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Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… Cape in 1652 through the creation of the Union of South Africa and the period between the formation of the Union and … and New Zealand. Slavery and early…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the territories that came to be known as South Africa. The Union is founded…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… learning in the Islamic world, and the greatest library in Africa at the time [xlviii] . The Sankara Madrassa is … and 700 000 manuscripts, making it the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… , first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church in South Africa , Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, and chair of the … of his part in the transition to…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… systematic land dispossession and segregating South Africa. The Khoikhoi, San and Black Africans under the … of colonial expansion and land dispossession in…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his death her family…
Ida Fiyo Mntwana
Ida was born in 1903 and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the African National Congress Women’s League and a leader of many mass women’s…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… African National Congress (ANC) by performing at events in Africa and Europe. Johnny Dyani is best known for his … band that performed for a short period in…
BiographyDeton (Tito) Zungu
Tito Zungu was born in 1946 in Mapumulo district, Natal. Zungu received no formal education or art training. As a teenager he made clay models and in 1957 he…
BiographyMabel Balfour
Mabel Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the unions representing food and canning…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… 1971 Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe . 16 … " Speech by Oliver Tambo at Meeting to…
BiographyDaniel R Koza
Daniel Koza was born 1912 near Pietersburg and in the mid-1930s came Johannesburg where his path somehow crossed Gordon's.Drawn into trade union work and the…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… and for the building of a united, greater and free South Africa, full franchise rights must be extended to all … to all democratic and freedom loving…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Africans could be hopeful for a better future in South Africa. The focus of this piece would be on the position … role of the media during the transition…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… The Constitutional Court was established in 1994 by South Africa's first democratic constitution - the interim … in the land in all constitutional matters…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… HISTORY - TERM 2 Topic: The first farmers in southern Africa Suggested contact time One term/15 hours This content … 2 Background information: The first…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… Kingdom that it would be resuming arms sales to South Africa’s apartheid government. November, Mandela was allowed … calls for a National Convention of all…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the different components of the liberation forces in South Africa on a common and shared vision of an alternative and … in practical terms in various spheres…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… cause of the end of apartheid. Under apartheid, South Africa was a fascist state with a capitalist economy. The … During the Cold War, there was a contest…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… the crash a Commission, made of representatives from South Africa, Mozambique and Soviet Union, was instituted to … government. There was also mounting…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her journey led her to become a founding member of … was born on 4 July 1952, in the fourth…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. … important role played by women in twentieth…
BiographyWilliam Philip Schreiner
William Philip Schreiner, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, anti-British imperialist, and a proponent for the integration of all ‘civilised men' including …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… in Soweto witnessed thousands of students leaving South Africa to join liberation organisations (primarily the ANC and the PAC) based in Southern Africa. The…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade…
BiographyMary Goitsemang Ranta
Ranta was born in 1922 and grew up in the Pretoria area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later took employment as a…
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… resolution demanding that all political prisoners in South Africa be released. Organisation of African unity is formed. … countries united against the…
The National Arts Festival
… opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They established the tradition of celebrating … The NAF is one of the oldest cultural events…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… of his birth" (Plaatjie, S.T. (1916). Native Life in South Africa, London: PS King, p.21.) With the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the South…
References and links: Local History
… Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The … D. J. (ed) 1973. Standard…