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ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… The Great Trek and the advent of the Mfecane The origins of the battle are a matter of considerable debate. The background to this event can be … Origins of…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, marks 20 years of…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
… to make the electricity that trains use; large amounts of coal have to be burned. The smoke also causes air … is carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a greenhouse…
BiographyDaniel Simon Letanka
… Letanka was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in … A founding member of the South…
The Order of the Star of South Africa
… and for defending the physical integrity and sovereignty of South Africa. It must also include contributions to peace … The Order of the Star of South Africa…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… (the company owned by the Gupta family) sign a memorandum of understanding with the Samajwadi Party government headed … Court. 2010 Zwelinzima Vavi warns at…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
… Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal Indian Congress Youth League as a teenager. After…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening conference on 20th … through debate. Two years earlier the African National Congress (ANC) had adopted…
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland
… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… Jacob Zuma exercised his constitutional rights as the head of the executive branch by appointing, reshuffling and … [1] City Press’ Rapule Tabane reports…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… The emergence of the Black Consciousness movement that swept across the … by the government’s suppression of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… Introduction The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is South Africa's second largest … part of their membership who had joined the newly-formed…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South … and political organisations. The African National Congress …
Mahomed “Chota” Motala
… medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at the height of the Indian struggle for liberation against British … them. He was instrumental in reviving the…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… Biko was critical of the homeland (Bantustan) policy. At the height of his influence, between 1963 and 1976, Steve Biko called … fell into further conflict…
Commission of Enquiry into the Penal System of the Republic of South Africa
… Commission of Enquiry into the Penal System of the Republic of South Africa …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Liberia are recognized as independent entities. Partition of West Africa and East Africa 1896 Ethiopia, under Emperor … 1910 Union of South Africa is formed…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… from the Wesleyan Methodist Church and joined the Church of God and Saints of Christ, a small church based in the … the Israelites. The South African Native…
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
… Aliwal North. In the 1890s he was ordained as a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), but after a … the executive committee of the…
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
… was born on 15 July 1969 and grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town located on the Cape Flats. Remembered as a … church leaders at the school when,…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… were introduced to trade unionism by the early struggles of white British workers who had begun to form trade unions … the Transvaal Provincial Committee of…
Address of the president of the republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, to the summit meeting of the OAU heads of state and government
… Address of the president of the republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, to the summit meeting of the OAU heads of state and government …
BiographyJanub Gool
… Janub Gool, also known as 'Jane', was a founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and an active … movement) in the 1930s and 1940s. She was…
ArticleBiography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… (now KwaZulu-Natal) In Summary : Poet, African National Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and United States of America, South African Ambassador to…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… KwaZulu-Natal. 1958 Zuma joins the African National Congress (ANC) and through its youth structure the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). 1959 Zuma joins the South…
ANC leader Nelson Mandela meets with his Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) counterpart Jafta “Jeff” Masemola, who has just been rel
… Keesing's Record of World Events , News Digest for November 1989, p. 37033. … ANC leader Nelson Mandela meets with his Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)…
The African National Congress Youth League is re-established in Soweto after a thirty-year absence from the South African polit
… The African National Congress Youth League is re-established in Soweto after a …
Former Labour Party leader and later African National Congress MP, Reverend Allan Hendrickse dies. In June 2004 he was awarded
… Former Labour Party leader and later African National Congress MP, Reverend Allan Hendrickse dies. In June 2004 he …
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela states that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held pol
… Keesing's Record of World Events , News Digest for October 1995, p. 3851. … African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela states that …
At its inaugural Congress in Pretoria, the South African Party commits itself to a federal or confederal solution to the countr
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … At its inaugural Congress in Pretoria, the South…