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ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Addresses meeting in Pietermaritzburg, Natal convened by NEUF and Nationalist Bloc of the Natal Indian Association … and organising volunteers. This…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… school certificates, your passport – they are all endorsed by the Coat of Arms. Your smallest coin has it on one of its … Great Seal on it, as this means…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… Transvaal Cricket Board (TCB). 1980 October, the TCB, let by Asvat, organizes a protest against the opening of a new … WRAB informed Asvat that he must move…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… African Students (NUSAS) in Durban, is appointed a member by the NUSAS Council and is also asked to become the editor … for a commission investigating…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… an emergency conference. The Conference is attended by the representatives from the following organisations: … Bill the Conference manage to adopt a…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… the economic powerhouse of Africa. It led to a scramble by the British colonial administration to expand their … to remain a deeply divided society with…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… Another deputation was sent to London and was received by the Secretary of State for Colonies, Lewis Harcourt, in … had been a failure because the British…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… It is also given additional powers and responsibilities by other national legislation. Since its inauguration on 2 … the noble ideals expressed in our…
ArticleHostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
… in the Nyanga hostel. The discussion were given impetus by the 1981 decision by the local authority to grant as permit to a resident to …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… elections South Africa’s democratic system was endorsed by voters drawn from across the country’s racial divide in … elections, 1995 to 2011 Local government…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… quality of staff, alleged victimisation of students by some staff members, and academic exclusion. The protests … demanding free education. The protest was…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… the interests of the workers but was also influenced by them. Most employed blacks felt little need for their own … as freedom to search for a new assignment…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… with placards through their township streets accompanied by their teachers who are determined to keep order. Students … clash with police whilst in UWC a…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… between about 1240 AD to 1700 AD. This was determined by the researchers from the Thulamela Project, a venture by the Gold Fields Foundation and the Kruger…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… first and best place to begin addressing these topics is by acknowledging that in a country like South Africa, there … and conquer the majority of the…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… against black women. This can be partly explained by the fact that African women did not have to carry passes … which lessened the chance that it would be…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… modern infrastructure. In contrast to this, it is plagued by persistent and widespread poverty and deep inequalities - … ARV's to the public, but only after…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… becomes a British Crown Colony — ruled from the Cape 1849 By this year the first Indians, had been introduced to Natal by E.R. Rathbone. 1856 The Natal…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… afford to be a corrupter of words, or to be corrupted by them, or worst of all to corrupt others by channelling … which is as true on the right as on the…
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… and the Government for which they were brutally shot down by the aeroplanes, machine guns, artillery and rifle fire of the Government troops instructed by…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… father, Arthur Mafokate says: "Lyrically we were inspired by people like Brenda Fassie and Chicco Twala, Fassie and … proud of these things. The township is…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… my project and research with the help of funding granted by Prohelvetia. As in most cases, one ends up taking … my presence. However the chief was not there,…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… Textile Workers Union in Clairwood that 'repressing people by instilling fear into them and using force to subdue them … Dr Naicker addressed a meeting at…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… to the Badfontein Type. This settlement was occupied by the Ledwaba, a group of Northern Ndebele who claim Langa … Africa ). Typical handaxes and cleavers…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from 3,650 … the population was Black. This…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… called Bushman art because most of it was created by the San. What did the artists paint? Ancient rock artists … are so thin and delicate that they were…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… active Black students from government counter-action by speaking out for them. However, Biko felt that even within … of the government. Primarily because…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… , twelve men and four women, to cross the Transvaal border by train. The police arrest these resisters. They are … to be arrested 6 November, Indian miners…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… South African. Our narrative is primarily dictated by foreign story-telling models." Seipati Bulane Hopa, … anti-apartheid films that have been made about us…
South African Constitution 1996
… democracy in this country. The Constitution is considered by many as one of the most advanced in the world, with a Bill … second to none. South Africa's…