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The National Anthem
… note that the sheet music is in .pdf format (245 KB). History A proclamation issued by the (then) State President …
ArticleRock Art
… possible (Lewis-Williams, D. 1981). Ethnology and oral history has been used to obtain information about "Bushman" …
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… between 1750 and 1850. Change is the driving force in history. Without change there would be no progress. As a …
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… [i] Wright, E. (ed.). 2015. Oxford dictionary of world history. United Kingdom: oxford Press. page 536 ↵ [ii] …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… 1983 the UDF leadership sought unions support. ( For more history on the UDF, click on the hyperlink above. ) Growing …
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… P. Svensson, eds., Agricultural transformation in a global history perspective, 139. ↵ [6] N. Worden, Slavery in Dutch … language of the Union of South…
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… survive in Southern Africa, the one above at the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo and the other in the Museum Africa … deteriorated and in 1964 it was sent…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… 24 May 2012) Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day In African History’, from About Africa History, [online], available at www.afriacanhistory.about.com …
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… World Cup finals. References: Resha R. (1957), 'Sporting History is Made' from New Age, 14 March 1957 (Available at … 'Football in South Africa - timeline'…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… The information scandal: africacrime-mystery.co.za History: south-african-hotels.com South African History Online: sahistory.org …
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… where she is said to have developed a profound interest in history. Campbell was well known for her private collection … to write their family stories, in…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… in South Africa. Click here to read our This Day in History entry: Major political organisations sign the … here to read the resolution. References: South…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… is primairly a collection of portraits it is also a 'history-in-the-round' of the last sixty years, as seen from a … on the same events creates a three…
PlaceAngola
… Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical … Early Inhabitants of Angola Because of a reliance on oral history, and…
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… of the Eastern Cape province. Stutterheim has a rich history that makes for fascinating reading. From the Xhosa … any African literature and fiction for…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… Visitors who wish to explore South Africa’s politics and history, may opt for a number of organised social, historic … tours. These tours take you back in…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… in the Year of the Jameson Raid. It’s a House filled with History and the Personalities of the Original family … for 121 years is a miracle; the vicissitudes…
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
… of Assisi Parish Church Celebrated its Bicentenary. The History of the first Anglican Church in Southern Africa, is … who sadly passed away on 12 July 2014,…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… about FOSATU click here (a paper by Nicole Ulrich at Wits History Dept., titled "The Origins of FOSATU: The emergence … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… Location: back to this day in history search archive  An estimated 60,000 delegates and … at un.org [accessed: 13 August 2010] South African History Online…
PlacePolokwane
… collection of South African art, check out the early history of the city in the fascinating photographs on display … with a comprehensive collection of…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli … Luthuli's Nobel Prize came at a critical…
ArticleMafika Gwala School Debate Contest 2020
… Topic One: Government should make South African History compulsory for all students in high school. Winner …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… This working class did not suddenly appear. It has a history, and we can learn significant lessons from this history. We need to understand the forces that…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… of Johannesburg. There for the first time in South African history black and white jazz musicians could meet on a … South Africans. With the removal and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… an entirely Eurocentric curriculum focused on British history. His history teacher, Weaver Newana, adds his own oral history to the narratives about the…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… BROWNLEE, Charles. 1896. Reminiscences of Kafir Life and History. Lovedale: Lovedale Mission Press. BURCHELL, William … 20th of July 1896. Cape Town: WA…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… Kadalie. Photograph by L.T. Majola © Bailey's African History Archive During the 1930s attempts at organising … to organise along racial lines. South African…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… our own, to listen to our own, and to speak to our own. History has determined this concrete reality and so shall it … Beyond the shop floor, Cosatu has…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… in the context of Islam and in the context of Algeria’s history. Context The history of Algeria and the religion of Islam overlap in many … within the…