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ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles the events that unfolded … Julius Malema, calls for a "mining…
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…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbatha
Mzwakhe Mbatha was born in 1935 near Umnini Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he carved utilitarian objects such as…
BiographyVictor Poto
Victor Poto was born in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South African Native College (later Fort Hare), and was installed as…
Blessing Mabaso
In 2000, amnesty was granted to Mathys Botha, Johannes Steyn and Laurence Wasserman for killing of Blessing Mabaso, Brian Memela, Luvuyo Mgobozi and…
BiographyMalesella Benjamin Moloise
Malesella Benjamin Moloise was born in 1955 in Alexandra. he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985 at…
BiographySimon Tyeku
Chairman of the Sophiatown African National Congress in the mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961. Tyeku was born in 1904 and…
BiographyNarainsamy Thumbi Naicker
Born 4 April 1922 in Pinetown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Attorney prominent in the South African Indian Congress. He was active in Natal politics as a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
PlaceTanzania
… Tanzania is home to two renowned tourism destinations - Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, and wildlife-rich national parks such as the Serengeti …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’…
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…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… tides of precolonial and colonial history of Southern Africa. King Hintsa was Sarhili’s father and he was …