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South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… led by Tsietsi Mashinini and Khotso Seatlholo , sought to transform the SSRC into a national liberation movement distinct from and autonomous … of SAYRCO’s…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… the international community recognised the need to deal with mass atrocities – particularly those committed … France and the Soviet Union). The Agreement…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… Â 1947 "Joint Declaration of Cooperation" Signed by Dr A.B. Xuma, President of the African National Congress, Dr … sections of the South African people, has…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… wider question of race conflict in the country in reaction to the ANC Defiance Campaign. The South West African question … year after year. In 1960 the…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… Following the 1973, Durban strikes, TUCSA seemed unwilling to hold to book employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to … strikes provided another platform…
Khoisan Identity
… address on 9th February 2012, President Zuma uttered a promise that provisions would be made ‘for the recognition … leadership and structures’. He continued:…
Liberation organisations
… UDF The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance of about 400 national, regional and … Campaign The South African Defense Force (SADF)…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… '. This document was drawn up after due deliberations by a special committee whose names appear at the end of this … when adopted by us. We have, however,…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… the Dutch East Indies. In 1651 the VOC issued instructions to Jan van Riebeeck to establish refreshment station at the … the refreshment outpost at the Cape…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape … and East London). The ensuing struggle…
Griqua
… The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, denied the Griquas the … their land and traditional resources, and…
Griqua community
… The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, denied the Griquas the … their land and traditional resources, and…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… Collins of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1956. Its mission was to work towards a peaceful solution to the problem of apartheid through … even after some of them…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… the Constitutional Assembly. However, the demand for a democratic constitutional dispensation was not new, and was … both peace treaties that ended conflict…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental process for South Africans. With ……
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. … the mechanism and technicalities of…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic … resistance was launched by African people in response to their…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… that people from these agencies do not want their stories to be told. The Bureau of State Security (BOSS), which was … state. The establishment of BOSS…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… 'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and … (2007). The Causes A number of interrelated factors led to the Second Anglo…
National Land Committee
… land rights before 1913 and should address this through a comprehensive land reform programme OBJECTIVES OF … country. This must address racial inequalities…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… the term sometime in 1884, and it has since been used to describe the twenty-plus years when the various European … the continent was essentially ignored…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… the rise of apartheid. Although South Africa was already a very segregated country, apartheid laws introduced after 1948 made segregation far more harmful to…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… earlier in the month and the Indian community began a passive resistance campaign on 13 June under the leadership … The General Assembly of the United…
ArticleInfecting the City Public Arts Festival
… and Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The festival aims to bring socially engaged performances and visual arts into … in 2008 out of the vision of The…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… and Genocide in Nazi Germany Summary The Holocaust was a form of genocide, which refers to the intentional, systematic extermination of six million … Europe…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… unions formed earlier particularly in the Cape struggled to cross the racial divide as particularly White led unions … the first labour union in South Africa…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… 1654 Slaves from India and South East Asia are introduced to the Cape. 1820 A number of Indians arrive in Cape Town from Bencoolen. A certain Mr Hare…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western Cape to the Afrikaner Republics of the Orange Free State and the … of the south-western Cape,…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social … reconstruction after the Second South African War of…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal … and the Indian Agent-General, Sir Benegal…