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ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… and to establish the “Bantu Educational Cinema Unit”. [1] This unit ran from 1935 until 1937 and was intended to … Coast and Uganda, and centralize its…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… the network of water routes for mobility and surprise." [1] By the mid sixteenth century the area was invaded by … their match at the hands of the Limbas and…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… in a personal plane of Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda. 2 May, Thabo Mbeki leads the Lusaka delegation for a meeting … the National Assembly during the…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… Figure 1 Image source Abdullah Ibrahim is a profoundly influential … was the largest community in Cape Town at that time. [2] Ibrahim’s birth name was Adolph…
PlaceFaure Marine Drive and Clarens Drive, Gordon's bay
Faure Marine Drive, which eventually becomes Clarence Drive, is a stretch of scenic coastal road leading to Gordon’s Bay. This is one of the best scenic drives…
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
It is 20 years since the first Truth and Reconciliation hearing took place... The TRC was a unique political compromise forged during the years of…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… aid. A national census puts the population of Lesotho at 2,031,348. Prime Minister Mosisili takes a public HIV test as … murder. The population of Lesotho…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… of the reform process that the state president started on 2 February 1990 and which is aimed at a new constitution … of the registered voters turned out and…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
The day of the Massacre, mourning the dead and getting over the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… apartheid government, and Resolution 134 was adopted on 1 April 1960 to show disapproval of “the situation arising … 12 March 2012]|The Same boat’ in Africa…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. At least … At the Boschhoek concentration camp for Blacks,…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… Lembombo mountains between South Africa and Swaziland. [1] Other early artifacts had markings of 28, which has been … for the later work of Descarte and…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) is honoured to launch its annual Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with a lecture by the internationally renowned…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli tomorrow, 21 July 2007, the ANC is publishing a special edition of the…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… every worker should take to heart. Introduction Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background Chapter 2. The Early History of the…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colony, destroying all settler resistance…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… comprises 12 white colonist children, 4 young slaves and 1 Khoikhoi child. A church clerk named Ernestus Back teaches … school categories: public, mission…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is … is a key feature of nationalism in many definitions. [2] Figure 1.2. A postcard from 1916…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
Fellow South Africans: Today we mark the 88th anniversary of the African National Congress. We celebrate our anniversary during a year that is being…
SAHO Milestones
… Ghetto by Omar Badsha was launched in Addis Ababa. 1 June - Publication: With Our Own Hands - Fighting Poverty … Apartheid: Social Identities in the new…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… 69 demonstrators were shot dead at Sharpeville, and 2 in Langa on 21 March. The state response sparked off the … ripe for stepping up the pressure nation…
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
Vereeniging is a City, in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It has a population of more than 350,000 people. It is located on the banks of the Northern loop of…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
The African National Congress in the Northern Cape will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps; thousands of volunteers of the ANC dressed in gold overalls…
PlaceSharpeville, Gauteng
Sharpeville Township holds many sad memories and is Home to the Memorial at the 'Human Rights Precinct'. Sharpeville is situated +/-14 km from Vereeniging.In…
PlacePretoria National Zoological Gardens.
Situated at 323 Boom Street, the zoo is the largest in South Africa and rated as one of the top zoos in the world and is run by the National Research…
PlaceDonkin Mount, Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth owes its origin and development to the arrival of British settlers in 1820. Sir Rufane Donkin was the Acting Governor of the Cape at the time,…
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban Strikes were one of the pivotal moments in the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… Turkic-Mongol tribe that originated from Central Asia. [1] The Mughal Empire controlled most of Northern India from the 16th to the 18th century. [2] The…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
… determined one’s wealth and position in society. [1] This system was introduced by William I, after he won the … able to rule and control the entire country…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… by the discovery of diamond and gold in South Africa [1] . It was then only through cheap wage labour that African … white industrial areas or on white farms…