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ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery … This Act…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… at Lonmin Mine in Marikana in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. … shooting and the subsequent…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… 19th century. Study on the South African War from 1899 to 1902 needs to reflect recent research. The topic ends with … consolidation of white rule, and…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… of Fort Hare. 1940 He is expelled for participating in a student strike 1942 He completes a BA degree through the University of South Africa (UNISA) … This…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… In 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from … African women. The federation grew from monthly meetings to a body…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… banning of the Communist Party of South Africa. January, A crowd of Blacks in Newclare, Johannesburg attack a Black policeman attempting to arrest an African…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… that the first pioneers from the Eastern Cape undertook a hunting expedition to the former Western Transvaal (now North West Province) and Botswana areas in…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… formalized by South African National Aids Council (SANAC) to review its two years of work against HIV/AIDS being under … Jacob Zuma. 9 July - 14 July, The…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… South Africa, market assisted land reforms have served to justify and legalise colonial land apportionment, and … are beginning to look to land and its…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… or ministries. Each department is responsible for a different issue – for example, there is one for health … one for education, and one for sport. The…
Glossary: Learning from Leaders
… Ambassador A person who officially represents his or her government in another country. Banish Send someone away from a place and to forbid them from coming…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… exclusion. The protests had caused significant damage to property and threatened the safety of students and staff. … and the University of Pretoria in…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… as one of the world’s major super powers which played a significant role in Southern Africa’s development. For … is The World Around 1600, the intention of…
ArticleThe Homelands
… established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which the majority of the Blacks population was moved to … in the urban areas of South Africa. The…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Background Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process for constitutional reforms. A commission headed by…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… that fills these walls. I have given 19 years of my life to set up a museum that tells the story of the Forgotten People of … [1] Formed in 1998, the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first … Kwa-Zulu Natal . c. AD 500 Early…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… The places we come from are a part of our heritage. Where we grew up and where we live … us, and the place itself. In the next 3 units we are going to talk…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… led by Chief Musi. They inhabited this area about 300 to 400 years ago. The period from 1820 to 1832, known as the … African population north of the Vaal…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth League, a new leadership came to power in the ANC. Walter Sisulu was elected … (SAIC). Events leading up to…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Institution of Kilnerton at Pretoria. 1882 Makgatho goes to England to study theology at Ealing College, Middlesex, … England. 1885 Makgatho returns to South…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat , a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of … Emergency in 1960 . He was first…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land dispossession, economic … at the Cape on 6 April 1652. van…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… The Millennium Development Goals (MDGSs) were perceived as a life line the United Nations and the rest of the world were throwing to Africa in order to save…
The Order of the Southern Cross
… exceptional achievement Neck badge This medal is awarded to citizens who have displayed singular and exceptional achievement in South Africa. It is awarded…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… it was fully representative of all the regions of the A.N.C. covering various strata of the African people, but … was our first national conference since the…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… About 2 000 years ago (100 BC), life began to change significantly in the Western part of Southern … also known as the Khoikhoi, arrived, bringing with them…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… Organisation (SASO). Conscious of the limitations of a student-oriented organisation, the BCM subsequently developed a number of political and community…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… Party of South Africa (CPSA), the party changed its name to the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1953, after it … forced underground. The formation of…