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… The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, … Nazi Germany became a fascist country under Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945. Here you can read about the Nazis rise to power in the context of the Great … How did it influence the rise of Nazism? …

… Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in South Africa , the farmworker population in the Western Cape make up the highest number of workers in South Africa in the fruit … The Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013 …

… Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness Afrikaner economic power at a time when the economy was dominated by English capital. It was the … A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group …

… is my privilege to speak to you today, on Christmas Eve, the first Christmas in almost 30 years that I have been able … justice to reign supreme and for all of us to be driven by the spirit of goodwill towards one another as we work … the world. We can and must all join hands to make a better future for all the people of our country, to secure a common …

… The 52nd African National Congress ( ANC ) National … Conference took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. This conference was remarkable as it signalled the fall from grace of the then President of the Republic of … The 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007 …

… The first farmers in southern Africa were Bantu-speakers and … between 2 000 and 1 700 years ago This topic focuses on the life of the first farmers of southern Africa and the ways we can find … Grade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa …

… The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in … of various broadly leftist political tendencies. The ALSC launched Azania Worker and Azania Frontline as publications that were part of the South African liberation movement but independent of any …

… to Biko's inquest, magistrates had declined to examine the interrogation methods used, and had attributed detention … deaths to natural causes, suicides or prison accidents. At the inquest into Biko’s death, no government official was prepared to condemn his treatment. The circumstances of his death were said to be inconclusive, …

… By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee … Harriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union …

… able to feed their children. [1] -Archbishop Desmund Tutu The following article seeks to better understand how … weaponry. Questions we will pose include; how has the colonial state employed photographic imagery to construct … white supremacy utilized photography to undermine the photographic discourse created by the State, and the …

… This topic's content was written in 2003 and is part of the old curriculum content, we have modified it slightly to fit the new curriculum but we will be further updating the content in the coming months. Many countries in the world … Imperialism and socialism in the context of Africa …

… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma ascended to the South African presidency on 9 May 2009 on a wave of … [1] Yet his popularity endured. Zuma’s acquittal opened the way to advance his campaign for African National Congress … (ANC) president. [2] Having usurped Thabo Mbeki as the head of the ANC in 2007 following a successfully waged …

… Air pollution The ways in which we travel have changed a lot over the last few centuries. Transport has become faster, easier and sometimes cheaper. But the developments in technology have not always been good for … The environmental impact of different types of transport …

… Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference was chaired by Neville Dubow, then head of the Michaelis School of Art. It was the first … The State of Art in South Africa Conference …

… settlement when food became scarce in their area. Who were the herders? The first herders, or pastoralists, in southern Africa were the Khoikhoi. They were also called Hottentots, but also … Khoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age …

… The history of working people, and particularly Black workers, to organise is inextricably tied to the struggle against racism and national liberation. The roots of Trade Unionism and Socialism can be traced back … History of the Labour Movements in South Africa …

… In 1949 the government appointed the Eiselen Commission with the task of considering African education provision. The … Bantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education …

… Madame Speaker, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairperson and the other Presiding Officers, Chief Justice and Deputy Chief … which set a precedent about what should happen in future when our country honours an outgoing Chief Justice and …

… South African Prime Ministers from the NP (equivalent to the position of President today): Following constitutional reforms in 1984, the office of State President became an executive post, as in … South African Prime Ministers from the National Party …

… Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa The Mineral Revolution in South Africa started with the … Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa …

… stepping in for her mother who had fallen ill with the Spanish flu of 1918 . As a teenager, Ma Sisulu’s … in her career choice as a nurse, and her involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle. Her profession as a midwife at … guided much of her political activity as well and invaded the political spaces she went into. The kind of justice she …

… Fellow South Africans, Comrades and friends: Today is the 8th of January, the 89th anniversary of your movement, the African National … marginal, if not irrelevant, to the determination of the future of humanity, an object of pity, the inevitable … January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 89th …

… The National Heritage Resources Act , no. 25 of 1999, aimed … preserve national heritage resources. It also established the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and Council. The conservation of shipwrecks as a cultural resource has … S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act …

… South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations … among various political parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally … eligible South Africans were able to cast their vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid …

… Journal article. Note that the text is not clear. … The sins of the church are the sins of the Whites …

… Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) …

… Chairperson of SANEF, Mathatha Tsedu, Convenor of the Media Freedom Committee, Henry Jeffreys, Distinguished … seminal conference, which aims to develop guidelines for the engagement of media from across the African continent … our nations to self-determination, they say that Africa's future should be decided by those who are richer than …

… This feature looks at the various important 'passive resistance' or 'non-violent' … campaigns in 20th Century South Africa; therefore the lists of key players are broken down into their … if you would like to add a biography please click on the contribute tab. The Satyagraha Campaign 1906-1914 …

… On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in … rejected violence as a political weapon'. This was the sixth offer of release reported to have been made to … for all the people in South Africa to decide on their future. This, too, was in vain. It was only then, when all …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Vagrant Law prevented Muslims in the borough of Durban … the matter to Sergeant Barthram he said that in future he would allow no coloured people on any account [to] …