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Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… During her time in exile she became very outspoken about her stand against apartheid. She used her elevated … Makeba is Exiled Just as the film, Come Back…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer from the Clakesburg Institute, a Teacher … Mandela in Mayfair, Johannesburg. Mandela…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… fled to Botswana and was succeeded by Seatlholo. At about the same time scores, probably hundreds of students … Teboho Moremi was appointed secretary. Not…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… as inimical to their way of life and their interests. About 6,000 of them embarked on what became known as the … Trek project would collapse. They mobilised…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… together for tea one afternoon to discuss their opinions about actions being taken by the apartheid government. They … left), stand in against Jan Smuts,…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… Nxumalo and Eskia Mphahlele , among others. And in writing about shebeens, music, crime and gangsters and the hazards of …
The Children’s Charter
… end of the summit. “Children will no longer remain silent about their rights, but will speak out and even shout out …
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… in Apartheid Society (Spro-cas), to gather information about the role of Christianity and how it was being used or … organisations were inspired by it. It…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… war years manufacturing increased immensely and absorbed about 60% of the African women workers. Industries produced … affiliated to CNETU. At the time,…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… want to be part of it.” [8] As much as the Biennale was about the violence of the re-emergence of South Africa into … of this transition into democracy, it…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… Part of the reason for this was that there were about 20 000 African teenagers in the city who were not at … lingo of the streets... The Berliners, who…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… was launched in Mitchell's Plain near Cape Town in 1983. About 600 delegates from more than 230 organisations and a crowd of about 13 000 people converged on…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… he writes: “I am credibly informed, that ye Country about hundred Leagues North of the Coast of Guinea, is … suggests what French schoolchildren might have…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… archival material to engage with different ways of knowing about human remains in post-apartheid South Africa. I have in … direction to a variety of projects…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… journalism. She has thoroughly enjoyed deeply learning about South African history. Project: The 1956 Women’s March … to pursue a Master’s in Education…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… the President intended to say." - Source: urbanlegends.about.com Look at Source I and answer the following … story' in Source H is an urban legend. How would…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… Years later, when young Dr Wendy Orr made her disclosures about the treatment of detainees in the Eastern Cape, it … death was accidental. They also…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… vote, or where it had been minuscule, were more concerned about the new land division than the loss of the restricted … features so disgraceful, that we…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… and bored-looking as ever. He seemed far less enthusiastic about these proceedings than his two special branch … former Northern Orange Free State. He gave…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… an American ally, America did not consult the Soviet Union about the dropping of the Nuclear Bombs in 1945. The tension … and the Senate. Judicial branch You…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… Booker and CNA Prizes for Life And Times Of Michael K, about a young South African man trying to shield his mother …
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… On occasions, there are a few incorrect historical details about South Africa in his narratives. As he was one of the … penury and starvation" is led to…
America, Spanish conquest
… were introduced to protect the Amerindians. In 1552 a book about the conquistadors' abuse was published by Bartolomé de … did not cross Arab lands. The…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… troops, Bloemfontein lost half of its population, and only about 1000 residents remained, leaving the mainly English … Markgraaf Street) in the west. By 1851…
The ANC and the Women’s League
… especially, so that the women could organize on their own about their own problems. It worked like the ANC. We had … from the Women's League and can we talk…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… society should be. Fundamental questions were being asked about the necessity of apartheid, and its possibilities for … in 1990. Many of these were not…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… January 1973 marked the beginning of the Durban strikes. About 1200 night-watchmen downed their tools; they demanded a … wages. 12 were killed and 38 were…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… In 1946, the United Nations expressed its concerns about South Africa’s discriminatory policies, particularly … improvement on racial discrimination, such as…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… properly so in 1863 in the Orange Free State. Important about this period is that it marks the institutionalization … mandated territory of South West Africa…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… the South African Land Policy is published. Subsequently, about 30 workshops are held around the country by the … least 20 percent of land in South Africa…