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Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Regular elections have been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the … and recently defeated Afrikaner republics agreed to create a new…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South … South Africa fielded its first national rugby team on a tour of the British Isles. The…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… between the White colonists and the new arrivals. Within a decade, irregularities in the employment of Indians had increased to such an extent that that the…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… the past through the spoken word as told by one generation to the next. It is also an important way to pass heritage on … it has not been written down. These…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… participating in numerous political campaigns in response to measures and laws affecting Black people. In the 1920s, … the Communist Party of South Africa …
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… was regarded as the most significant youth organization to emerge during the 1980s. Initiated by COSAS , it focused … aspirations of COSAS but could not…
Hinduism
… everything comes from God and that he is like the root of a tree, while the rest of the world is the branches and … of the tree are pointless because the…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… Prison labour has a particularly debatable history in South Africa. … late 1800s, the idea of imprisonment shifted with the aim to rehabilitate prisoners…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… Please note that there is a compulsory assessment task that must be completed in this … was accepted at the UNO in 1948, the National Party came to power in…
Judaism
… Judaism What do Jews believe? Many Jews wear a tallit, or prayer shawl, to remond them of God's law. Sources: www.ida.net Jews, like … the lord of the…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… in the custody of security police. The period leading up to his death, beginning with the June 1976 unrest, had seen … continued to emerge. Biko’s death…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… (SAIC) In 1961, Indians were officially recognised as a permanent part of the South African population and the Department of Indian Affairs was established…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… ways we can find out about them. The term ‘Iron Age’ is a convenient label for this period, as people made tools from … Iron Age societies were highly fluid,…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… was little change in the situation from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the crisis of the … and leadership to survive in the future,…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… the times of apartheid, Blacks were continuously sent to prison for little or no reason making it even more … clothing and basic needs were often seen as…
The Atlantic slave trade
… Causes and results of slavery A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. In America, for instance, which…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land, the majority … living here had been proletarianised and…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… 1913, the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave, but a pariah in the land of his birth" (Plaatjie, S.T. (1916). … Union of South Africa in…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… political scene forced the apartheid government to enter into negotiations with the ANC. In March 1982, … 1983 the United States of America sent Robert…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… resolutions, proclamations and ordinances played a key role in legitimizing systematic land dispossession and … authorities also established tribal land or…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… Dimitrov. October 20 - 22, Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo attends a conference in Berlin on 'The joint struggle of the working … progress'. 1981 February 23 - March…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
… probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the prehistory of … linguistic evidence, Bantu speakers in…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… Nelson Mandela was born into a world of war, revolutionary upheaval and a worldwide influenza pandemic. In July 1918, when Mandela … Britain, France, Russia …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… of the African National Congress. 1866 The first attempt to enfranchise Africans on large scale is embarked on when … (Odendaal, p.7) 1882 Imbumba yama…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events, from the banning of liberation … The Liberation Struggle in South Africa from the…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Madam Speaker I am truly humbled to have been selected by the ANC to present a message of condolence and an obituary on the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee . It…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… the Kaffrarian Watchman in September 1872. Whilst building a cottage to work from, the newspaper used Mrs J. Dempster kitchen as … published East London ’s…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to … leaders and the repressive conditions…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… other with the use of nuclear weapons, which was referred to as the Cold War. This lesson will focus on the change in … II, the U.S.-Soviet alliance of 1941…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… and brutal violence, assessments of the war rarely include a detailed historical account of the security and military … region - and if they do, such…