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Comparison between racial policies of Nazi Germany before 1938 and apartheid laws in South Africa
… history, the ethnic and racial terms that have been used to categorise us - white, African, coloured, Indian - have in … And because the laws that existed…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… is unknown. Whuan reports 27 cases and urges their public to stay indoors and wear face masks. Most of the cases are … The novel virus is named “2019-nCoV”…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… made it very difficult for the inhabitants of Mapungubwe to farm cattle. Mapungubwe was declared a World Heritage Site … also been named more than once, like…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration … Art SA Today exhibitions took place…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… of the mass uprisings in South Africa, it contributed to the growing debate led by the anti-apartheid lobby in the US and in Europe to impose economic and…
ArticleArts and Cultural Development Network (ACDN)
… Network (ACDN) was founded in 1991 as an initiative to influence government policy at national and provincial … organizations. ‘ACDN’ made representation on…
Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)
… Education (IIE) was founded in Durban, in May 1973, to serve as a school for trade unionists of all races and to provide basic information and skills for…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… The Decoration is awarded to South African citizens who have performed an extraordinary … danger, or who lost their own lives including in trying to save the…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… after 1945 was no more. That military aid would be offered to each other when faced with Nazism fell away, and increased … parties’ BUT what is meant by a …
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… These tasks have been broken down into smaller pieces to help you practice dealing with complex sources. The … World War II conferences and explain how they…
The Order of the Star of South Africa
… Military and non-military, for contribution to peace and security Neck badge This medal is awarded to citizens for the contribution to peace and security and…
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana launched the "Africa to Africa" cultural exchange programme. The project aims to forge closer cultural links between the…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim … in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were able to cast their vote for the…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela , announced to the National Assembly (Parliament) that the second … general elections would be held on 2 June…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… are an example of hunter-gatherers. They used stone tools to cut up the animals they hunted and did not use iron. In … world. There are still very small…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… basis, and from this the SABC emerged. Lionel Ngakane[Link to 1951, 1966] - besides being a filmmaker in his own right - … - In the early eighties Singh…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… Allied Workers Union (RAWU) in 1989. This was in response to a clarion call by the 1985 inaugural congress of the trade union federation COSATU to…
Bantu Women’s League
… was the carrying of passes by black women. The pass came to be seen as a symbol of oppression and the Bantu Women's … in protest of this. Black men had…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… voters was 24 112 414, and the number of new voters added to the voters roll was over one million. 2014 8 and 9 February 2014, the second and final weekend…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… had a greater knowledge of geography and had travelled to many other parts of the world. They already knew the world … A: The earliest Ottomans were Muslim…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… there was personal involvement, memory can be relied on. To know about events earlier than this, elderly relatives and friends may be able to recall their…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… (Grundlingh: 1987: 156). This growth was of benefit to White farmers only, and only those who had the capital resources to take advantage of the boom…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… University studying history and art history and hopes to work in a museum or auction house. Project: Evidence of … Writing major who also dabbles in visual…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… From 27 April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government … came from the ANC as one amongst many instruments to ensure inclusivity…
ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… Senate. However, the permission was largely restricted to White men. The Orange Free State (formerly the Orange … Colony) and the Transvaal denied all non…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim … in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were able to cast their vote for the…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… Confederation of Trade Unions (AZACTU) made the decision to merge and form a new union federation as both federations were to some degree influenced by the…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… Reddy is born in a small village of Pallapalli in India to E.V. Narasa Reddy, a Gandhian who went to prison in the individual satyagraha in 1941, and Ramamma…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… attack against British controlled Suez Canal; used to ferry troops from India, Australia and New Zealand to the Western Front. 18 February Germany begins a U…
Polokwane an Overview
… the arrival of the Voortrekkers. The region was home to several groupings: the Pedi, the Tsonga, the Venda, and … the Boers established Pietersburg after…