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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Congress. 1866 The first attempt to enfranchise Africans on large scale is embarked on when Mfengu chiefs unsuccessfully attempt to register 600 … a…
English Settlement in South Africa
… and Table Bay as a halfway stop by the East India Company on their trading trips to the East. Tents were occasionally … of Khoikhoi under the command of…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… other corporate leaders joined the secret negotiations on the future of the economic policy of South Africa, the … from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… as far as the Orange River to the south and Mozambique on the north east, including Bechuanaland. Mzilikazi made Pretoria his home by building two military…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… - the legacy of apartheid still casting a long shadow on the new democracy, after almost 5 decades of legitimised … patients in the country places and…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… named Erasmus Jacobs found a diamond the size of an acorn on the banks of the Orange river in what is now South Africa, … political turmoil and violence…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 5: Colonial expansion in South Africa after 1750
… impact that British colonisation of the Cape and Natal had on the people that were living there. We focus on the Khoikhoi, the Xhosa, the Basotho, the Zulus…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… 1991 awards presented; Fringe awards introduced, drawing on performances seen at the 1992 Fringe. 1993: 80 … those choreographers whose work had had…
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
… President of South Africa and announced his first Cabinet on 10 May 2009. The cabinet was later reshuffled on the On 31 October 2010. Portfolio Minister…
ArticleGeneral Factory Workers Benefit fund (GFWBF)
… The General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) was formed on 9 September 1972 by Harriet Bolton , Michael Halton … of charge. It experienced police raids…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… Mapungubwe hill - forms the background, a sandstone hill on mudstone deposit in an arid subtropical area with erratic … Mapungubwe sceptre - emerging from…
Cedric Nunn
… Working largely with NGO's, my focus throughout has been on documenting social change, and in particular rural issues. … professionalism of the industry of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions … for these points. TIP: See our technical skills pack on…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… people he had previously worked with. King Kong is based on the life of Ezekiel Dhlamini, a young man who was born in … in gold, as he made his way to…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… be governed during the transitional period was approved. On 2 February 1994, State President F.W. de Klerk announced … in South Africa. The country-wide…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… received set salaries and were no longer dependent on incomes from fines. This eliminated most malpractices in … problem the British had to contend with was…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… maintain: For example, the government spent too much money on the military, and it was costing nearly R7 billion a year on defence. The Bantustans and the…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
… lived in East Africa before they moved south. Click on image to enlarge In addition to linguistic detail, … to 16th centuries and is located in defensive…
ArticleDISA Archive
… is a freely accessible online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly … elections in 1994, providing a…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… He is sentenced to 10 years in prison which he serves on Robben Island, where he serves on ANC structures within the Island. 1973 December, Zuma is … to New…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… published articles written by the committee based on news reports from South Africa and also reprinted news … African newspaper clippings about political…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… An estimated 1,2 million public sector workers went on strike demanding a wage increase of 8,6 percent and a R1 … Union of Metalworkers South Africa (NUMSA)…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… could only be achieved in a democratic society based on the will of all the people. It recognized that Bantu … South Africa. In its early years, COSAS,…
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… a halt in from of these defences, Babur send his archers on horseback to the back of the enemy so that they were … between gunfire and showers of arrows…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… On 30 March 1960, Philip Kgosana led a Pan Africanist … PAC leaders he was charged with incitement, but while on bail he left the country and went into exile…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… origins came about as result of the lack of consensus on the Africanist debate within the African National Congress … to break away from the ANC and form a…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… Holland, Sweden and other countries and put pressure on the South African government to dismantle apartheid. With … and sustained protest campaign against…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… He arrived accompanied by an army and later declared war on the King. After successfully overthrowing the King he named the country Rhodesia. This article…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… and imprisoned soon after the massacre of protesters on 21 March 1960. Political movements such as the African … in March 1960. The government launched a…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… which were placed in storage pending their possible use. On 17 April 1901 the Acting District Inspector, Mr Rix-Trot, … with the erection of two of the…