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ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… which takes place on 2 January, and is also referred to as Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year). During the festival … the crowd through singing, dancing and…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” in October 1963, … the most profound moment in the trial, Nelson Mandela made a speech in the…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… Daughter Abstract: The Black Consciousness Movement rose to prominence in South Africa in the 1970s and forms one of … focuses in Burger’s Daughter. The…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… policies that subjected Black people young and old to indignity and inferior status. From the early twentieth … Youth League in 1945, Youth politics took…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… his death and acknowledges the contribution that he made to Mozambique and her Independence. Machel was a revolutionary leader of the Mozambican liberation…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… 1923 the National Party (NP) and Labour Party (LP) formed a pact to win the general elections held in the Union of South … National Party (HNP) under the…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… of university and college students. NUSAS was open to students of all races. At the organisation first inaugural … students internationally inspired the…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… from Gujarat on the west coast of India. Roughly 10,000 to 15,000 of indentured workers were Muslim, as were most of the 4,000 ordinary migrants.2 Indians…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… and being ignored during 1910 and 1911, delegates to the South African Native Convention (SANC) decided to call a meeting in Bloemfontein on 8 January 1912…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action. That said, one year before the … in May 1989, the African National Congress (ANC…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view other pages Industrialization and British … of mining magnates like Cecil John…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… 1960 21 March , In a peaceful anti pass march led by the PAC at Sharpeville, the … resistance in South Africa.” 28 March, The ANC calls for a nation-wide…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens Rachel Fenton ‘Politics and the … theorists , specifically – but not limited to …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… For some time there had always been a question in peoples' minds as to why the government had allowed the Congress of the People … precautions, those…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… But debates among historians about their relationship to formal political formations continue to rage. In light of … of the elections in 1948. The…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… countries. The Khoisan were the first modern people known to inhabit East Africa. They are followed by Cushitic people … as their religion. The Swahili…
Christianity
… Christianity What do Christians believe? Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph. Source: atschool.eduweb.co.uk Christians, Jews and…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… 1970, the South African Communist Party (SACP) convenes a special meeting. Apart from members of the Central … the meeting. Dadoo plays an important role…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: … been a…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… Frederick Willem de Klerk announced the results of a referendum in which only white people were allowed to participate. The aim of the referendum was to…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… and Black people’s ‘heroic achievements', made a deep impression on many university and high school … As early as the late 1960s, university students, who…
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… in history. Without change there would be no progress. As a result, historians are concerned both with identifying … some might focus on political…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… of clashes historically known as, Frontier Wars date back to 1779 when Xhosa people, Boers, Khoikhoi, San and the British clashed intermittently for nearly a…
A new class struggle
… plantation owners desperately petitioned the Governor to introduce Indian labour. While people such as Harry … the number of Indian landowners (farmers). In…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which encouraged a resurgent Zulu…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle … for freedom. It is often overlooked that…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories. [i] She was also described as a passionate and invested woman…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a decade later, on the 26 October 1984, Johnson, now known as MK member Tom Livingstone Gaza, died…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… of History, University of the Western Cape Address to Conference on the Alternate Media to Commemorate the … of Indian Opinion, 4 June 2003, Durban On 4 June…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… portion of the paper. At the end of the paper there is a short exhibit of his work. Key Words : Lefifi Tladi, Exile, … In Sweden, Tladi apprenticed under…