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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… using relevant historical evidence. [1] Introduction: On 29 October 1929 (also known as “Black Tuesday”), the … Deal’ succeeded somewhat in relieving…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… farm workers employed in the fruit and wine industries. On average, the minimum wage for the sector was R69 a day in … than R69 daily. Farmworkers in the…
PlaceFouriesburg
… was at the beginning of 1891, the first stand was sold on the 6 October 1891 for £2750. All this happened without Government approval, that only came on 1…
PlaceNamaqua National Park
… along the Gariep River , along the coast, in caves and on the rocky outcrops. The descendants of the herder people … form of copper and diamond mining. The…
Race and Caste: Hierarchy and Universality - CAS in partnership with Dept. of Sociology and Dept. of Anthropology Panel Discussion
… contemporary realities of racialized and caste-oppressed lives across South Asia, southern and East Africa, and the … of Sociology at UCT. Her research and…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… of troops. Russia arranges for troops to be stationed on Russo-Austrian frontier. 28 July, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. 29 July, Great Britain…
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… union movement.Britain also faced increased pressure on the Irish question as Nationalist, those in favour of an … for radical Slav nationalist movements in…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… elections and approved by the Constitutional Court (CC) on 4 December 1996. It was signed into law by President Nelson Mandela on 10 December 1996 at…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… in the 1980s, and the changing geopolitical circumstances on the international political scene forced the apartheid … Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison after…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… of which they were accused. The treason charge was based on the accused singing liberation songs and making … which they had either done themselves or had…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… formation and launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) on 20 August 1983 in a community hall in Rocklands, … UDF leadership sought unions support. ( For…
ArticleThe Western Front
… into operation the Schlieffen Plan . This plan was based on the assumption that in case of a war breaking out, Germany would face a war on both her Western…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
… begins by looking at the aftermath of WW I, focusing on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) and the … be presented and explained. This section…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… special commissioner. Shepstone arrived in the Transvaal on 22 January 1877 with 25 men as support. Initially, he was … aware of the dangers of a bankrupt…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… type of leadership within communities might have an impact on whether or not xenophobic attacks occur in certain … Nations (UN) and Organisation of African…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… foreigners from different African countries were killed on the Cape Flats. Amongst those who were attacked by local … were two Nigerians, one Kenyan, and two…
Provincial government and symbols
… the South Africa’s nine provinces. Also visit SAHO feature on national symbols. Activity Get map picture from hands on history ‘map.htm’ …
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… 1960. After its formation in 1959, the PAC embarked on an anti pass campaign through peaceful protest. In … that the state was intolerant towards political…
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… Cape), ‘ Xenophobia’ Special mentions Tregina Mokoena on “The history of Mzinoni High School, Mpumalanga” Daphney Berries on “The history of the Kroonstad…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… the ANC’s demands. 18 February 1992: In Working Group 2 on constitutional principles, the ANC agrees to Codesa … 1992: De Klerk announces that a referendum…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… appointed the Agent General in South Africa. Immediately on his arrival in here, he convened and presided over a … of representatives of both the NIC and the…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… organised in 1960 that ended in bloodshed as police fired on unarmed protesters resulting in the death of 69 people and … to protest the government declared…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… speaking people. This continued until the mid-eighties. On 15 February 1986, the University admitted its first twenty … the only languages of instruction and…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united … the transfer of power. Clear guidelines were put forward on the responsibilities of the…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… indeed won its main demands. 1991. Poster SAHA collection On 2 February, F.W. De Klerk announced the unbanning of the … UDF needed to adapt to changes in…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… Mountain, which they name Taboa do Cabo (the Table Cape) on account of its shape. 1510 1 March, On his way back to Portugal the Viceroy of Portuguese India, …
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… After the government crackdown on political organizations in the early 1960s, new … emerged to fill the political vacuum. A movement based on the idea of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… Winnie Mandela with 21 other people in 1970. Workers went on strike in 1970 and in 1973 in Durban. During this period … to establish military training camps…
ArticleActivity: Human evolution
… knowledge and understanding by formulating arguments based on evidence from the sources in a debate and by producing … does "survival of the fittest" mean? b…
The Mountain Committee
… the same and attended by thousands of peasants, who came on foot and on horseback to chosen spots on the mountains and ridges. This is how the movement…