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ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… By the time Harriet became General Secretary for the GWIU, … was made up of 6648 male workers and 6715 female workers. By 1967 this had grown to 7582 female…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership … Government of National Unity was…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… to the book South African Communists Speak published by Inkululeko Publications, edited by Brian Bunting . September 11-13, Dadoo visits Portugal. … in…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
… was Ida Mntwana who was appointed after a brief stint by Madie Hall-Xuma. The women became active in the Defiance … at the forefront. The Women's League…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… the suburbs of Durban and reached Pietermaritzburg by 19 January. A total of 142 people died in the ensuing … Indians left their homes and took refuge in…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in … oppression of the majority of South Africans…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
… Edris (better known as Brother) and Ricky were also bitten by the music bug and the lifestyle of that period and started … Like most kids (I was all of seven…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… provinces. Cape Town began as a small trading post run by the Dutch East India Company (DEIC) from the Netherlands. … do repairs and restock. This trading…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… Workers’ Charter in South Africa was drawn up in 1913 by white unions in the Transvaal. It was a year of high … Black mineworkers came out to strike in…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… in three remarkable sessions: an encounter in Delhi by Sumangala Damodaran, Neo Muyanga, Sazi Dlamini and Susmit … between Jürgen Bräuninger and Sazi…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… Africa Act, South Africa's first constitution is passed by the British House of Commons despite petitions and … of race, colour, creed or other limitation,…
Umrabulo - Issue No.11, 2nd Quarter 2001
… and tenacity our people were defeated on the battlefield by the superior arms and organisation of the Europeans. … in wealthier communities have ensured that…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… four provinces of the Union of South Africa Image source By 1910, South Africa (then Union of South Africa ) was ruled by White people (descendants of white…
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
… guaranteed returns on their money. Hence the star system. By casting big names investors hope to ensure the film will … Andre Brink's A Dry White Season was…
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… refused to accept a new tax that was being implemented by the colonial administration. Together with a small group … harsh policies that the Zulu population…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
… attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced by creating the cosmetic Tricameral Parliament. This system … a turning point in South African history…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 3: Colonisation of the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries
… the first people to live at the Cape. They got their food by hunting wild animals and gathering plant foods like … the rest of southern Africa. The San were…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… plant symbolises the unique beauty of achievements by men and women who carry the colourful South African aloft … - the crown symbolises a feathered head…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… of films to South Africa. 26 November 1965 — Declaration by British Academics for an Academic Boycott of South Africa … on Sanctions against Racist South…
Glossary: Transport through time
… 476. Archaeologist Somebody who studies ancient cultures by looking at what they left behind, like pottery and bones. Artificial Made by man, to look like…
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
… of a classical narrative called The wrath of the ancestors by AC Jordan. This narrative subverts the conventional notion … shown, and similarly a commitment…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… also well-known for the excellent beadwork artifacts made by its women. The history of KwaMsiza has its roots in the … , just north of Pretoria. There he was…
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… and position of Africans in the emerging society imposed by white intrusion and conquest. African nationalism, in … on race, is an issue that is still being…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… disturbances Bakubaku, Golden Nyanga 26.12.76 Killed by migrant workers Balnardo, Gary Sandy Grassy Park 19 … front Barnes, Sydney Gugulethu 32 26.8.76…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… to block off the Congo Society’s access to the Atlantic. By the early 1880s European interest in Africa had increased … another Islamic terror and piracy…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… ’s first almanac and presented a copy to every reader by December of the same year. Additionally, Goodwin formed a … was published in March 1963 and was…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… region. In May the Natal UDF region was launched, followed by the Transvaal in June and the Western Cape in July. A new … activists. An important two-day…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to neutralise political dissent … to consolidate the apartheid laws – which were rejected by the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… people of Southern Africa who live or used to live by hunting and gathering. Did you know that the European … see evidence of cultural practices that are…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… College of Fort Hare. The conference is attended by 300 delegates and Xuma speaks on ‘Bridging the Gap Between … the first African Eisteddfod, featuring…