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ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid … analyses generally show that the poverty…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… established a permanent European presence in Southern Africa. It is the site of South Africa’s first modern city that served as Europe’s gateway to … war…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… with a wave of anti-communist legislation in which South Africa proved to be prominent but not alone. From the end of … fascism”. “What Hitler had achieved…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… South Africa battles water scarcity as it is one of the thirty … to access natural resources. [2] The Union of South Africa implemented the Irrigation and…
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… on the fifth day of the second and final Test of South Africa’s match against their Indian counterparts in Calcutta, … score to six. In spite of Pollock's…
BiographyFrantz Fanon
Early years He was born on the 20 July 1925, in the Caribbean Island of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle…
ArticleIsitwalandwe/Seaparankwe Award
… is the highest honour awarded by the people of South Africa, through the African National Congress, to those who …
Schlebusch Commission
… Movement (UCM), the Christian Institute of Southern Africa (CI) and the South African Institute of Race Relations …
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
… As a result of her death and the rise in femicide in South Africa, hundreds of protestors took to the streets with #Am I Next posters to emphasize that all…
PlaceTanzania
… Tanzania is home to two renowned tourism destinations - Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, and wildlife-rich national parks such as the Serengeti …
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… However, their contributions in Natal, South Africa were much greater than could have been expected. South Africa had an abundance of natural resources- gold…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… super powers which played a significant role in Southern Africa’s development. For topic one, which is The World … 2015]| Mother Earth Travel (2014), History…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… a number of oppressive laws against Black people in South Africa. The 1950s decade was one of the periods of heightened … of May Day , in 1950, the Communist…
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… Irma Stern is considered one of South Africa’s most prolific and powerful artists who played a … avant-garde art to the country. Born in 1894 in South Africa…
BiographyJeremiah Baden Leeuw
Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists…
BiographyAlson Ntshangase
Ntshangase was born at Nongoma, Zululand. He attended art classes at KwaBazini CP School; he did his secondary schooling at KwaZide High School; he had to…
Victor M Mgadi
Victor M Mgadi was a political activist with the African National Congress(ANC) during the uprising agaisnt the Apartheid regime. He was also an Umkhonto we…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… to other Free State towns and to the rest of South Africa. 1873 A weekly transport service is introduced to … as the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union…
A new class struggle
… in agreement that the main anti-Indian feeling in South Africa was directed towards the merchant class, these … 1891) was meant to prevent Indians from…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… Psychology. She grew up in Connecticut and visited South Africa a few times which sparked her interest in learning … as well as having bilingual parents who…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… The Department of Education The first ten years of South Africa’s democracy brought dramatic and rapid change. South Africa is respected as an example of an…
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
… Lucas Radebe, South Africa's celebrated soccer legend was born in Diepkloof, … educational, social and charitable initiatives in South Africa. Alongside the…
PlacePhansi Museum
… of traditional arts, crafts and artefacts in South Africa. Life size dolls showing ceremonial wear from different regions and cultures of South Africa are on…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had … of the transition to full and free…
BiographyFlorence Mophosho
Florence Mophosho was born in 1921 Alexander Township, Johannesburg. She was the first of the three children. Florence's mother was a qualified teacher, but…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… became the first black political organization in South Africa that openly accepted the taking of human life as part … known as the African People’s…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… at the history of different workers charters in South Africa and explores why the call in the 1970s and 1980s for … for white workers The first Workers’…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… President, F W de Klerk, announced the end of South Africa’s four year old state of emergency. Immediately after … that will lead to democratic, non-racial…
BiographyKate Dinkwetsi Molale
Kate Dinkwetsi Molale was born in 1928 and died in 1980 after a car accident. In 1954 she was elected as Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… was restricted; there was turmoil everywhere and South Africa had in effect become a police state. When Botha … training in Angola. Other women who had…