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ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… time there had always been a question in peoples' minds as to why the government had allowed the Congress of the People in 1955, to take place. In 1956,…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view other pages Industrialization and British … encouraged the immigration of…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… theorists , specifically – but not limited to -Arturo Escobar (1995), Wolfgang Sachs (1992) and Gustavo … Africa, Mda’s novel traces the diverging arguments…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… As early as the late 1960s, university students, who were to become student leaders in the 1970s, were already … of Afrikaans frustrated this change…
A new class struggle
… plantation owners desperately petitioned the Governor to introduce Indian labour. While people such as Harry … other factors which influenced the Colonists…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… government recognized that HIV and AIDS had the potential to become ‘a major problem’, even though there were few … (TAC) were largely focused on challenging…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… of the Second Decade of Democracy, I am privileged to say that as a people we have every reason to be proud of our historic achievements during our First ……
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… of the Second Decade of Democracy, I am privileged to say that as a people we have every reason to be proud of our historic achievements during our First ……
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… connection with: the Silverton Bank Siege; alleged plans to attack the Port Natal Administration Board; and an attack … part in terrorist activity. Most of…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
… communism in South Africa and left no stone unturned to bring to book communist saboteurs who were planning the overthrow … Committee is still worthy of some…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… into Natal and of the "passenger" Indians who came to trade, and secondly by the Gandhi resistance campaign and … of the Indian community demonstrated its…
EPILOGUE
… that South Africa faces a serious crisis. When it comes to charting a way out of the crisis, however, it is clear … This is particularly so because you have…
ArticlePoverty and development
… years, black women were forced into the rural areas to live off the land, without opportunities and choices allowing them to build decent lives for…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attempt to establish a broad-based women’s organisation. This was the … women. The involvement of the trade…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… East India Company (VOC). Initially, he was authorised to set up a refreshment station for the company’s ships, but … Land was seized from the Khoikhoi, and…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to establish an Indian trading empire in the East. 1652 The … at the…
Pedi
… South Africa’s 11 official languages, and consists of up to 30 different dialects, one of which is Pedi. Much … spoken by the Pedi people, which has been…
Zulu Community
… denied Zulu people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the nominally self-governing homeland of KwaZulu, now both … the history of…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… Committee. Proposes segregation: relocation of Indians to designated areas exempted from Gold Law within five years. … This Act provides a single national…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… it clear that Blacks who said homelands could be exploited to wring concessions from whites 'have already sold their souls to the white man'. Biko observed…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… result the Coolie Commission was appointed in August 1872 to inquire into the conditions and mode of employment and … Indians were promised a bonus of £10.00…
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… in an arranged child marriage 1888 He travels to London to train as a barrister 1891 He returns to India from London after passing the Bar 1893 He travels to…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… and recently defeated Afrikaner republics agreed to create a new white minority state in which blacks and white women were denied the right to vote. During…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South … segregated from their White countrymen and denied access to rugby pitches and training…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… the past through the spoken word as told by one generation to the next. It is also an important way to pass heritage on from parents to children. Some people…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… was regarded as the most significant youth organization to emerge during the 1980s. Initiated by COSAS , it focused … interests and aspirations of COSAS but…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… late 1800s, the idea of imprisonment shifted with the aim to rehabilitate prisoners. Central to this concept was the idea that rehabilitation could be … that…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… was accepted at the UNO in 1948, the National Party came to power in South Africa. They put into practice the racist … and freedom in our land; respect those…
Judaism
… do Jews believe? Many Jews wear a tallit, or prayer shawl, to remond them of God's law. Sources: www.ida.net Jews, like … In the Bible, about 4 000 years ago…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… in the custody of security police. The period leading up to his death, beginning with the June 1976 unrest, had seen … first signs that the apartheid regime…