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ArticleCosatu timeline
… of South African Trade Unions ) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) entered their third week of … needed to come together, as they had…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… 1961 Asvat graduates from Johannesburg Indian High School and moves to Pakistan to continue his education. 1963 After … his medical training in East Pakistan…
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… Leaders have a responsibility to lead their followers well and to be a good example to them. It is important to know who our leaders are and to be able to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… The Portuguese begin mapping and exploring the South African coastline and basic trading takes place between the Khoikhoi and the Europeans. Nguni and Sotho…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… who took part in an unprotected strike were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police … This was the culmination of preceding waves of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… President), Nelson Mandela , Ashby Mda , Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo . They were joined by, Duma Nokwe, B … Ida Mtwa, Lillian Ngoyi, James Njongweni,…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… was being resumed. The visit by G.I Gokhale in October and November 1912 had failed to secure a negotiated … Works of Mahatma Gandhi , vol. 12, pp. 183-6…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… Its largest affiliate is the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), particularly because of a … the three largest affiliates are in the…
ArticleNelspruit an Overview
… Before this, the town was a point through which people and goods travelled to the Mozambican coast, as part of the … the country. Later, it became a point…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks and Whites. It was first celebrated as the “Dingaans Day” and stood for the triumph of the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… 1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 … (CNETU). Formation of the African Mine Workers Union. Food and Canning…
ArticleGeneral Factory Workers Benefit fund (GFWBF)
… Halton Cheadle , David Hemson, David Davies, Foszia Fisher and Karel Tip and Rick Turner , a leading labour and political activist. During this period it was…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… The Origins and formation: The South African Student Organisation (SASO) … the inability of NUSAS to tackle deep racist structures and policies of both the…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… The Great Trek and the advent of the Mfecane The origins of the battle are a … found in two concurrent historical processes of the 1820s and the 1830s. First…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… freedom fighter, struggle icon, negotiator, statesman and politician on the public stage, both in South Africa and around the world. This article will…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… (ANC) in its campaign against Apartheid . James la Guma and Reggie September were two of the SACPO’s founding members, and served as President and…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… Trade Unions (COSATU), African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP ) formed an … COSATU has been involved in the liberation…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… various shifts in meaning. It has had both positive and negative meanings, depending on the “historical moment, social positionality and experience of users”…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… T his feature celebrates Samora Machel and examines the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death and acknowledges the contribution that he made to…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… known on the 18th of March via circulars that were printed and distributed to the members of the organization. 18 March … on Black South Africans to leave…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… The population is largely ‘coloured’, ‘cape coloured’ and Malay. 1893 The first ‘locations’ are established under … exists namely the ‘Coolie Location’, the …
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… PHASE HISTORY - TERM 1 Topic: Hunter-gatherers and herders in southern Africa Suggested contact time One … This content must be integrated with the…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… because the conflict arose between the British colonizers and the Boers from the Transvaal Republic or … of all the British colonies, independent Boer…
EPILOGUE
… is made worse by the factual inaccuracies, distortions and blatant party political propaganda involved in the manner … the serious business of taking our…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified. Historically, Pan-Africanism has often … have a great deal in common, a fact that…
ArticleTransport on water
… Transport on water Ships and boats are as old as the desire to travel over and across water, and to fish. Boats are smaller than ships. They can be …
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… Stories and Interviews as oral histories Stories or ‘oral histories’ … from one generation to the next through storytelling and reciting epic poems. The…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… to land-ownership in the country. With his book The Past and Future of the Kaffir Races (1866), W. C. Holden was one … settlement in South Africa Holden…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… missionaries to southern Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role in the history and affairs of the region. On…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug believed that South Africa was in … in the student press union,…