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Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One …
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws…
PlaceKathu
… of only six concentrated solar power (CSP) plants in South Africa and 150 worldwide. Located about 10km North of Kathu, … of only six concentrated solar…
PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
… Bonnievale so unique is that it is the only Town in South Africa that can offer you an abundance of cheese, wine and …
PlaceSteynsburg
… are now luring new residents from all around South Africa, who are looking for the peace and tranquillity of the …
PlaceCalvinia
… the agricultural products from this remote corner of South Africa. Sadly the Railway has fallen into disuse. A fine …
PlaceVan Reenen's Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… can lay claim to is that of the most dangerous Pass in Africa! Despite this, the long pass provides beautiful … can lay claim to is that of the most…
PlaceGreat Fish River, Eastern Cape
… that runs through the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, flows for some 690 kilometres before reaching the … that runs through the Eastern Cape Province…
PlaceKoingnaas Diamond Minning Town, Northern Cape
… Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1970, Koingnaas was once a flourishing … Municipality in the Northern Cape…
PlaceMoorreesburg
… and has become known as: 'the breadbasket', of South Africa . With wine and olive production becoming more … history and has become known as the breadbasket…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
During the 1980s, the apartheid government came under increasing internal pressure. The National Party attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced by…
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
Openining address by Prof. Phillip Bonner: "Fragmentation and Cohesion In The Anc, The First 70 Years". Delegates at the 3-day conference “100 years of the…
ArticleA White Referendum
On 2 November 1983, the government held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parliament – it baulked at allowing…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
Introduction The Tricameral Parliament, a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary…
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
By late February 1973, the spread of the strikes was the most significant development since Sharpeville and the turn to armed struggle. The striking workers…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… later, in 1989, Anton was instructed to return to South Africa. Back in South Africa, his mission was to set up new military cells and …
Chapter 6. A Daughter of the Free State - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… conditions, there was the tragic position, common in South Africa that the workers were divided amongst themselves. Many … I can see clearly the tragedy of…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… and other relations between white and black in South Africa. This tradition is so constant that whenever the Union … till now. Such is the position of the…
ArticleBizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962
The system of Black authorities and the reforms brought about in the agricultural sphere were not unreservedly accepted in the homelands. Opposition came from…
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… of the apartheid system and he hated it. “I saw South Africa as my country, my home. I did not want to live in a …
PlacePacaltsdorp
… also described as Gothic Revival, is unique in South Africa. It’s metre-thick stone walls and tall, square, rough …
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… in this town. There is trade depression all over South Africa, and it has only resulted in getting rid of …
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
… dockers occasionally refused to unload cargo from South Africa from 1962 through the 1980s. Similarly, Durban dockers …
PlaceOuteniqua Pass-N9
… belt along the Western and Southern Coastlines of South Africa . The Langkloof Valley and Mountains are a short range … belt along the Western and Southern…
PlaceAuwal Masjid, Cape Town
… Masjid, is the first and oldest Mosque built in South Africa. This is evident according to very strong oral … Auwal Masjid is the first and oldest Mosque…
PlaceElands Bay Cave
… of the Verlorenvlei Estuary on the Atlantic coast of South Africa Western Cape Province. Hidden in the caves are the …
PlaceLangebaan Lagoon
… and rare migrant Waders. As such it is one of South Africa's important bird areas. The lagoon holds Ramsar …
PlaceFort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
… different countries, with two of them being in South Africa. The Fort Beaufort Martello is the only one in the …
PlaceVarsche River, Table Mountain
… bustling metropolis of Cape Town , "Mother City", to South Africa . Five streams rise on Table Mountain, draining down …
Document 37 - The Bill of Rights
… This Bill of Rights is a cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. It enshrines the rights of all people in our country … to reforms to bring about equitable…