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ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… Cape Town has a long history of the struggle against racial discrimination … , San , slaves and African people further inland fought to extricate themselves…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… kingdoms of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe with a special look at how they were organised and the role played … ivory and gold were important…
ArticleNew light on ‘76 uprising
… Hector Peterson was not the first person to be killed in the 1976 Soweto uprising, a new book sensationally claims. Hastings Ndlovu, the … "Police were…
ArticleThe South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
… Catering for all levels of interests from the amateur to the professional, as well as encouraging interested … as lay members, the South African Society of…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… at the South African National Gallery. We are grateful to the Director of Art Collections, Marilyn Martin, for … Town, has worked with unceasing commitment…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… nationalist movements in the 1960s. The Congo was used as a tool in the Cold War. This left a legacy that continues today. Tanzania developed as a … was the…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… in 1824. 1877 The first biography ever written about a black South African was published. It was written by John A. Chalmers on Rev Tiyo Soga. 1880 With the…
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… The Mughal Empire: government and society The Moghuls were a powerful Muslim family who came from lands that are today … of south Asia in the 16th century…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… 1991: Nelson Mandela calls for an all-party congress to negotiate the way to a constituent assembly. April 1991: The ANC publishes its … measures and adds…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… and Peter Molotsi has crossed the border into Bechuanaland to mobilize support for the PAC. International sympathy lay … Regional Secretary General of the…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… served as the Union's constitution until 1961, created a parliamentary government along the lines of the Westminster model, consisted of a directly elected…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of … Democratic Front (UDF) . In 1986 the organisation began a…
Learning about history through objects
… Sometimes we do not have written records or pictures to help us find out information about the past, only the … are people who look at these artefacts and…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… of armaments specifically submarines and frigates from a French-German consortium and Fighter-jets from a British-Swedish consortium in order to retain an…
ArticleRock Art
… Most researchers who study rock art tend to focus on technical aspects, such as the material and … animals and some abstract figures with geometric origin. A…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the Voortrekkers and forced to flee across the Limpopo. 1840 First permanent White … Koedoespoort. In November 1853 the two farms…
The National Tree
… eastern Cape coast, in the ravines of the Drakensberg up to the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg in the Northern … and are white, light green or pink. The…
Schlebusch Commission
… In 1973, the Government appointed a select committee of parliament, the Schlebusch Commission, to investigate the objects, organisation, financing and ……
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zuma recalls … “the comrades had the idea that an…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… “District Six is a blot which the government has cleaned up and will continue to clear up.” [i] - P.W Botha The memory of District Six, also known as…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… increasing internal pressure. The National Party attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced by creating the cosmetic Tricameral … impetus for the…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… information on the Russian revolution and the change to a Communist state in Russia, we have already touched on … by the state itself. Class structures…
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… A panel of judges consisting of Omar Badsha, Mary Corrigall, … Riason Naidoo has awarded the following photographers with a prize of R20 000.00 Chris…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… unrest and violence. The Marikana Massacre was essentially a dispute about living conditions and the salary by the rock drill operators, they demanded a wage…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… unrest and violence. The Marikana Massacre was essentially a dispute about living conditions and the salary by the rock drill operators, they demanded a wage…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… George William Curtis medal. April, Seme graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree from at Columbia University. September, Seme is admitted to Jesus College…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… unrest and violence. The Marikana Massacre was essentially a dispute about living conditions and salary by the rock … they demanded a wage increase of R12…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… In May 1918 a group of fourteen railway clerks, clergymen and policemen … an organization, Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). A month later, it was…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… in fairly harmonious co-existence as no tribe needed to be or was sufficiently more powerful to conquer another. Some scientists say this was helped by ……
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… penalty. Accused No.1 was Nelson Mandela, then serving a five-year sentence following his trial in 1962 when I had … via Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana)…