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ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the way for a new democratic order. The …
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… attacks in Namibia. The South African Defence Force (SADF) however kept up raids and attacks as well, and SWAPO …
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… Police (SAP), but also the South African Defence Force (SADF), to violently repress any resistance against the state. … , no. 5. Johannesburg, Ravan Press.|…
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's history project concerned with the presentation of a …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… Thoughts on Dithakong and Mbolompo. Journal of African History, Volume 29 : 487-519, 1988. Cobbing, Julian. Ousting … Steven Feierman, Leonard Thompson and…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… of an alliance between Holland and Napoleon (South Africa History). Later, governors of the Cape Colony encouraged … land and were forced to serve the…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… well as motifs of violence linked back to South Africa’s history. This essay explores these issues in direct response … alongside a constant reminder of…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… and P. van der Spuy. People of the Western Cape, A History for Schools . Cape Town, Juta, 2003. Beinart, William … 1987. Bonner, Philip and Noor Nieftagodien…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… experienced one of its most turbulent years in its recent history, characterized by the deadly Ebola outbreak, … carats. [13] The Cullinan diamond, the…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… culture' or 'Coloured culture,' for instance? Throughout history, various people and institutions have attempted to … a cave dwelling or anything important…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… knowledge of these highly complex patterns predate written history and were preserved through story-telling among male … male experts, the akwa kuta sona,…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… word ‘Africa’ are contentious, but there is much about its history that is known. We know that the word ‘Africa’ was … as Libya. Image source: www.mlahanas…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… that the Polokwane conference can be seen as a moment in history whereupon conflict within the ANC political party … factor for the first breakaway from the…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… political mobilisation was closely linked to its labour history. In order to understand how Port Elizabeth developed … into a politicised area, one has to…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Provincial Council. Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman. Source: New History of South Africa Cape Town) p231 In 1930, after a … is considered “one of the great…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… emerged. Also see: National Senior Certificate Grd 12, History Paper 1, November 2014 and National Senior Certificate Grd 12, History Paper 2, November 2014 …
Claremont Histories
… exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015 Harfield Village Carnival. … memories and stories from a lost community…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… During her infant years her father, Columbus, was a local history teacher. In later years he was the minister of the … remains an enigmatic figure in South…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… Helen, Women, Gender and Colonialism: Rethinking the History of the British Cape Colony and its Frontier Zones c. 1806-1870 , Journal of African History,…
PlaceMuseum Africa
… Museum Africa, Johannesburg's major history and cultural history museum, is housed in the Newtown Cultural Precinct's … civilisations thrived. It is not a…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
… now called South Africa. Although the sources of African history became relatively more abundant in the nineteenth century, its history has been the subject…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… further below. South Africa has experienced a long history of forcible removal of people as the result of racist … legislation dating back to 1856, view…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… W. C. Holden was one of the early writers on South African history to publish a book that used the theory of empty land … of the idea of the 'vacant land'…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… on during this complex and chaotic time in the nation’s history. After a 27-year ban on Mandela’s picture, Hallett’s … the first democratic elections in…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, and formal racial segregation. This history has an uneasy relationship…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… receiving a first in sociology, anthropology, economic history and native administration. 1947 First gets a job at … years. 1963 First’s South West Africa ,…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the … socio-political landscape. This feature focuses on the history of the Land…
ArticleThe Seriti Commission
… and needed by the South African National Defence Force (SADF)[xxvii]. Notable Witnesses Former president Thabo Mbeki …
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… struggle and are imbued with historical significance. The history of this constitutional development spans nine decades … defeat suffered by the South…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a … of the largest political protest marches in South African…