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ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… AmaZulu was hurled into political strife. Mpande was open to the demands for land by the Voortrekkers and Andries … and Cape Governor Napier sent a force of…
Dance For All (DFA)
… Boyd created the David Poole Trust in his memory in order to administer funds donated for the Ballet for All outreach … established a scholarship programme…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… Koos Bezuidenhout and became the new president who pledged to serve the next five year term. The federation’s trade … affiliates have historically taken a…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… Black People's Convention in 1971 which many people refer to as the adult wing of SASO. 1972 SASO General Student … he called for the usage of separate…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… Black People's Convention in 1971 which many people refer to as the adult wing of SASO. 1972 SASO General Student … he called for the usage of separate…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… minoring in advertising and religious studies. She plans to get her masters in psychology and hopes to work specifically with children with learning … is…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… in 1960 and were operating underground. The government had to cope with economic sanctions, military pressure from Cuba … near King William's Town. Later,…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… located at 17 Main Road, Mowbray, the facility moved to the old St. Philips School in Chapel Street in Woodstock … initial working committee. It was founded…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general election in which the main issue … of no confidence in Smuts’s…
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… one language, English, or Afrikaans or Zulu, ma1, be used to oppress other people, or to liberate people. Zulu, spoken by Buthelezi, is the … fighting for…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… of the ANC was held at Morogoro, Tanzania, from 25 April to 1 May 1969. The conference has become known as the … with these words: "Close Ranks! This is the…
Assessment task: Fascism and Nazism
… (Deutsches Historisches Museum) Question 1: Refer to the photographs of Hitler in Source A. These photographs … propaganda leaflets during the Second World…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… , San , slaves and African people further inland fought to extricate themselves from clutches of encroaching colonial … as the loss of land for grazing…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… ivory and gold were important trading goods and key to the survival of these kingdoms. We are first going to examine what an ‘Iron Age Kingdom’ is. We will…
ArticleNew light on ‘76 uprising
… Hector Peterson was not the first person to be killed in the 1976 Soweto uprising, a new book … which was launched in Soweto this week. The book looks set to…
ArticleThe South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
… Catering for all levels of interests from the amateur to the professional, as well as encouraging interested non-practioners to join as lay members, the…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… at the South African National Gallery. We are grateful to the Director of Art Collections, Marilyn Martin, for … Town, has worked with unceasing commitment…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… Senate. However, the permission was largely restricted to White men. The Orange Free State (formerly the Orange … Colony) and the Transvaal denied all Blacks…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of … took up campaigns such as childcare and the right to craches,…
Learning about history through objects
… Sometimes we do not have written records or pictures to help us find out information about the past, only the … from the Latin words arte meaning skill and…
PlaceGhwarrie Poort
… R58 main road, and the Pitseng Pass, a shorter alternative to Naude's Nek. The Eight Mountain Passes of the Eastern … the highest passes in South Africa…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… Fighter-jets from a British-Swedish consortium in order to retain an effective defense capability. This decision was … on an extensive review the whole…
ArticleRock Art
… Most researchers who study rock art tend to focus on technical aspects, such as the material and … for art's sake' interpretation. Rock art, he argues has to…
The National Tree
… eastern Cape coast, in the ravines of the Drakensberg up to the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg in the Northern Province. In forests they can grow up to 40…
Schlebusch Commission
… select committee of parliament, the Schlebusch Commission, to investigate the objects, organisation, financing and … on these organisations. Numerous Cape…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zuma recalls … “the comrades had the idea that an…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the Voortrekkers and forced to flee across the Limpopo. 1840 First permanent White … is elected President of the OFS, but is later…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… information on the Russian revolution and the change to a Communist state in Russia, we have already touched on … them in more detail. Socialism: An ideology…
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… little resources and, at times, at great personal costs to produce extraordinary images they help us see and … the world in new ways. Our aim, in the coming…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… blot which the government has cleaned up and will continue to clear up.” [i] - P.W Botha The memory of District Six, … in 1901, when the district’s Black…