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Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the first democratic elections the South African Students … this enemy is much less clear. It is…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… Commission. You can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an interview, Nelson Mandela said: … www.pbs.org The apartheid government in South…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… of the Nazi Party, argued that the Germans was superior to all other races. Hitler became obsessed with 'racial purity' and used the word 'Aryan' to describe…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… the old curriculum content, we have modified it slightly to fit the new curriculum but we will be further updating the … more powerful country. The main…
ArticleTransport in the air
… Ancient stories tell of people's desire to fly like a bird. The Greek myth about Icarus and Daedalus is one of the most famous stories. According to the…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… labour. Government policies over the years have tried to solve this problem in different ways. Land At the start of … This Act decided how the land in South…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness Afrikaner economic power at a time when the … It was the result of a concerted push by…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… "Year of the Pass", with a nation-wide anti-pass campaign to start on 31 March - the anniversary of the 1919 Anti-Pass … against the Pass Laws starting on…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… intimidation from whatever quarter as well as a commitment to stability and to a peaceful process of negotiations. Flowing from this … was agreed upon: 1…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… were established at the Cape, patterns of exclusion began to emerge as settlers drew imagined and physical boundaries … The earliest places of exclusion…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… appointed Colonial Secretary. He joined forces with Rhodes to try to develop and promote the British Empire in South Africa. In … developed. The Cape had…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Herero in the area are stockpiling weapons with the intent to go to war. It is unclear why Frau Sonnenberg believed this as … Traugott Tjetjo and Lieutenant…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… the RCMA alleviated all the inequalities, despite its aim to do so. What is a Customary Marriage? In South Africa a … certain requirements that must be…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… Alternating from prison to fort to prison to museum, the Old Fort in Johannesburg has served … Hill, “The Old Fort.” [3] Lucille Davie, “Looking Back on the…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… of the PAC. This was a contingency structure designed to take over the running of the party’s affairs should the … a National Working Committee of the PAC…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the African … affected men. For one thing, women were subjected not…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… Context In the early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution was to arrest key people and charge…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… bestowed on chiefs and traditional authorities the power to allocate land to their subjects. Where hereditary chiefs were not found, … commoners were…
Indian Community
… birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest Indian population in South Africa. They contribute to the multicultural atmosphere of…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… of various landless people of South Africa in response to evictions of farm workers and labour tenants from … farms. Formed as an umbrella body, the LPM…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… of 1899-1902 was essentially a 'White mans' war, fought to determine which white authority had real power in South … Blacks would not be armed in the war,…
Islam
… in Arabic and a Muslim is a person who submits his life to the way and authority of Allah. This means that everything … called the "Five Pillars of Islam"…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… Africans resisted colonial rule from the outset, trying to hold on to their land, but were not strong enough to defend themselves against European conquest…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… is the transfer of power from the white minority regime to the people as a whole. This will usher in a new era … All the pillars of the struggle had grown…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… caring nature was nurtured from an early age when she had to take care of her siblings for her sickly mother (who had … flu of 1918). It was further fuelled…
Safety and security issues
… in South Africa. Though domestic violence is not limited to female members of the family, statistics show that women … situation fathers subject their…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… press, with a heavy fine threatening anyone who attempts to publish. In July 1800 the Cape government orders the … Advertiser. Cape Colony: Ndlambe and his…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… Indian Association (CBSIA) amalgamated. [1] Opposition to the participation by the NIC in the Colonisation … General from India, on reaching South Africa…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… vast resources and a modern infrastructure. In contrast to this, it is plagued by persistent and widespread poverty … and informal settlements and amongst…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… Following the 1973, Durban strikes, TUCSA seemed unwilling to hold to book employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to the ideal of African unions…