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Classroom activities: Learning about history
… Discovering our past teaches us about ourselves and about the people and places we see every day. We must remember that the full history in South Africa and…
ArticleCommunism in Russia 1900 to 1940
… How was communism applied in Russia under Lenin and Stalin? Background and Focus In this topic, as well as the next , the rise of … systems that dominated…
Cedric Nunn
… the children of Africa'. Born in 1957 in Nongoma, KwaZulu, and raised in Hluriluwe, Mangete and Baynesfield. I began photography in Durban in the early … by…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… as a language in Parliament, schools, the civil service and society in general. But more than this, according to … of a distinctive Afrikaner outlook rooted…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… of a number of publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century spearheaded by the emerging … , Koranta ea Becoana (Bechuana Gazette) set up…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… Ruth Herloise First is born in Johannesburg to Julius and Matilda First, Jewish immigrants (from Latvia and Lithuania, respectively) who helped establish…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… made his home in South Africa after the Boer war, and founded several insurance companies. He pioneered the … in this country, creating a nation wide network…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the … of New York until 1983. 1974 Starts writing fiction,…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… 2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend for the 2014 National and Provincial elections. 25 November 2013, by this date the…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of … how the USSR had developed. WE now look…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… Between 1996 and 1999 the South Africa government commissioned the … of R30 billion worth of armaments specifically submarines and frigates from a French…
Buy the Insurrection Ensemble's music
… a collection of poetry-music collaborations between Indian and South African artists. It explores the relationship between word, voice, expression and sound…
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… as the first director. In 1996, state subsidy was reduced and PACOFS became a non-profit entity. It was restructured as an agency of the Department of Arts…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… day is a commemoration of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and how far the nation has come in the protection of … It enshrines the rights of all people in the…
A new class struggle
… sentiments were also directed against the "indentured" and "free" Indians. This was ironic as in the 1850s the Natal … the plantations. As it turned out,…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… To know about events earlier than this, elderly relatives and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… "We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… on 'The joint struggle of the working class movement and the national liberation movement against imperialism and for social progress'. 1981 February 23 -…
ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… was open to the demands for land by the Voortrekkers and Andries Pretorius recognised him as King of the AmaZulu and as an ally. In March 1839 the…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… the head of University of Cape Town Drama Department and professional theatre director, with the intent to create … New African Theatre Project (NATP) was co…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… 1920s - including members of the ICU, the Communist Party and the African National Congress (ANC) - were influenced to … return of all Afro-Americans to…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… Constance Stuart-Larrabee, Dick Findlay, Alexis Preller and Prof AL Meiring who, together with architectural students … academics. Thus, barring a brief…
Imvaba Arts Association
… worked closely with artists in New Brighton, Kwazakhele and Motherwell townships of Port Elizabeth. It was a community organisation with the aim of promoting…
ArticleEarly civilisations
… Most of these civilizations were organised under a central and organised leadership. These civilizations often believed and accepted cruel dictators as…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… station in 1652 for their ships sailing between Europe and India. As a result, ‘the mother city’ is the centre for … with archaeological data from such…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… In 1975, Anne Mayne, a survivor of both domestic violence and a gang rape, attended the UN International Year of the Women Conference in Mexico City and…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… Porbandar, in present-day Gujarat. 1876 Kasturba Kapadia and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi are betrothed by their fathers. 1882 Kasturba and Mohandas are…
First Matabele War
… To this end, he successfully acquired Bechuanaland and soon set his sights on Matabeleland. Image of King … by the superior firepower of British regulars in…
Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa (FATSSA)
… was led by the head of the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society, Petrus Philippus Benjamin Breytenbach. … aims of the Federation was the…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… government's model for its urban apartheid legislation and policies. However, there are still glaring gaps in … regime. More significantly, there is a need…