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ArticleANC Origins and Background
… This included black dissatisfaction with the South Africa Act of 1910 that established the Union of South Africa, their treatment after the South African War…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… saw the need for a clear statement on the future of South Africa. The idea of a Freedom Charter was born, and the … campaign the ANC and its allies invited…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… trip abroad as a result of increased unrest within South Africa 31 March, The ANC decides not to hold talks with the … appearance at the International…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… says that black people should determine their own future - Africa for the Africans. It was first expressed by a Xhosa … leadership of the PAC was based on a…
BiographyMaggie Oewies-Shongwe
… of the first domestic worker labour organisations in South Africa, the Domestic Workers’ Association (DWA). With the …
ArticleOrganisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation Struggle
… Students Association (ASA) African Student Union of South Africa (ASUSA) Durban Students Union Cape Peninsula Student Union Society of Young Africa (SOYA)…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… an advocate and a political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era outside the country, by … and after apartheid he continued that…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… in an unfolding story of life in and around historic South Africa. An appropriate juxtaposition of objects helps present … of cultural perspectives that…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… his speech at Columbia University on “The Regeneration of Africa” which wins him the University’s highest oratorical … 1909 Seme follows deliberations on…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… granting of full citizenship rights to Indians in South Africa and other British colonies. The South African Prime … and trading segregation for Indians…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… topics is by acknowledging that in a country like South Africa, there is not one heritage, or an easily delineated … identities. The cultures, languages and…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… was frequently oppressed by the apartheid regime in South Africa. As a Coloured man in South Africa, Ibrahim was greatly restricted by segregation. He … to…
BiographySibusiso Robert Duma
Sibusiso Duma is a young artist who is presently making his mark within the Durban art scene. His talent was noticed and nourished by the late Trevor Makhoba …
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… with every day life within the black community in South Africa. Musical resistance gained most of its popularity … Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music, and…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… in Gujarat, India. Jasmath immigrated to South Africa after the turn of the last century. In a way, it was … against British rule in India. Upon arrival in…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… and Blyden, both contemporaries of Delany, thought that Africa was the best place for that new nation. Motivated by … he was most prominent among the few…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… the South African Government attempted to divide South Africa into a number of separate states, called homelands, … of the land which represented fifty…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… Apartheid in 1971 1 The system of white supremacy in South Africa is applied in the field of sport as much as in all … have managed to make substantial…
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo grew up in the rural village of Peddie in the Eastern Cape. Kondlo was politically active from an early age. In her student days at…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our larger feature on the People of South…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… offices, military training bases and camps. In South Africa, the government passed a series of security laws which … moral stand against apartheid and white…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… Blacks (New Zealand's national rugby team) tour of South Africa, which occurred shortly after the Sharpeville … which discouraged any sporting contact with…
ArticleLives of Courage
… the international anti-Apartheid movements played in South Africa’s struggle for freedom against segregation and … in history and to encourage scholars…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… these are words that were used to explain South Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially lasted from … history of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual life in…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Commission 1960s 1960 Tambo is detained in South West Africa (Namibia). He was there to defend activists who were … by Ronald Segal , the editor of the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… non-violent resistance struggle against apartheid in South Africa . Not only did Luthuli become the first African to be … Prize came at a critical juncture…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… of goods were exchanged, the spread of Islam from North Africa into West Africa, the importance of camels as a means of … edges. Goods including salt brought…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… explorer on his sail around the southernmost part of Africa, visits the coast of Namibia near Swakopmund. 1488 … is shot by the Afrikaners. The…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is South Africa's second largest trade union federation with more than … trade union federations (The Federation…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… poet, and jazz singer that went into exile in South Africa because of apartheid. This is the biographical portion … how the intensity of the sun creates…