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ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the Limpopo Province east of the Kalahari Desert. It is far bigger than similar sites … the word "imbabwe", which is the Shona…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, … that fought for those who were…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… elections. 25 November 2013, by this date the number of registered voters was 24 112 414, and the number of new voters added to the voters roll was over one…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… town only nine years old. South Africa was certainly one of the first countries in the world to see and hear sound … Lingards Waxworks in Durban, who…
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
… The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a number of smaller welfare groups countrywide that had formed to … , who…
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
… with a teacher, Virginia Engel, who was a former member of the Drama Society (Dramsoc) at the University of the Western Cape. She acted, in some of Adam…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… Some scientists say this was helped by the abundance of resources. Food and water were readily available and … gathered together their cattle in a kraal in…
BiographyHelen Kies
… where she matriculated. She then enrolled at University of Cape Town where studied where she completed her B.A. in … her husband was dismissed from teaching…
BiographyLennox Sebe
… He made the biggest political move when he became a member of the Ciskei legislative Assembly and chief Minister in 1973. He got 26 votes to 24 of Mabandla…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) … the Prestwich Memorial, celebrates the contribution of all these people to Cape Town…
ArticleSouth African Institute of Race Relations
… The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) was established in 1929 as an … and sociologists, and focused on socio economic conditions of those who…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Activities | Grade 6
… Johannesburg: STE. Randles, W. G. L. (1975). The Empire of Monomotapa: from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century. … E. A. (1983). Mapungubwe: An…
The Order of the Southern Cross
… E Mphahlele for exceptional achievement in the field of literature and to Professor P Tobias in the field of palaeontology. … The Order of the Southern Cross…
BiographyMbalekelwa Mngomezulu
… Mbalekelwa Mngomezulu was the induna (headman) of the Lindizwe Area, Ingwavuma District, Natal [now … alleged that he was involved in the fraudulent…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from … kill the liberation movement 'by kindness' to a few chosen natives…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC … The legislation dealing with land tenure…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … to assure the Governor of Natal that there exists an Act called…
Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states
… Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke WE SHALL … to annex the new territory order to "protect the Natives." Hypocrisy…
BiographyNgoza Mvelase
… in previous years resulted in 40 deaths, the burning of over 1,000 huts and the theft of more than 500 livestock. Mvelase, the Chief of the Thembu community…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … ‘communities that have no voice in the choice of…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… Party ling general elections to work for the defeat of the extreme reactionary and Pro-Fascist forces represented … to demand the immediate withdrawal of the…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… In an exploration of the attitudes taken by different cultures in different … European settlers achieved its zenith with the Native Land Act of 1913. The…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… The University of Pretoria (UP), previously known as the Transvaal … celebrated its centenary year in 2008. The University of Cape Town Act (Act 14 of 1916)…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the … racial divide”. This includes the Black Labour Regulation Act which …
Dumisani Mbatha
… Mr Dumisani Mbatha aged 16,was among a group of students and youths detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act in Johannesburg on 16 September 1976…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education To understand the complexities of modern South …
BiographyAndries Raditsela
… became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation of South African…
48. Breach of the compromise
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … June to discuss the 'breach' by the Transvaal Government of …
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… in Johannesburg and Pretoria , took the examinations of the Cape University. The Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College, which started classes…