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ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… Model. This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the … 1653 until 1822. The changes wrought on…
Liberation
… mean that there was no rural, land rights voice. In fact, by the 1990s, there were several land rights NGOs like those … land largely for subsistence. In…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… of slaves “developed a ‘world’ of their own, shaped by common cultural traditions, religious beliefs and … of a uniform slave culture or society was further…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… agenda of the United Nations for the first time in 1946 by India regarding the treatment of people of Indian origin … African government responded to…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… non-violent - and acknowledge the contribution made to it by people of varied backgrounds and ideologies, united in … in the Transvaal and Natal Indian…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… offences dated 21 May 1990, as amended, was accepted by both parties. The guidelines to be formulated in terms of … 8.2 of the Report of the Working Group…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… of the so-called Native Republic resolution, passed by the CI at its sixth congress in 1928. Most of the YCLs … fight for a white South Africa” which had…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… biggest single cause of grievance among Africans’ (Welsh). By 1986 the influx control system was abolished by Botha. But the government was at the same time…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… July 2001, The Landless People's Movement (LPM) was formed by leaders of various landless people of South Africa in … the NLC - smothering the radical…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… was still under Greek occupation. She was killed in 415 AD by Christian fundamentalists. Much of her work was destroyed by the invading Romans. She was a…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… In 1984, PW Botha made a desperate effort to make reforms by introducing the tricameral constitution: three parliaments … Coloureds and Indians. However,…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… Gay people were harassed and blackmailed (frequently by the police), often denied employment and refused custody … language and birth." Gays and lesbians are…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… time of conception, Roosevelt’s New Deal was criticised by some for bringing in socialism. Learners must analyse … [ Accessed: 10/02/2015] The New Deal...as…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… allowing for more open discussion of people's power. By this time popular committees and people's courts had … but again the UDF again was not actively…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… in Black people's bid for total independence and freedom by 1963 (Cape Times, 1960). Sobukwe subsequently announced … for work on bicycles or on foot, but…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… a closed collection. This is its first online publication by SA History Online. Herein may be a found a memory of the … and subjugation building on prior…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… lines within societies, embracing groups differentiated by colour, language, religion and race. In South Africa, … and on the force of understanding and fear…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… elections were held on 27 April 1994, and were observed by a 60-member Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) under the … Congress (PAC) and a commitment to a…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… De Mist got to know the colonists and their circumstances by making several journeys into the outlying areas of the … Freedom of religious worship was…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… the guerrillas would match the ruthlessness of the police by killing all the hostages'. However, MK leaders – without … felt that the Silverton Trio had…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… Whites, confirming the status of Blacks as cheap labour by putting a range of skilled jobs beyond their reach on the … to protest against the Natives' Land…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… can gain information about local and present history by investigating the pictures Possible questions to ask: What … tour in 2012 Cape Town cycle tour in…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… nation and one which was adopted to varying degrees by disparate political groupings such as the old United … that it does not address the systematic…
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… any say in choosing those who make them. Frankly, we are by no means satisfied with this state of affairs. We consider … Party nor the United Party represent…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… This was because of the dominant position enjoyed there by the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) before … the Voortrekkers. About 10 000-20 000…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… to the PAC over the next few days. The government reacted by declaring both the ANC and the PAC illegal in April 1960. … campaign and many people were killed…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… their expansion was halted in the late nineteenth century by the powerful Zulu Kingdom. 1835 British commander Harry … the territories conquered in the…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth 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 Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… (10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors). The Zulu army was led by Dingane's generals Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi. … a third sortie that the Zulu's were put to…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in … South Africa of the future’. The idea was endorsed by the…