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EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of … M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvement in…
Beyers Naudé: former General-Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and before that Director of the Christian Institute interview with Rupert Taylor, 4 February 2000, Northcliff, Johannesburg
… Johannesburg 10.00-11.30am Taylor: To tell you a bit more about the project… the main aim of the project is to look at … role, particularly and what I’d like…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… Introduction In the previous section, we have learnt about the origins of capitalism, however, we paid cursory … premised on the view that there is something…
Document 41 - Letter from the Communist League of America to T.W. Thibedi, 30 May 1932
… 26th. This is the very first information which we have had about your group and naturally we are not yet well … some information from you in order to be able…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… the leadership, even the ANC leadership, knows nothing about. POM Knows nothing about? AG Yes. Well, for instance the leadership has come … sides. Do…
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… grievances before the magistrate. The workers complained about their poor living conditions in compounds and the harsh … which they had to work. In…
Democracy in Action
… order to break down barriers, encourage dialogue and bring about meaningful change in South Africa. It also documents … were platforms for discussions,…
Pedi
… than a means of household subsistence. In the early 1960s, about 48% of the male population was absent at any given … at koma (initiation school) which would…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… and interesting article on slavery got to africanhistory.about.com Expanding frontiers and trade Boer responses By the … the Great Trek, an emigration North…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
… province. The President Jacob Zuma is going to have a walk about in communities, visiting homes; meet with first time … with REC members Airport 10h30 -…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… was to give tourists a township experience and teach them about the history of Clermont and KwaDabeka - which goes back … conduct tourism awareness…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… aforementionned The Dresser. His plays After the Lions (about Sarah Bernard), Another Time (about a gifted piano player), Quartet (about aging opera…
EventNational Party wins national elections
… week in African history: Key events from the 20th century. About.com [Online]. Available at: africanhistory.about.com/ [Accessed 09 June 2010] Chronology of…
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… in the townships of the Reef. The leadership was concerned about growing political intolerance of their supporters that … aimed at finding the main cause of…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… students begins to wane. David Hemson becomes despondent about the lack of progress on the work of the Commission and … trade union. Pamphlets giving workers…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… the Venda groups. The majority of the White population (about 60%) is Afrikaans speaking, and the remaining 40% are … entertaining. Music South African…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… required to tell the Commission the entire and whole truth about their involvement. No one was exempt from being … the TRC brought forth many witnesses to…
France in 1789
… It is used to describe periods or events that bring about dramatic change in politics, economics or society. A … and expands production. Some revolutions…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… Uganda for four months in 2008, she is deeply passionate about all issues pertaining to democratization and political … his studies and professional…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… was a reform imposed from above, and existed for about 11 years, in a manner many characterised as farcical. … a success for the UDF. Voter turnout was very…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
… Unomsa, by Guybon Sinxo, is a coming of age story about a gothic heroine, Nomsa Ntobeko, who migrates from the … Drama. Unomsa, by Guybon Sinxo, is a coming…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… 1654 Frederick Verburgh brought the slave woman Eva, aged about 30, and her son Jan Bruyn, aged about 3, back with him from his first expedition to … Island …
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… organised the 16 June demonstration, questions have arisen about the role of Black Consciousness in the student revolt. … at all. They hardly knew how we…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… but Ray Alexander later said that it had been attended by about 40 women. Other than Alexander, a Mrs Pillay, a Miss … in the official tally of 2 848 – in…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… Having observed the media speculation in recent weeks about my retirement and pending demise, I am even more … and advisors have warned me not to tell my…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… a religious icon, an entity of deep value that is as much about being oneself as it is about being oppressed by the system. Entitled Garment Worker, … career…
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… between Fish Bay and Victoria Bay with a population of about 130,000, people. It is an important tourism and farming … tour guide, visitors may be among the…
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
… shiny shoes," Robert recalls. "Like a real soldier. He was about 40. He must have been an idiot because he'd be the … against his death sentence coming and…
Press Conference in Lusaka: Oliver Tambo, 25 June 1985
… large the ANC pursues the position that whatever we differ about, let us be united in defeating and destroying the … by our people and the international…