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BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… since become a standard work for choral groups throughout South Africa. It was also performed for the arrival of the Queen of … But he was chiefly concerned…
BiographyReggie Williams
… 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The apartheid state prided itself on being an … progress to becoming an even larger…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… which later becomes the pan-African national anthem in South Africa during apartheid and, thereafter, part of the … in a student strike African colonial…
BiographyLothar Neethling
… the Afrikaners who were supporters of Nazi Germany during World War II came up with a plan to adopt 10 000 German orphans. … the Taiwanese government. In…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… between people at village level. As in 16th century war-torn Europe, the balance of power between political … slavery had existed in Africa (as well as…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Constitutional Commission 1960s 1960 Tambo is detained in South West Africa (Namibia). He was there to defend activists … the ANC’s diplomatic mission and to…
BiographyHotep Idris Galeta
… Galeta’ was born on 7 June 1941 and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. However, he was more commonly known as Cecil … (?NYC label, 1991) Mario Pavone:…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… beginning of the Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws of South Africa, sponsored by the African National Congress. … organisations involved committed…
BiographyRaymond Francis (Ray) Budd
… Cape Town as a fitter at the Salt River Workshops of the South African Railways and also at Table Bay Harbour. Upon … would become the Western Province Local…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… The date, December 16, holds a special significance in South African history. On this day in 1838, the Voortrekkers … Mzilikazi – an apparent threat that…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… and Deneys were active members of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Deneys did not join any political party after … 1987. Else was a founder member…
BiographyHarold Athol Fugard
… but did not finish his studies, dropping out to travel in Africa and the world. He found work on a ship, and travelled around the … with its multiracial cast…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… 1980s. In 1982, Mabaxa became a member of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) and was actively involved in … trial. He was also active in the…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
… trial he was acquitted and released. Sibeko then left South Africa and joined the PAC in exile in Tanzania. Sibeko was … In this capacity he was the first…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… (Cape Town) 'Total strategy' is a term with which most South Africans will be familiar. It came into common use … threat posed to South Africa (and indeed to…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… when it was not clear that Europe would dominate the world, this topic now explores how and why, in less than two … came into contact with the kingdom of the…
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
… colonel in the army and later an executive on the mines in South African and Northern Rhodesia, currently called … at Jeppe Boys High in Johannesburg. By…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… Relations between Russia and South Africa In the late-19th century, Russia was engaged in … to have sympathy for the Boers, who became engaged in a war…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… GUNS AND GALLOWS In outward appearance South Africa is a calm, peaceful land, spacious and sunny; … Johannesburg. People who stayed in South Africa during…
ArticleBiography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… Representative to Sweden and United States of America, South African Ambassador to Germany Abstract Lindiwe Mabuza … she was surrounded by as a child living…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
… author’s book, Soul of a Nation – Constitution-making in South Africa , Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1998. The … adopt this great document that is…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… of how much more assistance should be given to the South African liberation movement. There is so much hostility … to the doctrines and practices of…
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… the Eastern Cape (now Eastern Province) was elected as the South African Students Organisation (SASO) General Secretary … activists on trial. Pius Langa…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… the wealthiest and most powerful trading company in the world at that time. They traded for spices and other … It was used for military purposes during the…
BiographyJames M. Thaele
… a bachelor's degree in theology in 1921. He returned to South Africa strongly affected by the Garveyist movement, and his … He also edited an ephemeral…
BiographyAri Sitas
… of the key intellectuals of the post 1980s generation in South Africa. He is a professor and the head of the Sociology … under the title "Rough Music". His…
BiographyRashid Lombard
… also contributed to various group exhibitions in Southern Africa, including at the University of Zimbabwe in 1983 and … of 1984 and 1985. Lombard’s images…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck on the Rand. Moreover, gold … to engage in the mining industry…
BiographyBusisiwe Victoria Mhlongo
… After a brief period in Portugal, Mhlongo and her husband, South African musician Early Mabusa, relocated to London in … popular Afro-jazz band Osibisa …
BiographyLex Mpati
… Judge of Appeal for the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in 2001 (he acted in this post from 1 June 1999). He … until 30 November 2007, Judge Mpati…