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ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… the capacity of the Trades Hall. They complained about the food they were given – canned meat instead of fresh … meat in a time of food rationing. They were…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Party , Mbete became very aware and knowledgeable about the issues that happened in South Africa. … in the African National Congress and learned more about…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… volunteers were involved in the Defiance Campaign and about 8,000 of them were imprisoned by the end of December. … cancel the protest. This did not stop the…
ArticleSita’s story
… always wanted to be a doctor, so he had read everything about child-birth and while the driver went to bring the … an overdose of quinine. Gandhi wrote to my…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… a fish in a bucket, recently caught by a White youth of about 18 who, kicks Robert (of mixed race) in the crotch. … Frelimo independence movement in…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… They arrived in the western part of southern Africa about 2 000 years ago about 100 years BC. Their lifestyle was very different from … This agricultural…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… thought the police were firing blanks. One woman was hit about ten yards from our car. Her companion, a young man, … to Sharpeville, spotter planes were…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… Trade Unions (COSATU). The establishment of FEDUSA came about when the Federation of South African Labour Unions … merged in 2005 it is estimated that SACOTU…
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… retreated into dinner table recriminations or mutterings about how things have turned out. Others have emigrated. … she did, for there was something unique…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… constitutional matters - those cases that raise questions about the application or interpretation of the Constitution. … Court exclusive jurisdiction in…
ArticleLives of Courage
… their friends and relatives played in helping to bring about South African democracy. In 2000 South African … in the compilation of their own life stories…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… people? (3) What have archaeologists dug up that taught us about the Strandlopers? (3) Tabulate the differences between … This region was suitable for their…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… Elcano led the crew for the last stretch of the voyage. By about 1520 most of the eastern coast of South and Central … are the most important facts. 7. Write…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… insisting to define the Black people by. He also wrote about the brutalities of the apartheid regime in various … with it. After Sophiatown’s destruction,…
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… for religious reasons Scholar : a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in …
ArticleKey terms with definitions for this topic
… for religious reasons Scholar: a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in …
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… West. By the year 300 A.D, this kingdom had been ruled by about 40 kings, showing that its political administration was … The adoption of the Islamic faith…
Mission Stations - N-S
… in a few hours after rain, and the barometer only rises to about twenty-six inches. The dwelling of the Missionary was a … King William's Town, Cape: Begun…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… 1830s were a time of great upheaval. There were many wars about land which caused thousands of people to flee to other … into the area. In a previous grade…
Mission Stations - I-L
… kraals within six miles. "At sunrise, a congregation of about eighteen (Xhosa) and (Khoikhoi), assembled in the … with a large stock of sheep and cattle, and…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… by 1965 Sactu was decimated, leading to frenetic debates about the relationship between unions and the liberation … project to achieve political rights for…
Gallery
… as by the suffrage movements in the West. For more detail about the image and related info click on ‘image details’ on …
ArticleThe San
… of the Khoikhoi and San languages. Very little is known about the different dialects of South Africa's San people, as … to be 26 000 years old. The San rock…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… we think of the leaders of the struggle we tend to think about Nelson Mandela , Walter Sisulu , Oliver Tambo , Albert … accept the pass laws without…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… after reading my Slave Trades. Our concord was not about politics and art, we both have been unashamedly … black poets of the 70s and 80s. We talked a lot…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… both slaves and settlers to be roughly equal to about 6000 each. 1767 Abolition of importation of male slaves … 000 frontier farmers, who demonstrated their…
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… to Moscow. February, Siphiwe Nyanda tells his parents about his plan to leave the country. February, Jacob Zuma … during the 16 June protests, is arrested…
Luli
… Thousands of years ago a Greek poet, Sappho, wrote about gold: 'Neither rust nor worms can spoil this metal. … and expense to find it. There are four…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… TRC cartoon by Zapiro Activity: Questions to answer about this cartoon 1. Who is the iconic figure holding the … TRC was based on the belief that if the…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… By 1895 Britain was getting more confident about taking action in South Africa. Joseph Chamberlain was … leaders in Johannesburg were arguing among…