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ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… experienced one of its most turbulent years in its recent history, characterized by the deadly Ebola outbreak, … carats. [13] The Cullinan diamond, the…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… and P. van der Spuy. People of the Western Cape, A History for Schools . Cape Town, Juta, 2003. Beinart, William … 1987. Bonner, Philip and Noor Nieftagodien…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… culture' or 'Coloured culture,' for instance? Throughout history, various people and institutions have attempted to … a cave dwelling or anything important…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… knowledge of these highly complex patterns predate written history and were preserved through story-telling among male … male experts, the akwa kuta sona,…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… word ‘Africa’ are contentious, but there is much about its history that is known. We know that the word ‘Africa’ was … as Libya. Image source: www.mlahanas…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… that the Polokwane conference can be seen as a moment in history whereupon conflict within the ANC political party … factor for the first breakaway from the…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… political mobilisation was closely linked to its labour history. In order to understand how Port Elizabeth developed … into a politicised area, one has to…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Provincial Council. Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman. Source: New History of South Africa Cape Town) p231 In 1930, after a … is considered “one of the great…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… emerged. Also see: National Senior Certificate Grd 12, History Paper 1, November 2014 and National Senior Certificate Grd 12, History Paper 2, November 2014 …
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… During her infant years her father, Columbus, was a local history teacher. In later years he was the minister of the … remains an enigmatic figure in South…
Claremont Histories
… exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015 Harfield Village Carnival. … memories and stories from a lost community…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… Helen, Women, Gender and Colonialism: Rethinking the History of the British Cape Colony and its Frontier Zones c. 1806-1870 , Journal of African History,…
PlaceMuseum Africa
… Museum Africa, Johannesburg's major history and cultural history museum, is housed in the Newtown Cultural Precinct's … civilisations thrived. It is not a…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
… now called South Africa. Although the sources of African history became relatively more abundant in the nineteenth century, its history has been the subject…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… further below. South Africa has experienced a long history of forcible removal of people as the result of racist … legislation dating back to 1856, view…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… W. C. Holden was one of the early writers on South African history to publish a book that used the theory of empty land … of the idea of the 'vacant land'…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… on during this complex and chaotic time in the nation’s history. After a 27-year ban on Mandela’s picture, Hallett’s … the first democratic elections in…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… receiving a first in sociology, anthropology, economic history and native administration. 1947 First gets a job at … years. 1963 First’s South West Africa ,…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the … socio-political landscape. This feature focuses on the history of the Land…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, and formal racial segregation. This history has an uneasy relationship…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a … of the largest political protest marches in South African…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… oppressor. Indeed, Afrikaans has a violent and racist history of oppression during the eras of White Afrikaner … Afrikaners) and perceived as a ‘White’…
The CASA Conference
… into the AABN at the International Institute of Social History. The conference included the participation of the …
The National Flag
… are a synopsis of principal elements of the country's flag history. Individual colours, or colour combinations have …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English in 1952 and in the same year, went back … Blake, R. A. (1977). A History of Rhodesia…
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… in 2012 is a momentous event in South African and African history. It will also be the occasion for nationwide … the present. Since 1994, public engagement…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Introduction
… in a liberatory struggle it is necessary to rewrite the history of the past. It is part of the very process of liberation to expose the distortions of…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… and the "Empty Land" Myth Historiographical Debates: Whose History? Legacy Further Reading References Introduction The … African societies as inherently…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… groups in Namibia and Zambia. While the Sotho people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, their history had an important…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to … 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation. History reveals that there is evidence of…