…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… Anthony is made by Van Riebeeck on 12 March 1655, when he notes that Anthony has ‘quite suddenly’ disappeared, and …
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into influence over organs of the state. The…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
194622 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of second…
The New Generation
… of all state sponsored exhibitions. 1. This Congress notes with serious concern the neglect of State support in … of such opportunity for art education. 2…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… (UIA) 2014 conference theme of “Otherwhere”. [8] End Notes [1] “Peter Mckenzie,” kznsagallery.co.za, last modified …
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… course, a Franchise which has now opened in Cape Town! End Notes [1] Liza Essers cited in Matthew Burbridge, “Gallery …
ArchiveHugh Masekela - what I'm thinking about ... a crisis for African culture (The Guardian)12 March 2013
… changing the world, but music doesn't change, it's only 12 notes and six chords and it'll always be that. It's how …
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… workers searching for answers in the school of struggle. NOTES [16] Brian Bunting, Moses Kotane, South African …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… Ilse Brookes, Amber Fox-Martin & Simone van der Colff End Notes [1] The Western Cape Education Department, South …
ArticleImpact of World War II: how the nature of political quest for independence in Africa changed after 1945
Note: Some grade 11 sections are under construction and still link to old content. Also note, there may be minor changes to the curriculum from year to year,…
Impact of pseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism on the 19th and 20th Centuries
Note: Some grade 11 sections are under construction and still link to old content. Also note, there may be minor changes to the curriculum from year to year,…
Ideas of race in the late 19th and 20th centuries
Note: Some grade 11 sections are under construction and still link to old content. Also note, there may be minor changes to the curriculum from year to year,…
Challenges to capitalism; Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Communist state
This information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new curriculum but…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Glossary
Extra note: In order to standardise the “Terms you need to Know” articles in the Classroom Section, all definitions are accessed from https://www.dictionary…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
I first came into contact with Comrade Devadas Paul David in 1977, soon after a few of us established the Tongaat Youth Club. We were struck by his youthful…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… Grade 10 Exemplar. [1] “The Mfecane 1816 – 28”, History Notes, (Uploaded: 5 April 2016), (Accessed: 5 August 2020) … Brookes, Amber Fox-Martin & Simone van…