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ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… were excluded from the hall. This group of people resolved to break away from the ANC and form a political party. On 6 … Mangaliso Sobukwe , an ardent…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… is The World Around 1600, the intention of this lesson is to provide learners with a broad comparative overview of some … this stage, it was not at all clear…
ArticleThe Homelands
… established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which the majority of the Blacks population was moved to prevent them from living in the urban areas…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Background Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a … reforms. A commission headed by Erica Theron was appointed to…
The Order of the Southern Cross
… exceptional achievement Neck badge This medal is awarded to citizens who have displayed singular and exceptional achievement in South Africa. It is awarded…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… us, and the place itself. In the next 3 units we are going to talk about Pretoria, the administrative capital city of South Africa. Firstly it is important…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… the support of the ANC Youth League, a new leadership came to power in the ANC. Walter Sisulu was elected … and a number of Youth Leaguers were elected to…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land … commission from the Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC) to…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… banning of the A.N.C. in 1960. It gave fullest attention to the strategy and tactics to be used in the new situation. Our New Year message … in general. This…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… About 2 000 years ago (100 BC), life began to change significantly in the Western part of Southern … of the Khoikhoi way of life were strange and difficult…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was unevenly distributed. The … economic problems in many…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… a number of political and community organisations to widen the struggle and mobilise supporters from the wider … Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… In an attempt to restore artistic exchange and dialogue after the Cultural … and the coming-out of the South African art scene to an international audience. …
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… for the discovery of the main gold reef must be attributed to George Harrison, whose findings on the farm Langlaagte … available there, and because of the…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and re-engineer Pondoland and to co-opt their Chiefs. Violence erupted around issues such ……
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… use foreign models that militate against our very efforts to shape our ailing film industry. We have not come to a point where we can produce indigenous…
ArticleSouthern African Development Community (SADC)
… of the region. Before 1992, the aim of SADCC was to forge close economic co-operation with Southern African countries excluding South Africa. The aim was to…
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… Goldblatt in 1989, it was originally created as a space to provide further education in visual literacy and photographic practice to disadvantaged students…
Learning about history through writing
… We are going to investigate an event using written SOURCES. Can you try to guess which event we are going to look at? Here are the clues: 1. It was a sport…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… the ethical responsibilities of the artist with regard to the Apartheid State , calling for recognition of state … political, and that likewise, it has a…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… an event of major political significance. In his message to the Congress of the People, Chief Albert Luthuli , the … meet as equals, irrespective of race,…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… General Secretary for the GWIU, Indian women started to enter the industry in significant numbers from 1960 while … in clothing factories, until then in the…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… war-torn capital. This victory was significant enough to be a serious concern to the government of neighbouring Ethiopia, who backed … troops, with American…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… schools that admitted exclusively white pupils qualified to receive larger grants, and the following year the … School Attendance Bill in 1899 were all…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… a group of alleged white supremacists accused of trying to overthrow the African National Congress (ANC) led … railway lines running through the township…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… on the scene (see SAIC section). Dr. Dadoo was elected to the parties’ leadership in 1946. By the mid-60s the … was formed in approximately 1903 by Mahatma…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 1: Local History
… heritage, many people have learned from stories told to them by their proud elders and community members. These … customs, traditions and memories passed…
Introduction
… Africa's first democratically elected government referred to as the result of a 'negotiated revolution'. As predicted, … no major force with any…
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… has taken place annually since 2006. Each year it is open to secondary school teachers and learners in Grades 8 to 11. The aim of the competition is to…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
… trains came, and they were somewhat cleaner. However, to make the electricity that trains use; large amounts of coal have to be burned. The smoke also causes…