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ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, … Nazi Germany became a fascist country under Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945. Here…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in South Africa , the farmworker population in the Western Cape make up the highest number of workers in South Africa…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… The first farmers in southern Africa were Bantu-speakers and … between 2 000 and 1 700 years ago This topic focuses on the life of the first farmers of…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… The 52nd African National Congress ( ANC ) National … Conference took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. This…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in … of various broadly leftist political tendencies. The ALSC launched Azania Worker and Azania…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… able to feed their children. [1] -Archbishop Desmund Tutu The following article seeks to better understand how … weaponry. Questions we will pose include;…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee … Harriet Bolton…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… This topic's content was written in 2003 and is part of the old curriculum content, we have modified it slightly to fit the new curriculum but we will be…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma ascended to the South African presidency on 9 May 2009 on a wave of … [1] Yet his popularity endured. Zuma’s acquittal opened the…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
… Air pollution The ways in which we travel have changed a lot over the last few centuries. Transport has become faster, easier and sometimes cheaper. But the…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference was chaired by Neville Dubow, then head of the…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… settlement when food became scarce in their area. Who were the herders? The first herders, or pastoralists, in southern Africa were the Khoikhoi. They were…
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… The history of working people, and particularly Black workers, to organise is inextricably tied to the struggle against racism and national liberation. The…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… In 1949 the government appointed the Eiselen Commission with the task of considering African education provision. The … Bantu education and the racist…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… South African Prime Ministers from the NP (equivalent to the position of President today): Following constitutional reforms in 1984, the office of State…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa The Mineral…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
… stepping in for her mother who had fallen ill with the Spanish flu of 1918 . As a teenager, Ma Sisulu’s … in her career choice as a nurse, and her…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations … among various political parties,…
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
… The National Heritage Resources Act , no. 25 of 1999, aimed … preserve national heritage resources. It also established the South African Heritage Resources…
The sins of the church are the sins of the Whites
… Journal article. Note that the text is not clear. … The sins of the church are the sins of the Whites …
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African … activities. The Commission concluded that there was no…
Key players in the various passive resistance campaigns
… This feature looks at the various important 'passive resistance' or 'non-violent' … campaigns in 20th Century South Africa; therefore the lists of key…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… 1997 marks the 85th anniversary of the ANC. We are now also just over half way through the first … into these structures. There is, obviously, a partial…
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… on her own, working with activists in Soweto ahead of the June 16 1976 school students uprising, in her 18 months … humiliated and kept in solitary…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Segregation Fallacy
… From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu … first politician to urge with constant seriousness the segregation of the Bantu in…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… parents on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African Police service and served for five years … a farmer. On 3 July 1973, with six…
51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Indian Relief Act of 1914 and the Smuts…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and member of the State Security Council, was born in Kroonstad, Orange…
Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege
… This archive consists of Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege … Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege …