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ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of … was unveiled by President Nelson Mandela. 2006 February, The statue of Chief…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… Africans resisted colonial rule from the outset, trying to hold on to their land, but were not … by 1900. Only Ethiopia and Liberia remained free. After the…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… this pidgin as either Fanagalo or Fanakalo. Fanakalo is ‘the correct spelling in Zulu or Xhosa orthography’]. [1] In … Fanakalo are examined: Fanakalo as a…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle for…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… The conflict between the British Empire and the Zanzibar Sultanate in 1896 is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… The coastline of the Eastern Cape is treacherous, and several ships ran aground or sunk offshore after Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… between 30.000-50.000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to the police headquarters in Caledon Square. The protesters offered themselves up for arrest for not …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… in Cape Town. Source: http://www.nelsonmandela.org In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in motion. These plans culminated…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the Apartheid government was forced to consider reforms to … Developments leading…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established Cape Town as a … ships sailing between Europe and India. As a result, ‘the…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… The Bambatha Rebellion claimed the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting on the…
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… The “Bolton Hall Four” David Davis , David Hemson , Jeannette … and Halton Cheadle were banned for five years under the Suppression of Communism Act on 1…
The oldest forms of human communication
… Some of the oldest forms of human communication include talking or … written communication came about when humans realised the need to record their daily…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… How do we find out about the past? For recent events where there was personal … of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 3: The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… For each individual photographer, there was the struggle to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised apartheid … 15 Anthropologists tended to…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… 1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - when new wages for … Durban stopped work and demanded a minimum wage equal to the PDL…
ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal, Cape, … The South African general…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid … means that fought for those who were disadvantaged by…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… In 1887 Zululand was annexed by the colony of Natal and the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable … In 1903 an epidemic of East Coast fever…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend for the 2014 National and Provincial elections. 25 November 2013, by this date the number of registered…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 3: Democracy and the Constitution
… as a national flag, an anthem and a coat of arms unite the people of a country and make them proud to be a part of that country and all its achievements. The…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… Cape Town has a long history of the struggle against racial discrimination and social injustice. Some of the earlier struggles against injustice manifested…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
… A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South…
ArticleThe South African General Elections: 2019
… General elections will be held in South Africa on the 8th of May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. This…
Address by President Mandela on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
… Address by President Mandela on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) …
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand
… Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand …
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936 …
ArticlePoetry and Resistance in the 1970’s
… A multitude of African poetics has populated the constantly shifting maps of Africa throughout the twentieth-century and has inhabited the history of South…
Speech by President Mandela to the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius
… Speech by President Mandela to the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius …