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ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … government sanctioned townships created…
BiographyChief Maqoma
… frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King of the Rharhabe division of the Xhosa nation. Implacably opposed to his father's…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and the transition to the apartheid regime … as Coloured, according to the…
BiographyKaiser Daliwonga Matanzima
… Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima was a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in Qamata in … South African government introduced the Bantu…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… 17 March 1934 In our last lesson we spoke of the Bantu or Native Republic of South Africa, for which the African … own country. It will mean "Mayibuye", the…
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 … of Johannesburg in 1966…
BiographyVincent Mbamama Hlamandana
… on 16 June 1960. They were all banished to Driefontein Native Trust Farm, Vryburg District, Northern Cape [now North … order noted that since 1957 there had…
BiographyBoy Seopa
… Transvaalwith his mother, Maphuti Seopa. He left his place of banishment to work in Johannesburg, noting that, ‘No one … in Davhana. Although his mother was…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … in unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … in unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012, the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … an unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… Abstract Through the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic … struggled to feed a family as only 13.5% of the available land was…
BiographyEugene Marais
… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of the usage of free verse in Afrikaans. He was an editor of the newspaper, Land en…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … together by their shared outrage against…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… Introduction The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal, Cape, Transvaal and the…
BiographyJulius Nyerere
… Julius Nyerere was born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake Victoria, in … community ways of working, producing and relating to the…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and … human history. A place where humans settled and used the land in a way that…
EventA resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban
… Africans made a unanimous resolution for a “National Day of Mourning and Protest” on which Africans countrywide would … from The Star , 26 May, [Available at…
BiographyZubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet
… against racism and apartheid. She was a founding member of the Union of Black Journalists (UBJ), serving as its … Police station and charged under the…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… deprivation. People were dispossessed of their land, marginalised and suffered severe human rights … the parliament when they repealed the Separate Amenities…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh … was sent by the Government of India to Natal in 1914 to act as an "observer,"…
BiographyFlorence Elizabeth Mnumzana
… during which time she developed a strong awareness of the link between the social system and health problems in … African National Congress (ANC) in 1952 at…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… While on a choir trip to the United States (US) Institute of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) with the … 1918 The Bantu Women's League of the…
World Bids Farewell In The Land Mandela Freed by Lydia Polgreen, Nicholas Kulish and Alan Cowell (The New York TImes), 10 December 2013
… World Bids Farewell In The Land Mandela Freed by Lydia Polgreen, Nicholas Kulish and …
Willie Hepburn sets a South African land speed record when he streaks to 372,401 km/h in a 7-litre Pontiac TransAm on the N3 to
… Willie Hepburn sets a South African land speed record when he streaks to 372,401 km/h in a …
A White farmer, Davis Stevens, is shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He is the first White farmer to be kil
… is shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He is the first White farmer to be kil …
The British land a major force on l’Ile de France and capture the island from the French. They revert to the name Mauritius.
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 255 … The British land a major force on l’Ile de…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… bands, most notably The Blue Notes and The Brotherhood of Breadth. Through this mutually felt discrimination, … common experience is alto saxophonist and…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… it. It should be an occasion for all of the people of the land to join in a unifying celebration that will inspire … and aspirations. Well might some cynic…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 The Housing Act is passed. This Act made funds available for the … separate access roads” (Christopher, 1994: 38) The Black (Native) Affairs Act is…