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Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
Teachers and learners should note that there are many links on this site which deal with the depth and breadth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
In the 1980s the National Party witnessed a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… of the African National Congress Youth League in 1945, Youth politics took place without a national body to …
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… period. The Second World War began in 1939 and ended in 1945 destroying European economies for the second time. Once …
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu Natal – KZN) saw a…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… into overpopulated ghettos. The Nuremberg Trials In May 1945 Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied armies (which …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… bombs on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in 1945. This ended the Second World War. Since then we have … Soviet Union about the dropping of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… (Horrell 1978: 2-3). This Act was consolidated by the 1945 Blacks (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act. The Act is …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… 7. Events leading up to Passive Resistance In February 1945, the third Broome Commission resumed its work. A. I. …
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… 1921 Angola's borders as they are known today are settled. 1945 Following the end of World War II emigration from …
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… Childhood Zarina Maharaj, born in Johannesburg in 1945, was the fifth child and first girl in her family. Her …
Afrikaner
… du Plessis and Stefans Grove played important roles. After 1945, a few operas were translated into Afrikaans and …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism. Flagrantly authoritarian figures like Donald…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… and Ashley Mda, were elected to the executive committee. 1945 Albertina gave birth to her and Walter's first child, …
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 1938 the figure rose to 940660 units, and 1742561 units by 1945, to 4083752 units in 1950, after which Eskom set up …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… of its capital-driven economy. The years immediately after 1945 saw only a limited amount of development, due to the … of urban Black residents. The period…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… Dyani is widely believed to have been born on 30 November 1945 in Duncan Village, a township in the city of East London …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… tax certificates a requirement. It is an Amendment to the 1945 Native (Urban Areas) Consolidating Act – Section 10 of …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… war against Germany and the future of Europe. In April 1945, Berlin finally fell with Germany defeated. This …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… sterilisation–eugenics put into practice before 1945, and the aftermath. Part 1: USA, Japan, Canada and …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. The Front…
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 of the content is still…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… Housing Act (1920) or Housing (Emergency Powers) Act of 1945 as long as they were of the appropriate group for the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… (Horrell 1978: 2-3). This Act was consolidated by the 1945 Blacks (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act. Assent gained: … by the Blacks (Urban Areas) Consolidation…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC's nominee to the Young Committee. Albert…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… members to the New Group after 1938 and, after 1945, to the South African Association of Arts. Certain …
Indian Community
… adults was organised by the Vedic Educational Society. By 1945, the Sabha had 29 affiliate institutions that followed a …
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
Timeline 1958 The photographer, Peter Magubane, is the first black South African to win the Press Photo of the Year Award. Albert Newall re…