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ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… Introduction In the years following 1994, South Africa has become well known for its culturally diverse … to note that this merry carnival has its roots in…
BiographyLeslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane
Monnanyane was born in 1928. He was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) during the Defiance Campaign and became a prominent Orange Free…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… of 12, Kathrada joins the Young Communist League of South Africa. It is at the Young Communist League’s meetings that … Kathrada is admitted into the…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… home protest on 26 June 20 June, Communist Party of South Africa is disbanded ahead of the enactment of the Suppression … 26 June was observed annually as…
PlaceLebowa
… C N M Phatudi. In 1994, it was reincorporated into South Africa and it became part of the Limpopo Province. It … Lebowa was the actual residence of more…
BiographyThembile Benson Ndimba
Born 1921. Messenger-clerk. Came to active politics in 1937 during the mass removal of the people from the African township of Korsten and one of Korsten's…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… to participate in the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiations, but took part in the 1994 … contribution to the struggle against…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… all people have a “mutual ancestor” which originated in Africa because the earliest human remains (about 200 000 years old) were found in Africa. Scientists…
Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana
On 12 May 1952 Shepherd Mdladlana was born in Keiskammahoek in the Eastern Cape. He has been South African Minister of Labour since 1998 and is a member of the…
BiographyPatricia Jobodwana
Jobodwana was the first and youngest Black woman to graduate from a South African university. She enrolled at Fort Hare University at the age of 14 for a BSc…
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations…
BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
… D. E.H, (1989), Lives of Courage, women for a new South Africa , (iUniverse), pp.54 -64| Bookholane, F, Quotation by …
BiographyCurnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu
… (2000)’A history of the United Democratic Front in South Africa 1983-1991’, Ohio Press, United States, pp …
Online directory - archives and media sources
… National Archives The government archives service in South Africa houses and preserves the state records and other … institutions. Contact info National…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… miracle' and the subsequent installation of South Africa's first democratically elected government referred to … president. Opening of first democratic…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… 2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend for the 2014 National and … 7 February 2014, the President of the Republic of South…
Introduction
… miracle' and the subsequent installation of South Africa's first democratically elected government referred to … Opening of first democratic parliament of …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… decline shortly thereafter. Inactive, if not dead in South Africa during the 1960s and beyond, both sections seem to … more than thirty pages in this issue…
The purpose of the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture by Sehlare Makgetlaneng (Pambazuka News), 31 March, 2016
… positions on issues in practice as a means to solve Africa’s problems. The annual lecture in his honour … immortalizes his perspectives. The Programme…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… by The Department of Education We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the injustices of our past; Honour those … to build and develop our country; and…
BiographyJ. Nkampeni
Born 1910. Businessman. Joined the Industrial and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress. Leader of the Korsten…
BiographyAmichand Rajbansi
… p.g 9.| The Times of India , (2000), ‘Rajbansis of South Africa part ways’, 19 August [online] Available at …
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… - (achievement and success) - portray all roads leading to Africa and the Cradle of Humankind, which emphasises the …
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… is heritage? What are heritage resources? What are South Africa's World Heritage Sites? Investigating heritage … and gives us a sense of identity and…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… means that it has been approved by the President of South Africa. A new coat of arms, replaces one that has served South Africa since 17 September 1910. The…
Sparks Mahamba
Sparks Mahamba was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Mahamba was killed in the Third Battle of the Wankie Campaign in…
BiographyMbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa
Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa was born in 1923. Inspired to join the African National Congress by the Defiance Campaign. Took an active part in subsequent Congress…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… of governance for traditional rural communities in South Africa. The institution of traditional leadership was the … and objectives, the colonial government…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… visit www.pbs.org The apartheid government in South Africa came to an end in 1994, but the new government in South Africa had to work through the question of…
BiographyJulius Phumelele Busa
Born in 1927 Busa was a trade unionist. He played an important part in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an African National Congress (ANC)…