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ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Introduction Afrikaans, one of the official languages, together with English, during … occupies a politicised space as the ‘ colonial ’ language of the White…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… note: This topic's content was written in 2003 and is part of the old curriculum content, we have modified it slightly … motive for imperialism was to obtain…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… areas in the Afrikaner republics and with the creation of the Union in 1910 and later under the Group Areas Act and other segregationist laws. While the…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ Charter became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour movement. It…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… This article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract The Federation of South…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… bands, most notably The Blue Notes and The Brotherhood of Breadth. Through this mutually felt discrimination, … and drummer Louis Moholo. Pukwana spent the…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The … South Africa gained its independence,…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the … fledged independent University…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… The Role and Impact of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile and Women in South Africa Politics … has played a major and vital role in the history of South African…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… As part of the governmental process for transformation of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in … White Technikon Pretoria, to form the Tshwane…
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… The history of working people, and particularly Black workers, to … struggle against racism and national liberation. The roots of Trade Unionism and…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
… been cultivated from a young age when she had to take care of her siblings, stepping in for her mother who had fallen ill with the Spanish flu of 1918 . As a…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established … was…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… government appointed the Eiselen Commission with the task of considering African education provision. The Commission … ‘resorting to radical measures’ for…
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… Who is SAAAH? About SAAAH The South African Association of Art Historians (SAAAH), founded in 1984, is the major professional association of art historians…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… Abstract The paper reviews the life of South African poet Mongane Wally Serote during apartheid … wrote many works that conveyed the suffering and anger of…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), African National … Alliance). COSATU has been involved in the liberation of the country and has…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… Savannah, eventually resulting in the infiltration of several SADF forces and a clash between the South African … conflict. July 1975 FNLA…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Coming Revolution’, Julius Malema had earned the title of Commander-in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters when he was still the president of the ANC…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… before passing away in West Berlin, Germany at the age of 39. Dyani actively fought against the apartheid regime through the medium of music and assisted the…
ArticleOrigins of major world religions reflected in SA
… Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives across the world. Thousands of African people are converted to Christianity every day and ……
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The … Maqoma, Tyhali and Botomane, as a preliminary to a new treaty which would do…
Press statement of ANC Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, on the Operation Vulindlela and the Indemnification of ANC members
… Press statement of ANC Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, on the Operation Vulindlela and the Indemnification of ANC members …
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, to the party parliament group on South Africa
… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, to the party parliament group on …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the Congress of the South African Agricultural Union (SAAU)
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the Congress of the South African Agricultural Union (SAAU) …
Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936 …
Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936 …
ArticleImpact of World War II: how the nature of political quest for independence in Africa changed after 1945
… Impact of World War II: how the nature of political quest for independence in Africa changed after …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
… article has been published in SAHO's library and is part of the publication 'South Africa in exile' edited by R.M. … by David M. Sibeko Hlongwane, A. (2000),…