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The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… The National Party attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced by creating the cosmetic Tricameral … challenge apartheid. The reforms had the…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… from at Columbia University. September, Seme is admitted to Jesus College in Oxford in England where begins studying … and passes his first bar examinations…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… via Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) and Tanzania to England. These personal memoirs were written, while the … in my mind, in May and June 1964 as the…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… of the AB was one specific organisational response to the social and political crisis that the Afrikaans … the boom conditions for South African agriculture…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… in fairly harmonious co-existence as no tribe needed to be or was sufficiently more powerful to conquer another. Some scientists say this was helped by ……
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… The TRC was a crucial component of the transition to full and free democracy in South Africa and, despite some … was based in Cape Town. The mandate of the…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… WHILE THIS EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE purport to mark the centenary of the founding of the South African … in 2002. The correct date of its inception is now…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project
… and resistance. The majority of these writers belong to the canon, to the first generation of African writers post-independence, … in their respective…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
… The National Party attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced by creating the cosmetic Tricameral … challenge apartheid. The reforms had the…
ArticleA White Referendum
… On 2 November 1983, the government held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral … in favour of a state president, and PW…
ArticleThe Order of Luthuli
… The order is awarded to South Africans who have made a meaningful contribution to the struggle for democracy, human rights, nation-building, … a basic tool…
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… Africans Timeline: 1980-1989 1980 Kay Moonsamy was sent to India to replace Mosie Moolla , as the African National Congress … contrast, a mere 817 white…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of … arts, performance and drama. African drum - relevant to all…
Durban an Overview
… the bay was haphazard, but in 1835 local residents decided to lay out a settlement with a regular grid of streets, and … control. At this point many of the…
ArticleCradle of Humankind
… because it includes remains of hominids from about 2 to 3.3 million years ago. There is also proof of early … on the Isaac Edwin Stegmann Reserve and part of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… how and why, in less than two centuries, Europe was able to colonise large parts of the world. The focus is on the … Portuguese Expansion in Africa Abid…
African Art Centre
… The facility offers development and training programmes to visual artists and crafters in and around the … non-profit organisation in 1984. The centre offers…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 3: The French Revolution
… and angry that the higher classes would never be fair to them. They decided to challenge the ruling order to force change. In this topic we focus on what the…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… Under the leadership of Mzilikazi, the people who came to be called the Ndebele in Zimbabwe (originally of the … out with Shaka, others suggest Mzilikazi…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… dzamabwe", which means "stone buildings" and refers to the stone walls used to separate and surround houses and kraals in ancient Shona … rulership. Who…
Work and education
… de Klerk established the Education Co-ordination Service to manage education during the political transition of the … are emerging. Although more children…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… became the breeding ground of Black resistance that was to become a force in the 1970s. Influenced by the American … Black Power movement, the likes of…
Article1956 Women Marchers
… Walter Sisulu Foundation and South African History Online to gather the names and stories of the 20.000 women who … under the banner of the Federation of…
Cape Floral Region
… less than 0.5% of the area of Africa but is home to nearly 20% of the continent's flora. The site displays … associated with the Fynbos vegetation, which is…
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… These are elections in which all citizens are allowed to participate. No one has changed the results, or tried to force people to vote for a particular party…
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
… For Melba 1970 The Present Is a Dangerous Place to Live January 1974 To the Bitter End June 1974 My Name is Afrika, Doubleday 1971 …
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… these two Superpowers. The Cold War spread outside Europe to every region of the world, and drew to a close in the late 1980s. Towards the end of the 1980s, …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… of Surat under Regulation XXXV of 1827 and removed to Yeravda Prison. There was no trial, no sentence. … 1827 and interned in the Yeravda Prison soon after…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… of between 30.000-50.000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to the police headquarters in Caledon Square. The protesters … a turning point in South African…