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EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… a dream", spoke to the hearts of people the world over, about injustice and racial oppression. His dream of freedom … South Africa Boycott on South African…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… from the same disease on April 29. Buthelezi's openness about circumstances leading to the death of his two children … activists hoping that it would lead to…
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… on the creation of School Climate.This Article speaks about the positive effect of Beautiful School Buildings and … of Oranje Girls School in Bloemfontein,…
EventMmusi Maimane was born on this day
… Soweto. [i] Endnotes [i] 8 Things you didn’t know about Mmusi Maimane, … p://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-Mmusi-Maimane…
ArchiveWho is Nelson Mandela: standing for the truth campaign
… This is a pamphlet about family and educational background of Nelson Mandela. It also consists of information about the ANCYL, the defiance campaign, the…
ArchiveWorkers resist controls on our union
… Article about how the government and the bosses tried to prevent the … to weaken any organisation the workers establish. Also about the democratic control of…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… for Apartheid. Learning Outcomes: Synthesise information about the past and develop, sustain and defend an independent … reliably and accurately in writing…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Johannesburg’s freehold townships. Another critical factor about Africans migrating into the city during the period … were a majority in the Council…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… also fought with the Xhosa over land. In the end, in about 1838, thousands of these farmers moved away from the … D’Urban, after the Governor of the Cape…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… a pilgrimage, with followers from all over South Africa – about 3 000 people – arriving at Ntabelanga to await the … belongings. When local farmers and other…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… people (including many university students) when tested about facts concerning, let us say, the Second World War, … … Worst than that, they are unable to…
EventANC recruits receive military training
… Police Chief, Brigadier C.F. Zietsman, announced that about 4,000 South African exiles were undergoing guerrilla … training in Mozambique, Angola, Tanzania…
ArchiveOp die hoek: sharing
… Artwork of a cartoon in red and white which is about two children who stumble on a coin while walking to school. The children then get into a fight about…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… with high treason and the possession of loot. (to read about the attack on Fordsburg square click on the accounts … the community. It cost many lives and…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… the fort town of Okahandja carrying Frau Sonnenberg's news about the armament of the Herero. They tell the officer in … to kill him. At this point both sides…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… unions and the CPSA and demonstrated outside parliament about inadequate food supplies. In Johannesburg, women formed … The Alexandra Women's Council (AWC)…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… collaboration that addressed these questions, that was about the relationship between word, voice, expression and … was sensed the more obvious were the new…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… actions. Lonmin is reported [103] to have been earning about $6 million a day in 2012 preceding the strike. During … hardships in Marikana, and what they…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… from the ANC would go to the church meeting and tell them about us wanting to make the Freedom Charter and what it was … women in South Africa should be…
EventSamuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg
… was also a friend of President Paul Kruger. To read more about Sammy Marks, see our biography on him. Read more about Marks' contribution to Pretoria's…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… was to address the immense socio-economic problems brought about by Apartheid. Specifically, it set its sights on … Sweden at a cost of R10.875 billion, i.e…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… 5.4% and 18% respectively by the end of 2000,, bringing about greater macroeconomic stability, better reporting and … set out in the NDP. Creating a basis…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… After the siege, there was a marked lack of clarity about the ANC’s official position on the so-called Silverton … Angola at the time, recalls: “We were…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… Whites originated in Natal, but eventually British ideas about race, class, gender, and empire led to the … and brought joy to people with little else to…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… students of a political student organisation. In 1978, about 400 women students at the University of Zululand … 1991. Thus, the establishment of SASCO…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… countries; Online Resource: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism-second-wave/a/Womens-Liberation.htm [ … relevant for South Africa. If History is meant…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… by ceremonial dances and scarring. They were taught about their role in the community and of food preparation and … techniques. BOYS: Boys would leave the…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before European settlement, most of … and 'origine' meaning from the beginning…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… programs by its executive members in order to learn more about the running of the organisation. In 1927 a student … other social responsibilities such as…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… while June 16 remains a beacon in our past) I wonder about the differences that may exist between you and I. Me, a … that ours could be too. How much of your…