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ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… are converted to Christianity every day and in Nigeria about 20 new religious sects or groups come into being every … to follow one at all. People are also…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… machine. Unfortunately biographical details about these early pioneers are very sketchy. 1898 The Empire … released his film Come Back, Africa. It was a docu…
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… It is used to describe periods or events that bring about dramatic change in politics, economics or society. A … and expands production. Some revolutions…
ArticleThe House in session
… While the House of Assembly, the White parliament, went about its business as it had done under the previous system, … MP Pat Poovalingam: ‘On Tuesday…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… Jacob Zuma and ANCYL's Julius Malema have other ideas about freedom. Image Source IN SEVENTH HEAVEN: Struggle … Nelson Mandela". Jerm offers more…
Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigning (FAK)
… both encouraged Afrikaner women to teach their children about Afrikaner values and to do charity work to uplift and …
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
… I re-read what I had said then the more despondent I got about the fate of the poetic and what I hear around me as … Pascal Gwala brought with it a haunting…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… the capacity of the Trades Hall. They complained about the food they were given – canned meat instead of fresh … meat in a time of food rationing. They were…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Party , Mbete became very aware and knowledgeable about the issues that happened in South Africa. … in the African National Congress and learned more about…
ArticleSita’s story
… always wanted to be a doctor, so he had read everything about child-birth and while the driver went to bring the … an overdose of quinine. Gandhi wrote to my…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… volunteers were involved in the Defiance Campaign and about 8,000 of them were imprisoned by the end of December. … cancel the protest. This did not stop the…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… a fish in a bucket, recently caught by a White youth of about 18 who, kicks Robert (of mixed race) in the crotch. … Frelimo independence movement in…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… thought the police were firing blanks. One woman was hit about ten yards from our car. Her companion, a young man, … to Sharpeville, spotter planes were…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… They arrived in the western part of southern Africa about 2 000 years ago about 100 years BC. Their lifestyle was very different from … This agricultural…
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
… ↵ [2] N. Wetsman, “Everything You Need to Know About the Coronavirus,” The Verge, (Updated: 1 April 2020), … ↵ [3] N. Wetsman, “Everything You Need to Know…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… Industrial and Commercial Union of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town when African labour …
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… side, many youths had reached a level of consciousness about the plight of Blacks in apartheid South Africa that …
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… Elcano led the crew for the last stretch of the voyage. By about 1520 most of the eastern coast of South and Central … are the most important facts. 7. Write…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… Trade Unions (COSATU). The establishment of FEDUSA came about when the Federation of South African Labour Unions … merged in 2005 it is estimated that SACOTU…
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… retreated into dinner table recriminations or mutterings about how things have turned out. Others have emigrated. … she did, for there was something unique…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… constitutional matters - those cases that raise questions about the application or interpretation of the Constitution. … Court exclusive jurisdiction in…
ArticleLives of Courage
… their friends and relatives played in helping to bring about South African democracy. In 2000 South African … in the compilation of their own life stories…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… people? (3) What have archaeologists dug up that taught us about the Strandlopers? (3) Tabulate the differences between … This region was suitable for their…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… insisting to define the Black people by. He also wrote about the brutalities of the apartheid regime in various … with it. After Sophiatown’s destruction,…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… West. By the year 300 A.D, this kingdom had been ruled by about 40 kings, showing that its political administration was … The adoption of the Islamic faith…
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… for religious reasons Scholar : a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in …
ArticleKey terms with definitions for this topic
… for religious reasons Scholar: a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in …
Mission Stations - N-S
… in a few hours after rain, and the barometer only rises to about twenty-six inches. The dwelling of the Missionary was a … King William's Town, Cape: Begun…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… 1830s were a time of great upheaval. There were many wars about land which caused thousands of people to flee to other … into the area. In a previous grade…
Mission Stations - I-L
… kraals within six miles. "At sunrise, a congregation of about eighteen (Xhosa) and (Khoikhoi), assembled in the … with a large stock of sheep and cattle, and…