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ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and … their activities, because they did so very little. The history of the groups in…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… South African Prime Ministers from the NP (equivalent to the position of President today): Following … as the President. South African State Presidents from…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… from their homes and land. Photo from book Soweto: A History by Philip Bonner and Lauren Segal Young men from all … B. M. Hertzog. Hertzog, the founder of…
BiographyOprah Winfrey
… to third grade. First Black African woman billionaire in history! A DNA test on the show African American Lives (2006) … Daniels' The Butler (2013)] # I'm a…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… 2-4 May, The Groote Schuur Accord: the National Party (NP) and the African National Congress (ANC) agree on a common … Committee and other specific members…
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in post-war elections
… hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in … hails Liberian President Ellen…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… was still a fledgling organisation when National Party (NP) came to power following the general elections in 1948, but its impact could be felt. The NP came…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
… war universal, finds in maimed limbs and howling mouths a history that repeats itself. The job of the artist, Kokoschka … a number of high schools, and in…
BiographyKlass Makhosana Mahlangu
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship …
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Cape. Image source Growing up he learnt about African history and the unfair discrimination faced by non-whites … Fighting for peace Apartheid was introduced…
EventNational Party wins national elections
… General James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog's National Party (NP) wins the South African general election with an outright … vote as a vote for a "White South…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… was one of the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events, from … on their support or opposition to the…
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
… granted asylum in Britain in the 1980s and taught African history and culture at Nottinham University in 1989-91 before …
BiographyHarry Moyaga
… has to be directed to the past ”¦ to rewrite the history of the black man and to produce in it the heroes who …
BiographySoromini Kallichurum
… she was appointed to this post on a full time basis. The history of the Natal University Medical School in the …
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
… (she could not bear children) and injustice of human history (Colonialism/Apartheid and the patriarchal system was …
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… and the couple had two children. De Bruin had no known history, political activism as such, until her name surfaced …
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
… as one of the most important female figures in the history of South Africa. Her funeral provided an opportunity …
BiographyGuy Tillim
… child soldiers in Sierra Leone for South African History Online. The photographs, taken in July 2001, are both … Art, Milan, Italy 10 Years Old 2007-2017:…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… worked in the lime quarry. Here he also lectured on the history of the ANC. Sisulu also played a key role in … on the ANC and the liberation struggle, a…
BiographyFred Khumalo
… He is largely concerned with bringing South African history, particularly that which has been forgotten or … event,…insert chunks of what might be called …
EventThe Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act commences
… opposition - even within the ranks of the National Party (NP) there were people who did not approve of the government's … Thirteen lecturers at the…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… 1956 was implemented eight years after the National Party (NP) came into power at the start of Apartheid. [11] This … and Smallholding Irrigation Schemes in…
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… in 1977; his doctoral thesis was titled Theory and History in Marxist Poetics. He held a research position at … intellectual contributions to South Africa’s…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… process of negotiations between the Nationalist Party (NP) government and the African National Congress (ANC). In … the ANC withdrew from the negotiations,…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… Under the leadership of Dr DF Malan , the National Party (NP) supported by strong Afrikaner nationalist sentiment was … Smuts and his United Party (UP)…
Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010)
… Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… effective June 30, 1996. In the weeks leading up to the NP's formal departure from the executive branch, NP leaders repeatedly tried to assure voters that…
BiographyFrancis Wilson
… a chapter titled Farming 1866 – 1966 to the Oxford History of South Africa. The following year, Labour in the …
BiographyRebecca Malope
… becoming the fastest selling CD in the South African music history. In 1996 she lost her father, brother and sister in …