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ArticleA Culture of Survival
… the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread … often had to supplement their…
ArticleCradle of Humankind
… The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs The … and the North West Province and is also called the Cradle of Humankind…
BiographyKeable Mote
… became provincial secretary for the Orange Free State. With Clements Kadalie, he was one of the first Africans prosecuted under the Native … 1920s, he led a…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum) New identities: Human Rights for all The … Apartheid had four provinces - Cape Province,…
BiographyNgila Micheal Muendane
… inspirational speaker and the founder and Executive Member of SOULTALK, as well as the African Institute for Personal … to South Africa after liberation and…
BiographyRodger Bosch
… field for 30 years, capturing arresting images of news and cultural events. Over the years, he has photographed the joy and pain of South Africa emerging…
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… de Wet was born at Leeuwkop near Smithfield, Orange Free State, on 7 October 1854. He received little formal … spending his days helping his father in the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch
… Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch …
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. An advocate…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… Allan Aubury Boesak was born at Kakamas, Northern Cape, one of eight children. His father, a schoolteacher, died when … but after the South African…
BiographyNana Sita
… Please note: this is an extract from E.S. Reddy collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in … leadership of the community. Yet, in…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… The opening moment of education in South Africa coincides with the foundation of … in 1858 and properly so in 1863 in the Orange Free State. Important about…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black … Branches and their Activities Davies, O’ Meara and Dlamini state that …
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… Introduction The history of White colonial land dispossession did not begin with the … to as scheduled areas. Harvey Feinberg and Andre Horn state that …
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… to have been selected by the ANC to present a message of condolence and an obituary on the late Ebrahim "Cas" … Congress, and went on to become its…
BiographyThomas Mtobi Mapikela
… Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a … protest the Act of Union. As president of the Orange Free State…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… Bloemfontein is the birth place of the SANNC, which became the ANC in 1923, one of the largest organizations in later years to struggle for … its aims as…
BiographyKing Moshoeshoe I
… after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his victims – the word ‘Moshoeshoe’ represented the sound … who settled in what is today known…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… themselves against European conquest. As a result, most of Africa was colonized by 1900. Only Ethiopia and Liberia … After the First and Second World Wars…
BiographyThulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
… and Bafana were both traders. She obtained a bachelor of Law from the University of Swaziland in 1987 and three … several high profile cases, including the…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… , Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of the Second … couple of years on Robben Island for…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern … most Black schools were run by…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. It thereby guarantees equality for gay … Constitution, entitled "Equality",…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… From voyages of trade and discovery to colonisation: This section of the grade 10 curriculum was developed in 2009. While much … by the expansion of European…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of … weekly that served the northern Cape and Free State. Later, in 1909, in Cape Town…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of … came largely, though not exclusively from the…
ArticleList of SADF raids into Neigbouring Countries
… Cross border raids 1975 August Invasion of Angola. 1978 4 May Air and ground strike on SWAPO refugee … Schoon and daughter 1985 13 February Botswana,…
BiographyMimi Coertse
… vocalist in an opera company. It signifies a vocalist of high reputation and earning power. For seventeen years she … Vienna, where she reigned as first…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… On 1 February 1963, a statement announcing the collapse of the Federation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ) and Nyasaland … resultant disturbances forced the…
BiographyHein du Plessis
… a photographer at the Corporate Relations Department of Technikon Free State whilst working on a number of personal documentary … Profoto Awards (Two Highly…