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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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 ……
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… WHILE THIS EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE purport to mark the centenary of the founding of the South African … in Cape Town in The Cape Times Weekly of 8 September…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project
… and resistance. The majority of these writers belong to the canon, to the first generation of African writers … greater appreciation. The pilot also…