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BiographyC. M Kobus
C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… The birth of the Industrial and Commercial Union of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town … and Charlotte Maxeke of the Bantu Women…
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… about the plight of Blacks in apartheid South Africa that could not be ignored. Contrary to expectation in … colleagues in the BCM, as well as in the fight…
BiographyJordan Kush Ngubane
… A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 ”“ 1964. …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… which chartered the path to racial equality in South Africa - that they hoped would follow the conclusion of the … South African Government’s plans to…
The Children’s Charter
… for. Children are vulnerable members of society. South Africa’s Bill of Rights states that children have special … drew up the Convention of the Rights of…
BiographyJames J. Majoro
A clerk and ex-miner, Majoro was instrumental in establishing the African Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… looking forward to pursuing her graduate studies in South Africa. Project: Timeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected … especially interested in regional…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the headwaters of the Senegal and Niger … largest empire in the world at its…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 … This year, 2014, marks 20 years of democracy in South Africa, coinciding with the fifth…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… African is an integral part of the body politic of South Africa. This talk of White South Africa is just as bad for the country as any talk of Black South…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… of the 1890's were crucial in the shaping of modern South Africa and the peculiarities of its social order. Within that … by gold on the Witwatersrand in…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… to Apartheid Enforced racial segregation in South Africa began with the arrival of the Dutch and English … Security Council of the UN, in its first action on…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women … Black women faced three forms of…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… of HIV infection probably occurred around 1930 in West Africa. One form of the virus (HIV-2) that causes Aids made … around 1976. The first two official AIDS…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… as a reference document for gender issues within South Africa today. In 1954, Nontsikelelo Albertina achieved her … in Lusaka at which she was elected the…
ArticleProvincial histories
… topic we will look at the heritage and identity of South Africa’s different provinces, including each one’s government … can participate in a democracy will…
National Orders Recipients
… South Africa has taken many strides away from its past of exclusion … of the human spirit have become characteristics of South Africa. One of the symbolic…
BiographyJoão Albasini
… people. Through the links he had established in South Africa, the Portuguese government in 1858 appointed him …
BiographyBertha Gxowa (Mashaba)
Bertha Gxowa was born on the 28th of November 1934, in Germiston Location where she spent her early childhood. She attended the Thokoza Primary School and then…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… and religious and welfare societies from all over Southern Africa. Dr. Abdurahman elected to the chair. 1931 July, … A delegation of the Government of India…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… from receiving pensions according to this Act. South Africa Act, 1909 (Sections 26, 35, 44, 147 and 151) leaves … and 1937, prohibits all immigration of…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… Lodge Museum, Groote Kerk (the oldest church in South Africa) and the Company Gardens. It has also been home to … the article and answer the questions that…
Imvaba Arts Association
… (COSATU) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). The association aligned itself with the … Grahamstown Festival (1990 and 1991), the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 27 July 1987
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… Province, and the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA I) started its first plenary meeting. A … issues was reached. The Interim Constitution for…
BiographyMeshach Pelem
Meshach Pelem was born in Mxumbu near King William's Town in 1859 and studied at Healdtown, where he qualified as a primary school teacher. After teaching in…
ArticleActivity: Human evolution
… is a hominid? What is a fossil? List two places in South Africa where we have found hominid fossils and point them out … World Heritage Site? Name 5 World…
BiographyJeremiah W Dunjwa
Jeremiah W Dunjwa was born in Cape Town. An organiser of the 1919 passive resistance campaign against passes in the Transvaal, secretary of the Transvaal…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… Bill. Sir Kurma Reddi, the Indian Agent in South Africa, addresses the Conference. The Conference calls upon … A delegation of the Government of India…