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List of women who died in exile
Bucibo, Joyce Asvat, Zainab Cothoza, June Rose Nontsikelelo Dadoo, Winnie Ditshabako, Brenda Ngqose, Daphne Goldberg, Annie Karabo, Freda Lebo,…
List of women who were banned by the Apartheid government
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure of 1930 The (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of Interior as a result of recommendations of Select Committee…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a…
The South African Human Rights Commission
South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, and all…
The appointment of Judges
In June 1994, Arthur Chaskalson, senior counsel and the national director of the Legal Resources Centre, was appointed as President of the Constitutional Court…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
How cases reach the Constitutional Court A case can reach the Constitutional Court in a variety of ways: as the result of an appeal from a judgment of the…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court was established in 1994 by South Africa's first democratic constitution - the interim constitution of 1993. The Court, the key…
Maps through time, Nelspruit
Nelspruit Historical & community biographies
Community histories of Nelspruit
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Nelspruit
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
Role players in Rustenburg History
Wikus de Wet
Community histories of Rustenburg
Afrikaans Community (1838-1899) The First White Inhabitants It is documented that the first pioneers from the Eastern Cape undertook a hunting expedition…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other…
Colonial history of Rustenburg
Origins of colonial settlement It is thought that Andries Hendrik Potgieter was one of the first Voortrekkers to settle in the Rustenburg area. David…
References
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
Please note that there is a compulsory assessment task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum)New identities: Human Rights for allThe…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
The text that follows is a brief summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. You can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an…
The Government of National Unity and the making of the new Constitution
Settlement
ANC and the NP reach a compromise on release of more political prisoners
Conflict
How the crises were managed - negotiation, conflict, compromise, settlement, elections
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures
Liberation organisations
UDF The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance of about 400 national, regional and local organisations. It was launched in Cape Town in 1983,…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
Please note that this section is detailed and we have broken it up into 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
The emergence of South Africa's democracy in the 1990s The crisis of apartheid in the 1980s Factors contributing to the crisis: * A global economic crisis:…