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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…
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…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… arrived, bringing with them a different way of life and new ideas about the world. For the San hunter-gatherers … many aspects of the Khoikhoi way of life…
ArticleThe Homelands
… the South African political system under the many laws and policies created by Apartheid. The idea was to separate Blacks from the Whites, and give Blacks…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the … Movement (BCM), the resurgent trade union movement, and the re-emergence of…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… be made to the Immigration Act. Gandhi rejects Smuts offer and calls off talks. 24 June: A mass meeting of 700 – 800 was … Smuts broke off. 16 August:…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… crops, livestock etc. The skills used to access and create these elements have been traditionally passed on … within the New South Africa. I have been…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at representing and promoting the interests of university and college students. NUSAS was open to students of all …
Dance For All (DFA)
… was following the steps of his previous ballet teacher and director of Cape Town City Ballet, David Poole. Poole … All grew extensively as more dance…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern Africa, and moored overnight in the lee of a headland, which may have … Good Hope was caught in a squall…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT . 1958. The Art of Africa . Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian . Undated. The Popular Art of … Research…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… cause of AIDS is ‘irrefutable’. HIV was isolated and identified as the source of what came to be defined as … of Aids-related deaths occurred in sub-Saharan…
Melinda Stuurman
… in '97, but couldn't afford the tuition – I dropped out and decided to work for a couple of years and then continue my studies. I worked at SBH Cotton Mills…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… haled as a victory by abolitionists like Granville Scott and William Wilberforce, [i] for the people who were … by Britain in 1808 was, on the face of things…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… fight against ‘terrorists,’ police used the law to pursue and prosecute various organizations and individuals who resisted state control. Enforcement of ……
Indian education in Natal
… A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was attended…
The National Flag
… by a former South African State Herald, Mr Fred Brownell, and was first used on 27 April 1994. The design and colours are a synopsis of principal elements of…
Independent Electoral Commission
… constitutional democracy through the delivery of free and fair elections in which every voter is able to record his … is a permanent body created by the…
Buddhism
… Buddhism Please note: this information was added recently and is not complete. If you would like to contribute a lesson … fourth largest religion in the…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the imposition of passes as it severely … 1893 included the carrying of residential…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… The conflict between the British Empire and the Zanzibar Sultanate in 1896 is most notable for being … his nephew, Khalid bin Barghash, proclaimed himself…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… harsher laws, extending its use of torture, imprisonment and detentions without trial. By the late 1960s, the … In response to this, an intensified wave of…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… there is a Namibian opposition party of the same name; and the South African Congress of Democrats was an … God”. The party abbreviates to ACO, pronounced …
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… key issues since South Africa achieved democracy in 1994 and as such an overview of what has been achieved since the … Constitution, section 25(7) of the…
The National Animal
… Both sexes have horns but those of the ram are thicker and rougher. This species has adapted to the dry, barren areas and open grass plains and is thus found…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known for his musical work while … is essential. The White minority rule of…
June 17
… The second day... was marked by uncontrollable fury and burning hostility...Police also assumed another attitude. They shot at random, and at anyone who…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the Black resistance movements, in particular the ANC and the PAC. Black leaders, who were not imprisoned by the … silenced Black opposition through bannings…