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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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,…
BiographyManasseh Tebatso Moerane
Manasseh Tebatso Moerane was born in 1913 to an educated Sotho parents in the Transkei, he attended Adams College and obtained bachelor's degrees from Fort…
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…