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ArticleRock Art
… in 'Believing and Seeing' (1981), that in "Bushman" art one finds intentional meaning where eland, trance figures, … zigzags and other geometric figures…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… men linked to Poqo in Paarl were charged with the murder. One of the accused, 48-year old Johannes Notyawe, a Poqo … confrontation a policeman named Moyi was…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… for their works inspired and empowered the oppressed. One of these artists was South African poet, Mongane Wally … Act [1] . In 1967, the South African…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… regional traditional folk music met and began to flow into one another. Western instrumentation was used to adapt rural … by street performers in the…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… was a shortage of types. Virji Damodar Mehta (who would one day found his own printing press, Universal Printing … averaged at about 2000. The highest number…
ArticleHigh Farce in the House
… by impotence and incompetence. Examples include one NPP MP voting to support military conscription for Indian … December 1988. While both the HoR and HoD…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… these problems, known as CODESA. Gender equality was one of the main arguments among these multi-party … of all colors and races were allowed to join the…
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… as well as palaces for their representatives, the kings. One of the Gods worshipped in the city of Eridu was called … were defeated by the Akkadians. Their…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… the 10th of August 1964; it was dated 12 July 1964. One wonders how quick the letters can be if they take a month to reach one. In any case darling it is not…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… and refused custody of their children after divorce. One of South Africa's most bizarre and notorious anti-gay … discriminate directly or indirectly against…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… (1570-1612), with an ever increasing number of maps. 1644 One of the most decorative and popular of all early maps of … commander of the English campaign in…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… aspect of life in Germany. Furthermore, Joseph Goebbels, one of Hitler's most devoted associates, was elected as the … to all their problems. The Nazi Party…
Conflict among civic organisations
… share the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major divisions was race. For instance, CAHAC drew … saw the increased activity of the…
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… like their mothers. The San culture allowed for more than one wife and three or four families lived together in a group … causing the illness to go away…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… mentioned in this source? 4. Name and briefly describe one incident during the Cold War where a full-scale war … mentioned in this source? 4. Name and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… for the Boer cause, with some success. However, not one government does anything concrete for the Boers. 1901 … into the urban centre, mostly into the 'Malay…
ArticleTransport on land
… The first wheels were simply solid discs, carved from one lump of wood. The wheel changed the way that people … It is probably more than 5 000 years old. The…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… perceived to be exotic elements of indigenous cultures. One such writer was Rider Haggard, who wrote many mythical … novels set in this world, Prinsloo of…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… who formed the steering committee for the organisation. One hundred and forty-six delegates, representing 230,000 … of the small African professional class…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… time for the world to take notice and action. That said, one year before the implementation of formal Apartheid in … stage the UN ignored the claims…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… Apart from playing for the KwaZulu-Natal Orchestra, he is one of the lynchpins of the highly respected Benguela trio … for the Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre and…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… performances made waves and rode them, to quote from one of their songs, they have never ridden waves like these. … Nixon and Mnukwana shone as sound weavers…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… 3500 BC Two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt emerge into one. 3100 BC Egypt is consolidated into one political entity under the pharaoh, Narmer, who is the …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… at F.W. De Klerk’s home in Groote Schuur in Cape Town. One of the major issues tabled for discussion was the release … Island were ferried by the Dias and…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… and huts in their backyards, for letting. Yards with only one toilet or tap, or none at all, were shared by several … a month. Most of the yards had a single…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… Writing major who also dabbles in visual art, she wants to one day produce graphic novels. Her main interests include … PR. She writes for a college fashion…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… his famous book, 'Mein Kampf' (My Struggle). Here is one of the ideas in his book, which shows how much he hated … I saw that his magnetism was holding these…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… and herding. An entire age-set generally graduated from one task to the next, and the village often celebrated this … to as Modimo. Modimo is approached…
A new class struggle
… Indian was accused of outclassing the Zulu in crime. At one time "the Indians had the bulk of the illicit liquor … their municipalities stood forth as the…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… tells us about the past through the spoken word as told by one generation to the next. It is also an important way to … same. It is possible that as the…