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The National Tree
Real Yellowwood Podocarpus latifolius The Yellowwood family is primeval and has been present in this part of Africa for more than 100 million years. The…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in South Africa’s history. It was an event that…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
The Cold War was the period of conflict and competition between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, and their respective allies. From…
ArticleEOAN Group
The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and cultural association that offered music…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a number of challenges to overcome. Most obstacles to the development of women can be…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… Farwell, B (2001). The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Land Warfare: An Illustrated World View. W. W. Norton & …
ArticleWorld War I
This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main belligerent European…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
Artist Proof Studio (APS) offers a three-year printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat, a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of Communism Act. He was jailed for thirty…
Grade 9 Archive
This archive features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. Human rights issues during and after World War II: When reading about…
Grade 5 Archive
This archive features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. Provincial histories In this topic we will look at the heritage and…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
1971 11 March, A resolution is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. David Hemson, Halton Cheadle, David…
ArticleWages Commission
Soon after the 1971 garment workers’ strike at Currie’s Fountain, three students from the Durban campus of the University of Natal –David Hemson, Halton…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
GRADE 12 Topic 3: Civil society protests 1950s to 1970s Online Resource: http://learn.mindset.co.za/resources/history/grade-12/civil-society-protests-1950s…
Andrew Tshabangu
Born: Soweto, 1966. Tshabangu has studied at a number of institutions, amongst them the Institute of Advancement for Journalism (1998) and at the Alexandra…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
After World War II, the process of decolonization of the African continent gathered momentum as Africans increasingly agitated for more political rights and…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was…
ArticleThe Order of Luthuli
The order is awarded to South Africans who have made a meaningful contribution to the struggle for democracy, human rights, nation-building, justice and peace,…
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
Introduction Nationalism refers to an ideology, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. It emphasises the collective of a…
Classroom activities: Learning about history
Discovering our past teaches us about ourselves and about the people and places we see every day. We must remember that the full history in South Africa and…
ArticleCommunism in Russia 1900 to 1940
How was communism applied in Russia under Lenin and Stalin? Background and Focus In this topic, as well as the next, the rise of the two economic systems…
Cedric Nunn
'I am committed through my photographs, to contributing to societal change that will leave a positive legacy for the children of Africa'. Born in 1957 in…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
1925 4 May, Ruth Herloise First is born in Johannesburg to Julius and Matilda First, Jewish immigrants (from Latvia and Lithuania, respectively) who helped…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend for the 2014 National and Provincial elections. 25 November 2013, by this date…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
President of the AAU, Professor Lamine Ndiaye, Vice President of the AAU, Dr. Dorothy Njeuma, Secretary-General of the AAU, Professor Akilagpa Sawyerr, The…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
Your Excellency President Museveni; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen; People of Uganda, It is a great honour to join you in celebrating the…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
It is not easy to write about prison. When I was freed after 22 years I had spent 45 per cent of my life inside the walls. Now I have been outside the prison…
Buy the Insurrection Ensemble's music
EXPERIENCE a unique sound! Buy a CD by the Insurrections Ensembles, a collection of poetry-music collaborations between Indian and South African artists. It…