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Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… groups often state their arrival on some foreign land as a "discovery" is because, according to the primitive 'finders keepers' rule, this lends support ……
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM), in Natal to Rev James Dube and his wife Elizabeth. 1877 Rev James … odd jobs at Oberlin College. 1888-1890 Dube…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian … of our larger feature on the People of South Africa. It is a long term project to…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd … fusions and disjunctions”. [2] South Africa’s…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… MILESTONES 1910 - Birth of Mohambry (Monty) Naicker to Papiah Gangathura, a fruiterer, and Dhanamal, of Leopold Street, Durban. … the Carlisle Street Boys…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… The role of a Coat of Arms A national coat of arms, or State emblem, is the highest visual symbol of the State. Take a minute to consider the important…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… Union (FAWU) entered their third week of striking for a wage of increase of 9,5 percent. The union also wanted Coca-Cola advertisment to be isolated from…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and … several factors about Fanakalo are examined: Fanakalo as a pidgin…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… with other organisations such as the APO and the NIC to fight increasing segregation imposed by the white minority government. A case in point was the Non…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April 1974 hailed a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of … Forces Movement (AFM) had overthrown the…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… Gauteng Province. On 20 December 1991, the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA I) started its first … Trade Centre in Kempton Park. Working…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… A Brief Overview The People’s Liberation Army of Namibia … of Namibia. SWAPO was founded in 1960. It was founded with a mainly Marxist agenda anticipating…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… at the history of the apartheid period it is necessary to understand what apartheid was and how it affected people. … between racial groups. During apartheid…
Conflict among civic organisations
… civic organisations. 21 civic organisation affiliated to CAHC were coloured areas. However, the formation of CAHAC … The locations where civic organisations…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… How to find out about the present or the history of a local area? … local history through pictures: Cape Town Pictures are a great source to use to learn…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context ……
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… the world. Thousands of African people are converted to Christianity every day and in Nigeria about 20 new … These traditions are not religious principles,…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… in Cape Town and Durban stopped work and demanded a minimum wage equal to the PDL. 1973 Early January – 1,200 night watchmen go on strike, demanding a wage…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by abolitionists like Granville Scott and William … of people ‘liberated’ off slave ships, who…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… Congress (PAC), especially after the Rivonia Trial , saw a lull in anti-apartheid politics that only ended with the … force by the early 1970s, and by 1972…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still … and called for the unity of all African…
June 17
… They shot at random, and at anyone who would raise a fist and shout "Power", into their face Many others joined … home and stay...because we formed the…
The Mountain Committee
… A vast popular movement of resistance arose amongst the … thousands of peasants, who came on foot and on horseback to chosen spots on the mountains and…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the beginning of a far more brutal and intensive phase of state repression … that would crush internal resistance…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British erected a military…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as a result of many grievances. This included black … Populations of the Cape Province and Natal were…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… The Progressive Federal Party (PFP), successor to the Progressive Party (PP), was formed after a group of liberal members of the United Party (UP), broke…
ArticleFrontline States
… of democracy in South Africa was regionally supported by a group of southern African states called the Frontline … 1980, Zimbabwe. The Frontline States were…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
… and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, WISHING, in a spirit of good and mutual accord, to regulate the conditions most favourable to the development ……
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… two boys. Their father Israel Rudolph van der Heyden was a carpenter of Dutch and Khoi ancestry, and their mother Hilda Irene Adams, a housewife and domestic…