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ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… Union that was set up by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). 1929 At the second SA federation of Trade … Lenin School in Moscow. 1933 Kotane arrives…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… including those situated in the heart of urban white South Africa. In response, the Apartheid government intensified its … between the ANC in exile and its…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 as amended; and TAKING NOTE of the … provisions of the Constitution of the…
BiographyThozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta
Thozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta was born in Peelton near King Williamstown 1952.The son of a railway worker.He obtained his matric at Mzomhle High School in…
BiographySophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
… The women's struggle in South Africa …
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… workers employed in Durban, had come out on strike. South Africa’s Apartheid Government and its White capitalist allies …
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… named St Marks) region, Transkei (now Eastern Cape), South Africa, to Gilbert and Mary. He is the fifth of six children. … becomes a member of the Unity…
The CASA Conference
… Movement, organised the Culture in Another South Africa (CASA) conference and festival in Amsterdam on 14 - 19 … in the struggle for liberation and democracy…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… Anglo-Boer War, there were six British colonies in South Africa. They were all separate, with their own governments. … the colonies were brought together as…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Luthuli leave Rhodesia and return to the Union of South Africa. Albert joins the household of his uncle Martin … allies in the struggle for freedom in the…
ArticleOFFICIAL LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO ANC PRESIDENT
… Nelson Mandela President of the ANC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Greetings, It was with great appreciation I received … to you and through you to the friendly…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) have their origin in East Africa more than 2 million years ago. Several human remains … Khoisan were the first modern people…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… recognition internationally. Wins the CNA Prize (South Africa's highest literary honour), and the Geoffrey Faber and … the country's civil unrest. 1986…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… the seizure of White-owned farms. 5 December, South Africa holds local government elections. To read the ANC’s … to the HIV/AIDS and STI strategic plan for…
BiographyEphraim Mojalefa Ngatane
Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane was born in Maseru, Lesotho (then Basutoland) in 1938. He moved to Johannesburg in about 1943, where he was educated at the Mooki…
BiographyVirginia Engel
Virginia Engel was born on 27 April 1950 in Cape Town. She married Desmond Engel and they have three daughters, Tania, Kim and Liza. Her exposure to apartheid…
ArchivePress statement on the Industrial Conciliation Act following a joint meeting between the Federation of S.A. Trade Unions, The Western Province General Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union.
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… Prehistory of the Nelspruit area Prehistory of Southern Africa Lying just below the escarpment, Nelspruit is the … was a burial from a higher level…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… to the 1916 edition of The Guide to South and East Africa , stood at 900 whites and 960 blacks. When WWI broke … the Germans. The plan to invade German-held…
BiographyNkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo
Nkosinathi Christopher Mbuyabo was born at eCintas in East London on the 23 December 1967. Nko as he was popularly known was the fourth out of six children of…
BiographyMohammed Valli Moosa
It was, however, only at university that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in…
ArticlePoqo
… to the injustice of the White minority state of South Africa, but Poqo proved more dangerous at the time. Its … (1976-1983) In the 1960s there were conflicts…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… that leaving the Commonwealth was a mistake and that South Africa was now on a difficult path. Others English speakers … especially as they saw…
ArticleThe “Wind of Change” speech
… century is whether the uncommitted peoples of Asia and Africa will swing to the East or to the West. Will they be … of self-government that are now being…
Grade 5 Archive
… topic we will look at the heritage and identity of South Africa’s different provinces, including each one’s government … question. Evidence of these…
ArticleSS Mendi
… greatest wartime maritime disaster ever suffered in South Africa. During the First World War , there was a shortage of … Botha , the current Prime Minister…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… making plans for MK to get training outside of South Africa. The South African government was however not prepared … was able to break the strength of the…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… was an active supporter of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) even though he addressed its meetings at Red … quotas. 1954 The Indian High Commission…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… students formed the African Students’ Union of South Africa and students who where loyal to the Non-European Unity … discrimination and segregation in the…
The girl child
… Gender differences manifest themselves in South Africa in the altogether different experiences of boys and … the school drop-out rates among girls. Many…