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BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… in action rather than endless debates and discussions about national and international politics. The Sharpeville …
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… Stone Age Some hominids began to manufacture stone tools about 2.6 million years ago, thus beginning the Earlier Stone … increases the importance of the…
The National Animal
… get enough moisture from the succulent leaves. It stands about 75 cm high and weighs about 40 kg. They breed throughout the year and lambs are …
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… observations proved to be a contradiction to other sources about Bessie Head’s political involvement, which again showed … to make friends, once stating that…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… on cave walls are called rock art. There is rock art on about every continent, but South Africa has some of the most … the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park (shown…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… to influence international and local public opinion about the Apartheid government. The government was concerned … local English press was interested in…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… period. The Middle Ages in Europe are the years between about 410 AD and 1500 AD. At the time that the other empires you read about in this section were at…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… would respond promptly. He was especially anxious for news about his children, Max in particular. The attitude of the … the sentence, they (would) keep you…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… retiring to England at the end of the year. This they did about 10 days ago. We left them last June, despite … is also [-aitable], though none of us know…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… a platform for women to voice their opinions and concerns about the future of women’s rights in South Africa. The … saw the opportunity to allow women to…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… letter from the Apartheid Government to the Amlay family about the impending removal, a ‘White’s Only’ railway station … purpose of the museum is to let the…
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
… to see it). So often South African films with stories about very South African events have featured actors who have … to authentically portray South Africans…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh and cry, who love and hate, who enjoy being cuddled. We…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… and landowners. A second son, Fabio, was born in 1950. In about November 1953 the family moved to Rome, where they …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… Poort has been of particular interest to interpretations about the origins of fully modern human behaviour. Dating to … dated the prints by optically…
References and links: Transport through time
… visual timeline of transportation, (New York) Online Links About.com, (2000), ‘ The history of transportation ’, from About.com , [online], Available at …
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… made for educational reasons. He wanted Africans to learn about their own history and culture: “We thought this kind of … of studying Picasso Matisse and all…
Christianity
… in Nazareth, but very little is known or written down about Jesus' life as a young boy. When he was about 30 years old he began telling people about God. He…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… and spiritual growth, a time to review our assumptions about sin and morality .’ – Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. ( … to what the scientific evidence suggests…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… Activity: Learning about the farmers Archaeologists found a lot of information … Africa. Activity: Presentation Using the information about the items that…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… and movements that she discovers her own the true feelings about the apartheid government. The book Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid is…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… Synopsis Inxeba is essentially an intersectional story about three Xhosa men that is told in the setting of the … he was approached by community members who…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… Mixed Farming and Climate Click on image to enlarge About 1800 years ago, Bantu-speaking people brought a new way … Essentially, these crops cannot grow with…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… values and principles: Regular consultation with customers about the quality of services provided Setting service … of customers Providing more and better…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… at our government's doorstep. Questions should be asked about the government's inability to deal with the growing … weakens social cohesion. Questions should…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… and pointed out that newspapers would continue to write about the circumstances surrounding Biko’s death because the … Weekend World newspapers also…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… A turning point in the struggle against apartheid came about in the 1960s. This change was the result of combined … 1961, and during the next 18 months the…
BiographyJan Smiesing
… day ‘to animate their lessons’. [vii] However, in 1677 about 77 enslaved Madagascan children were landed at the Cape …
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… to bringing down the whole Kingdom. Not so much is known about Njinga's early life, but in 1622 her brother, the Ngola …
Durban an Overview
… surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially settlement about the bay was haphazard, but in 1835 local residents … Durban, or Port Natal as it was also known,…