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ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself … means continuous rain. 1820s Shaka , the Zulu king, allows a small party of…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO). In 1976 through to 1978 large numbers of young people left the country to … Nefolovhodwe. They began working…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… of 1922 was an armed uprising that is also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt. It occurred during a period of economic depression following World…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into institutionalized racism unseen in South … General Jan Smuts and his United Party (UP…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… outside East London in March 1961. The launch followed a conference of the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM) in January in which, according to the founding…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… joined the ANC. NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk became a member of the ANC and a cabinet minister. The ANC also faced internal strife as the … elections…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… themselves African. Africa, and being African, has become a core part of the identity of millions of the continent's inhabitants, but where does this word,…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… in the early 1960s, new organizations emerged to fill the political vacuum. A movement based on the idea of being Black began to organize … South African…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… became clearer. These were the first detailed discussions to take place between the two groups on strategy and tactics. … and had even taken over governance…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… the links for more detail. 1870 William H. Andrews (Bill), a pioneer of the trade union movement and first General … College, Oxford. 1893 William H. Andrews…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last … of the Minerals Energy Complex (MEC) met regularly…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… 1971 11 March, A resolution is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student … Line (PDL) were printed and distributed by the students…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Africa, which lasted from Saturday evening, December 29th to Wednesday night, January 2nd, was the finest ever held, … Comrade Mrs. Jacobs, who did the…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… “The time comes in the life of a nation when there remain only two choices –submit or … 2005 Dr Garth Benneyworth (Sol Plaatje University) located a typed…
The girl child
… different experiences of boys and girls in schools. A girl's position in the school Many households are run by children as parents have passed away as a…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… mother, Julia, was the third wife of Mzimeni Tambo, son of a farmer and assistant salesperson at a local trading store. … restriction orders from the State…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… nationalism, and from the 1870s onwards they were used to mobilise Afrikaners, and after 1914 to achieve political … century, Hachten and Giffard say: ‘The…
Independent Electoral Commission
… ELECTORAL COMMISSION IEC) Residents of Soweto queue up to cast their votes in South Africa's third democratic … MISSION STATEMENT The Independent Electoral…
ArticleTransport on land
… on land today Then, thousands of years ago, people started to use donkeys and horses to travel and to transport things … and roll the logs along the ground…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck was to ensure a constant supply of fresh…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was…
The oldest forms of human communication
… acting, and using symbols. From sounds and symbols to written communication and language Making sounds such as grunting or guttural sounds at a low pitch or…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… education provision. The Commission recommended ‘resorting to radical measures’ for the ‘effective reform of the Bantu … control was centralized in the Bantu…
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… In Britain there was increased political pressure to extend the vote to women and the working class. The years 1912-1914 were years of major strikes…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as … and Cape Town in 1921. Edward Roux ,…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a legacy of centuries of land dispossession. A ‘willing buyer willing seller’ policy was adopted…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… << back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN … research and San oral history or storytelling there were a lot of San groups living in…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… are! All over the world, in every country from Brazil to Australia, you will still find people living as hunter … San oral history or storytelling we know…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… Abstract In 1994, South Africans were liberated from a system of apartheid which had controlled their lives for … or live in poverty. The apartheid economy…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… insatiable masters. As island-prison you were too small to hold Autshumato (considered to be the devil himself & … of the ancestral spirit-land compelled him…