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A new class struggle
… all the indentured Indians would either return to India or stay as re-indentured labourers on the plantations. As it … The Indian prefers "light" occupations…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… icon on the right if you have anything to contribute or if you have any questions. T he role of China and areas of … of Germany and Berlin Use the page…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… rock art? Rock paintings and engravings are found in caves or on rocks in the open air. The rock art in the uKhahlamba … some artists like to use other tools…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… while others claim that the 12 January 1879 (first attack) or the 22 January 1879 (first decisive battle of Isandlwana) … the British forces -many of them…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… the control of the Dutch East India Company (the DEIC or VOC, the Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie). Under the … of the Cape once again. Indigenous…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… between traditional African music and the ‘tribal’ past or rural present was begun by missionaries and had become … the black musicians often had to turn to…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… dubbed 'kitchenboys' by labour Minister Sampson, or the 'Jim Fishes' for whom the chairman of the Labour Party … fomenting trouble everywhere, whether in the…
Christianity
… to do good deeds by helping people and improving society, or by working for peace and justice in the world. Who was … was a carpenter in Nazareth, but very…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… and inequality; that our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying … their birthright without distinction…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… to the Union considered unsuitable on economic grounds or on account of standard or habits of life. The Act as amended in 1913 and 1937 … to the Union…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… every man to use his own intelligence in deciding whether or not the terrible necessity for a strike has arisen. But … declared it is the duty of every man,…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… word "imbabwe", which is the Shona word for "house of rock or stone" or "venerated house", which is associated with rulership. Who … which was the centre of…
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… 1990 countries all over the world got involved in some way or another, as governments were forced to choose sides either for or against communism and the…
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… was declared in 1960, activists were being banned, jailed or had gone to exile, circulation was successfully stopped … managed to release their usual weekly…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… This warning was not heeded, either by the outgoing regime or by the incoming democratic government as it faced the huge … leaving office that his government…
ArticleTswana
… more highly stratified than those of other Sotho groups or the Nguni. Tswana culture is often distinguished for its … among village residents. Villages were…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… to go to university. Very few people in Europe could read or write. Books were very expensive and scarce. Most books … group of people in Europe were called…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… was a chronic shortage of manpower, the hundred and twenty or so employees of the VOC , mainly sailors and soldiers, … done by slaves in return for a plain…
Learning about history through objects
… Toy box: objects Sometimes we do not have written records or pictures to help us find out information about the past, … and facere meaning to make, so all…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… Within a month of Biko’s death, thousands were detained or prosecuted and sentenced to long goal terms. The … South African liberation movements to establish…
Mission Stations - G-H
… lands. Sebeke, whose name was variously spelt as Speke or Sepeke, is reported to have been a Pedi chief. Alexander … being in general not higher from the…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… the stems and packed into hogsheads (round, wooden casks or barrels) used to hold tobacco for shipment. Tobacco became … has calculated that British ships…
ArticleTransport on land
… Cycles also have wheels, whether it is one, two three or more. Since the end of the 19th century motorcars with … not that easy. So they invented small…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… on a national basis, and many of them were either members or submitted work to SASA's annual exhibitions. However, by … George Crosland Robinson (qv.),…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… more definitive records, the presence of a post office, or some other basic means of postal collection and delivery, … too small to warrant a post office in…
The French Revolution
… by violence; and a great change in a political, social or economic system. A revolution is when people rebel against the government or the way other people…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of or regarding for the history of the nations, peoples and … captains of the armies. The armies of the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… belongs to all South Africans. Heritage can be tangible or intangible. Tangible heritage includes things we can see and touch, like a place, ornament,…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… claims that Black South African women ‘ had no other hope or prospects for decent jobs or accommodation incentives except to work as domestic … because if…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… legislation designed to uproot people from their land or where they were tenants and sharecroppers, and prevent … South African Republic (ZAR) is owned by…