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CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
GRADE 5: INTERMEDIATE PHASE HISTORY - TERM 2 Topic: The first farmers in southern Africa Suggested…
ArticleThe Nile river and its influence on settlement
‘Not only is the Egyptian climate peculiar to that country, and the Nile different in the way it behaves from rivers elsewhere, but the manners and customs of…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of History, Michigan State…
ArchiveThe Plural society in Africa
The twenty first in the Heornle Memorial Lectures delivered by Meyer Fortes in which he describes and evalutes pluralism in Africa. The social and political…
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… knowledge, because I would not be allowed to consult my notes. Much of Congress history had already been presented to … sitting during the lunch break,…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… me sleepy. I then brought notebooks and scribbled random notes on the happenings of the trial, anything to keep my … proceedings. At the weekend I would type…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
The United Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
Before 1856, Farmers in this Area attended the Church in Aliwal North. Primitive transport, bad Roads, Rivers and other obstacles made it an ordeal to go to;…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the Great Trek, between…
PlaceBitterfontein, Western Cape
… historical significance should not be understated. End notes [1] These figures would have since changed. See ‘Main …
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… so they resorted to forcefully tear out pages from the notes several people in the meeting- including myself had … Office The Wits Student Representative…
ArchiveIt is an obvious fact that who ever took pain to discredit and talk ill of the SSRC
A handwritten note supporting the Soweto Students Representative Council
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… an important part in holding Boer society together. Spies notes 'a strong Afrikaner tradition of women's involvement in … 326 (of whom 5 177 were white),…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
1940 Mandela was elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After he became embroiled in general student dissatisfaction with boarding…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… (SACTU)." United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Notes and Documents NY, United Nations, Web. [Accessed 12 …
The sins of the church are the sins of the Whites
Journal article. Note that the text is not clear.
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… detained, because no charge was made against us. He made notes and said he would convey them to the relevant …
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa’s withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
On 29 June 1961, during its plenary conference in Geneva, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a resolution condemning the racial policies of…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
Assembly on 29 April 1981, voters returned the National Party (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous…
EventSouth Africa wins the 2010 bid to host the Soccer World Cup
On 15 May 2004, the president of the Federation of International Football Association's (FIFA), Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, announced that South Africa would host…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
South Africa held its third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. A total of 20.6 million People were registered to vote, making it 2 million more than the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… possibility of differing political ideologies. [38] Tips & Notes: Check out our Essay Writing Skills for more tips on …
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract …
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
South African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in…
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985, translated into six European languages)…
ArchiveThe way through
Journal article containing an interview with Allan Boesak. Note that large sections of the document are barely legible.
ArchiveZimbabwe 2007
Multicoloured poster. Photograph of ten thousand dollar Zimbabwean note with equal sign to two loaves of bread. Flag of Zimbabwe.