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Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… National Congress (ANC) is formed. The ANC was founded by John Dube , Pixley ka Isaka Seme and Sol Plaatje . It has … A further ill-treatment of these…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… Dutch explorers met small hunter-gatherers called Sonqua by their Khoe guides. Later, these cattle-less people became … groups. In this last case, true…
The Mountain Committee
… were illegal, they were held just the same and attended by thousands of peasants, who came on foot and on horseback … carried back the news to their areas…
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… of his leadership, many of which have been refuted by historians. Although Lenin can be fondly referred to as … at the hands of Stalin's regime outweigh…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… white and black South Africans were employed on the mines by 1890. South Africa became the single biggest gold producer … lay so deep under the ground. The…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… the Nats established an Asian Affairs Department run by the Minister of the Interior, J de Klerk, who announced … was reestablished as the Department of…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… of the invasion. The South African Party was supported by the Labour Party and the Unionists. Herzog’s National … other senior army officers. However, de la…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… mighty states like Austria, Prussia and Russia, and by 1810 controlled much of Europe. In some of the states he … and so the revolutionary values that were…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… mamokhorong. It was a single-string violin that was used by the Khoi in their own music making and in the dances of … the early 1820s, a tradition that was…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… marks of identity, was a process that was constructed by Afrikaner activists in reaction to British imperialism, on … the English and other groups. This…
Article1956 Women Marchers
… on August 9th 1956 to protest the carrying of passes by African Women. Lets us name the women and tell their … communities , as mothers, wives and activists…
ArticleThe Big Debate
… at 10pm on SABC 2. The Big Debate season 10 is hosted by Redi Tlhabi and is made possible by Luminate, Open Society Foundation and Ford Foundation. …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… : The act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force. Empire : A group of countries or states that are controlled by one ruler or government…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… in reaction to the Suppression of Communism Act passed by the government. Dr James Moroka gave his first public … Albert Luthuli became president of the ANC,…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… 8-13 December 1958 in Accra Ghana. The AAPC was attended by both independent and non independent countries, … formally attend as the organisation as it was…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… The outbreak of the First World War was precipitated by the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, by Serbian…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… Kapadia and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi are betrothed by their fathers. 1882 Kasturba and Mohandas are married at … leaves for South Africa to work on a…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… and more violent. He was asked to renounce his visions by the leaders of the Church as they could not condone the … not accommodate the congregation and was…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… and was executed with military precision. Surrounded by elaborate security precautions, those arrested were driven … of the verdict, including special…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… the origin of people? The distant past can be studied by means of archaeology. Archaeologists try to find the … precious Rubbish and other remains are…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… or 'first people' of Australia were labeled 'Aborigines' by the British settlers. Aborigine is a Latin word from 'ab' … the indigenous population of…
Internal Security Amendment Act No 79
… of banned persons were included. The Act was repealed by the Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982 and the Internal … No 138 of 1991 except for s 10. Section…
ArticleSAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue
… includes a series of open letters that will be followed by response letters by participants and other student activists. Student …
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… (AWB) was an ultra-right wing organisation led by Eugene Terreblanche , that first came into prominence in … parade of the AWB, he announced : "This land is…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations initiated by Coloureds existed, most of which dealt with the question … 000…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… that access to public education was very limited. Attempts by a few white liberal politicians and elite members of the … in the country. In fact, the TLSA…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… President of the OFS. Despite all the problems experienced by the young Republic, Boshoff still managed to place state … period in office, Bloemfontein grew…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Romans, a people defeated in war were usually taken over by the conquerors as slaves. The men were imprisoned and … of the capture of people from West Africa…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA) was not banned by the government, its members were not spared the wrath of … methods were adopted. The NCL was…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… of the pending disfranchisement of the Cape Natives by the Parliament of South Africa. The following resolutions by Mr. L. T. Mtimkulu is carried out:-That…