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ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… on Broadway. Sarafina , a South African musical produced by Mbongeni Ngema depicted students who were involved in the … The construction of the tombstone was…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… creative resistance to white minority rule and domination by a disenfranchised black majority. Coming shortly after the … the campaign originated from the…
Gallery
… from 1900-present day. It has been published decade by decade. The struggle for freedom and equality has its … in the early 1900s. This struggle was greatly…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… it was on many occasions short-lived and quickly quashed by colonial authorities who were more often than not greater … the case with the slave uprising of…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… saw unemployed Blacks contained in the reserves, which by the 1940s began to experience severe malnutrition, infant … reflecting the triumphalism of…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… was a South African literary and arts magazine published by Ravan Press in Johannesburg from 1978 to 1993. It took its … graphics and photography from…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… possible, and even immanent. The representation of the ANC by government and Afrikaner and other media since its banning … questioning the system. The…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… for service were herded together in concentration camps by the British forces during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902). … who had surrendered voluntarily and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… Native Affairs Act The ANC supports the militant strike by African mineworkers in 1920. The Black (Native) Affairs … is born in Bolotwe, Queenstown. Job…
Thupelo (1985)
… Thupelo workshops were initiated in 1985 in Johannesburg by the South African artist, David Nthubu Koloane , together … Convention centre in Rustenberg in…
Glossary: Local History
… which is the use of a weaker country's resources by a stronger country to make itself stronger. Coral reefs A … the citizens of a country choose their…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… to function in 1901, as he expected the war to be over by then. The police force would be divided into 4 divisions, … areas. These units were broken up in…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… position was that the CP was seemingly gaining popularity by opposing any transition through a negotiated settlement. … would be disastrous for them. Recent…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… Many living in Pietpotgietersrus died of malaria, and by April 1870 the town had to be abandoned. They returned in … Burgers sought to end the isolation of…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… White war. At least 15 000 Blacks were used as combatants by the British, especially as scouts to track down Boer … armed block house guards, but also in non…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… return to South Africa on a Zambian Airways plane lent by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda . 2 May, African National … United Kingdom, North America and…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… Reconciliation Commission. You can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an interview, Nelson … World War, there is no evil that has been as…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced by creating the cosmetic Tricameral Parliament . This system … a turning point in South African history…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party … congress in 1916 the ISL adopted a…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… white-owned shops, and sometimes excluded those owned by progressive whites and included those owned by black collaborators. Although the UDF supported…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – … Unity Movement (NEUM) was launched in 1943, split in two by 1957 and…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… Smuts's Pegging Act, the first South African Act passed by the United Party Government imposing spatial segregation … throughout the country. March 31 - 6…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… The period 1860-1923 is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal … of the "passenger" Indians who came to trade,…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… rivalry between the new superpowers during the Cold War by exploring the Increasing tension between the Allies after … War II, the U.S.-Soviet alliance of…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… joined in declaring a political war on the black people by blocking their political expectations “ (Brits and … 1998: 36). Article 8 of the Treaty made…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… us further. Of all the parties, the Communists alone stood by us and protested when we were shot down. Gumede drew … without representation in parliament, we…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… After a brief court appearance the men are freed and taken by the United National Independence Party (UNIP) to the … at Kongwa, 400 kilometers south of the…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… the ways in which these roles have changed and been shaped by events occurring both throughout Mandela’s lifetime and … serving as Secretary General of the…
Conference in pictures
… Please forward this page to other photographers by using the send to a friend tab View photographs by Jenny Altschuler from the Bonani Africa 2010 Conference…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… Ozone Layer. 25 January, Extracts of a document written by Nelson Mandela in anticipation of a meeting with President … P.W. Botha in the beginning of 1989,…