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ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The … in 1975. When FRELIMO gained power in 1975, the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… segregation on Indians in the Transvaal. The South African Indian Congress meets at an emergency conference in … Bill dominates the tenth annual conference…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… to various parts of South Africa to prepare for an All-African Conference, which Chief Luthuli and other African leaders had proposed at a consultative…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… of this new law was far-reaching since it impoverished African communities, while enforcing racial segregation. The … of the white settlers in South Africa…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… as a cruel tyrant who caused the destruction and misery of African societies during the Mfecane as he had firm control … Gambushe in Pondoland, He attacked…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… 1920 January, Gandhi wrote to the press on the South African Appellate Court's judgment in the case of the … and all shops and schools are closed. 1923 The …
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… photographer, Peter Magubane , is the first black South African to win the Press Photo of the Year Award. Albert … trade union activist, and member of the…
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
The Sweet Workers’ Union
… organise the workers across racial lines, resulting in the African Sweet Workers’ Union (ASWU) coming into being. Sweet … workers were divided equally…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… for four years and was elected as a delegate to the South African Council of Sport. In later years, Paul was elected … and convened the National Sports…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… of the anti-apartheid struggle. He brokered Zulu ethnic nationalism, feeding a measure of credibility into apartheid … his followers and the United…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… Africans throughout the world. 1919 19 February, The Pan African Congress is held in Paris, France and is headed by … in the United States of America,…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… during the mid-twentieth century. At the end of the South African War in the nineteenth century Dutch and English were … as Afrikaners who fought against the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Introduction Following British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 … Lesotho), SAHO is currently developing…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… New York City renames the square in front of the South African mission to the United Nations 'Nelson and Winnie … Seamen, Britain Street in Glasgow, Scotland…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… article 0:00 / 8:26 1X BeyondWords The origin of South African Indians can be traced back to the demand for … way as others are South Africans of English,…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… in solidarity.” Notwithstanding the fact that South African Indians are only 2.5% of the national population, it …
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… local Springs Home Sweepers team, as well as for the South African woman’s national soccer team (Banyana Banyana) and … the midst of the freedom movement,…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… on who has access to tests. 31 March- Renowned South African HIV-AIDS researcher, Professor Gita Ramjee, dies due … million, with over 50,000 deaths. 7…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic … colonise Ethiopia, but it also dispelled the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… The Migrant Labour System Emergence of Classes The South African War 1. Discovery of Gold in the Witwatersrand: During … Reef” and turned out to set off the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… societies and became culturally disintegrated as their African identity and traditions were torn away. The Cape … der Colff [1] Author Unknown, “Africa,…
ArticleThe Johanna
… the first British East Indiaman to shipwreck on the South African coast. On 8 June 1682, she met her fate after eight … under the National Monuments Council…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… the most efficient way to protect each race. The Afrikaner Nationalism of Malan’s National Party posited that each race … and cultures. If each race is…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… to seek work. 1829 The Zuid-Afrikaansche Athenaeum (South African College) is established. The College later gives rise … 1853 Adams Mission College in Natal…
ArticleThe Arniston
… the rest of the fleet as they hit a storm on the South African coast, off the Agulhas Bank. This was particularly … (Story of the HMS Arniston | Xplorio…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… 2016, and is no longer a banner officially used by South African students to date. References …
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
… The first “big” change was initiated by South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa , on 15 March 2020 when the President addressed the South African nation and…
Local Government
… 1858, provisions for the ‘Regulation of Towns in the South African Republic’ were published in the Staats Courant , … was made in 1879 when Pretoria was…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… of land in the reserves. Even before the formation of the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU), miners engaged in a series … up by a brutal segregationist state…