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Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a 'political miracle' and the subsequent installation of … Africa's first democratically elected…
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… 25 in Catholic, Protestant, and most Orthodox churches, is a public holiday in South Africa. On this day Christians … Bethlehem. The date is traditional and…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… African township and coloured areas moved towards forming a combined force of organisations, but in 1981, civic … progressive political views. The WCCA was…
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… the ANC. Tamana who was aged 80 at the time and confined to a wheel chair opened the conference urging all women to … white people amongst its ranks. For…
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… Post-structuralist discourse has resulted in a shift in emphasis from the author to the reader, or the production of art to its reception. … of art history…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the … alongside talks during the year from July 1990 to June 1991. It took the ANC up until…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere … the African continent has and in many…
Insurrections: The Storming
… Sumangala Damodaran, Sazi Dlamini and Neo Muyanga in 2011, to open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South … of political expression in…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… Sumangala Damodaran, Sazi Dlamini and Neo Muyanga in 2011, to open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South … of political expression in…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… and professional theatre director, with the intent to create a space with means formally or informally for relevant South … to for adolescent and adult…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… Alliance met at the beginning of August 1955 and agreed to recommend the adoption of the document by each respective Congress. A ‘million signature’ campaign…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was … 1900 onwards the Boers changed tactics and they…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… Ben Forstate Ben Forstate is a U3 Student at McGill University studying Political Science … basketball, reading, writing and occasionally trying to play a…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… brought workers in direct conflict with the state. A case in point is the 1922 mineworkers strike, in which a number of people died. Another strike which…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 facts about this … world the view people are given of Africa is…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… context where citizens rely heavily on the government to protect them, as well as to promote and protect human … witnessed what is now called the Marikana…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… in the setting of the mountains of the Eastern Cape during a period of the male Xhosa initiation, which is referred to as ulwaluko. Two of the men (Xolani…
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (abbreviated to KKNK) is a national arts festival with a primary focus on Afrikaans language in performing arts held …
The National Arts Festival
… titled the 1820 Settlers National Monument was opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They established … the tradition of…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… /Xam language was recorded almost in its entirety, thanks to the work of a German linguist, Dr WHI Bleek. /Xam speakers originally occupied a large part of…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… Since South Africa’s advent to democracy in 1994, public protests either service delivery … The escalation of these protests was also tracked by a research…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… Pretoria is located in the north east of South Africa, to the north of Gauteng , and 60 Kilometres away from the … buildings built of sandstone. [iii] There…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… the Pafuri area of the Kruger National Park and sits next to the Levuvhu River, which flows into the Limpopo River. The city lies at the edge of a plateau…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… speculation of the causes and triggers of the violence. A number of reports have highlighted various issues contributing to xenophobia; some of which include…
The CASA Conference
… in Amsterdam on 14 - 19 Dec 1987. The CASA conference was a week-long event that took place in different venues, some … which were theatres. The CASA…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… Max Agadoni Max Agadoni is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University, studying … He is originally from Leawood, Kansas, and loves to travel the world and…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party (SALP) as a reaction to the party’s support for…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
… in certain quarters against the immigration of Coolies, as a piece of national policy, and so many difficulties have … the arrangements, that latterly many…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… during South Africa’s Apartheid era, often occupies a politicised space as the ‘ colonial ’ language of the White … and the utilisation of the language…
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… association of art historians in this country. Its aim is to advance art and architectural history in South Africa, and … research encouraging liaison and…