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Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… By at least the turn of the century, African churchwomen … Transvaal (who remain in the least Christianised today). By 1880 the new faith was relatively,…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… cultural expression and South Africa’s communist movement by Judy Seidman This paper opens up the question about the role played by the Communist Party of…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… of Glasgow and this award is accepted on behalf of Mandela by the Vice-President of Nigeria. A road is named after Mandela by the London Borough of Brent…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… and other laws The Constitution is a law passed by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All … law and customary law: Statutes are laws, which…
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… 1971 Closure of The Classic , by Nat Nakasa , editor. Publication of ‘ Sounds of a Cowhide Drum’ , Oswald Mtshali’s first book of poetry, by Renoster Books,…
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
… STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, TO THE JOINT … scourges. But I will also say this, that gradually, step by step,…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… Newspapers or publications by African people played a critical role in giving them an … late nineteenth and early twentieth century spearheaded by the…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… in the simplest terms how the black man was persecuted by the white man.’[18] – Long Walk to Freedom” [16] Mase had …
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in to the workers’ demands. Thus began a resurgence … trade union federations that helped…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… the village of Mvezo, Transkei, the Allies, strengthened by American reinforcements, launched a counterattack against German forces. By August, the German…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… this period. Conversely, fierce resistance was launched by African people in response to their loss of land, … conquest. The British in turn, pursued the…
ArticleThe New Group
… to question and oppose the conservative values propounded by the South African Society of Artists. At the time of its … responsibility of Walter Battiss…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… injuries. 29 September Sebokeng Shot in head by policeman during altercation between police and other … Died of head injuries after being violently…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi pastoralists who used it seasonally as pastures … the gradual dispossession of local…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… autocratic monarchy means that French society was governed by an all-powerful king or queen, believed to have been given divine right to rule by God. [2]…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… During the 1960s and the 1980s South Africa was ruled by the National Party. The NP government imposed the apartheid system and could only be voted for by…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… and Development in Southern Africa which was headed by Professor Francis Wilson head of SALDRU. The photographic project was headed by the artist and…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… practice to southwest Asia. 5000 BC The continent is hit by a dry phase, drying up the Sahara region and causing the … more centralized under the pharaoh’s…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… During the Second World War, there was rapid urbanization by Africans. The lack of infrastructure in South African … the phenomenon of overcrowding and…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… population. The means of production must not be controlled by private individuals (as it is with capitalism) or by the proletariat (as it is with communism),…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… ANC, which marked an end of the military struggles waged by the indigenous traditional communities as they resisted … revolution; the 50th anniversary of the…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… A series of legislations were passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal … out of Cape Town while others were detained and tried. By…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… the triumph of the Voortrekkers against the Zulu army led by Dingaan at the ‘Battle of Blood River’. It became a … of the Covenant’. Since the 1920s, the day…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… the East Indies. Soon more Dutch settlers arrived followed by settlers from all over Europe. Increased European … led to the colonisation and occupation of…
Chapter 1: The 1971 Art South Africa Today Exhibition: Towards a Language of protest art
… Contemporary Art exhibition, which also included works by Badsha and Bestall. These several exhibitions of protest … were set up in Durban, in October 1972…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… viewed this danger. In 1900 the first steps were taken by Government to place Port Elizabeth in a position to cope with a possible outbreak of Bubonic Plague…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… tribe and resolves to subdue Shaka. He is defeated by the Zulu’s superior strategy and discipline. 1821 As he … forces conquer the Pedi kingdom. 1923 June:…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… calm, there were incidents of minor skirmishes sparked by stock theft. In addition, alleged violations of signed or … and Boers. Around 1779, allegations of…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… 1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade … it is Angola that is reputed to have been devastated by the Atlantic…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… exiled Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC), led by the charismatic Tsietsi Mashinini , commanded the support … BC activists and their counterparts…