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… The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as a … many grievances. This included black dissatisfaction with the South Africa Act of 1910 that established the Union of South Africa, their treatment after the South …

… Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first Europeans set foot on South African soil for the first time. BP = Before present, calculated backwards …

… Introduction In a democratic society, the observance of chieftaincy faces many problems. One of the key issues relates to chieftaincy operating on principles … system is patriarchal, has largely excluded women from the office, and supports customary laws that are oppressive …

… When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van Riebeeck formally established …

… 1824 The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the Tyume valley in 1824. 1877 The first biography ever …

… been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the establishment of Union of South Africa in 1910. With the adoption of the Union Constitution Act of 1910 the two dominant white …

… Strikes in the Schools Presumably, not all students of the earlier generation 'worshipped the school authorities'! The first, recorded stoppages of …

… is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction after the Second South African War of 1899 to 1902. The women, Florence Phillips (1863-1940) and Emily Hobhouse …

… David Ivon Jones was the secretary of the ISL, who had been instrumental in forming the first black trade union - the Industrial Workers of …

… West Rand on 5 September. Today, he like many activists of the South African socialist movement and other stalwarts of the liberation struggle, such as Bunting, Kotane and Roux, … political legacy, covering a number of fields spanning the relationship between transnational identity, racial …

… The apartheid era was characterised by different resistances such as the Sharpeville massacre , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The … B, Sinwell, L and Xezwi B. (2012). Marikana: a view from the mountain and a case to answer . Johannesburg: Jacana …

… Islam What do Muslims believe? This is the Arabic script for Allah.Source: www.webislam.com Muslims … in Arabic and a Muslim is a person who submits his life to the way and authority of Allah. This means that everything in … God's control. A Muslim is also someone who can repeat the Shahada, which is a declaration of faith, and understands …

… Elsie Francina Steyn 1835 Paul Kruger's father situated on the Caledon river 1836 The Krugers become Voortrekkers, the young Paul Kruger becomes witness to the battle of Vegkop …

… from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they open a small … Kathrada and his wife Hawa, in Schweizer Reneke, .  He is the fourth of six children. Ironically, the midwife who delivered Kathrada, was an Afrikaner midwife …

… into a legislative body (Parliament), Executive body ( the Cabinet, who are also members of Parliament) and independent Judiciary (the Courts). The Cabinet ministers are the ones who make sure the …

… on petrol depots at Watloo near Mamelodi. En route, ‘the Trio’ realised they were being tailed by the police. In an attempt to escape, they took refuge in a … Bank in Silverton, Pretoria. They held 25 civilians in the bank hostage, making a number of demands, including a …

… 1910 February 26, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi supports the  African Peoples’ Organisation  (APO) resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales as a day of mourning in protest against …

… The Progressive Federal Party (PFP), successor to the Progressive Party (PP), was formed after a group of liberal members of the United Party (UP), broke away to form a parliamentary …

… The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was … Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo ja Toivo. The party was originally formed to advocated immediate … Namibian independence from South Africa and became the country’s leading party following independence in 1990. …

… educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa by Marcus Garvey Introduction Over the years the African continent has and in many instances …

… born in Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal. 1958 Zuma joins the African National Congress (ANC)  and through its youth structure the ANC Youth League  (ANCYL). 1959 Zuma joins the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)  and …

… The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale …

… Background and policy of apartheid Before we can look at the history of the apartheid period it is necessary to understand what … it affected people. What was apartheid? Translated from the Afrikaans meaning 'apartness', apartheid was the ideology …

… 22 June 1946 — The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be …

… The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s origins came about as result of the lack of …

… 1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from … Washington-based study in May 2003. Some sources say that the jump of the disease from animals to humans was made even earlier in …

… expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being … and were growing in size. More and more Africans moved to the city. As the African working class grew in Johannesburg, the …

… article was written by Carly Spagnola and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Since the beginning of the struggle of apartheid in 1948, women were at the … 2nd, 2014].|  SPEAK Collective. (November, 1985) “Sweeping the Streets of KwaMashu” SPEAK 9. Available at …

… The establishment of Drum Magazine in the 1950s, notwithstanding the newly-elected Nationalist Party’s policy of Apartheid, reflected the dynamic changes that were taking place among the new …

… Where is Great Zimbabwe? The Great Zimbabwe ruins date from the Iron Age and lie between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the Limpopo Province east …