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Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… fulfilled her mother’s dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her journey led her to become a founding … of Documents Act of 1952,…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut (AHI – in English the Afrikaans Commercial Institute) was formed … on successive governments to ensure a supply of cheap black…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… from Langa and Nyanga to the police headquarters in Caledon Square. The protesters offered themselves up for … civilians and three non-White police officers…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into institutionalized racism … building a network of LPSA branches in Natal…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… did not begin with the passing of the Native Land Act in 1913, it spans back to the expansion of Dutch colonial … of South Africa, which was accomplished in…
Archive25 Years of Democracy and Now!
… Republic of South Africa. Ever since the dawn of Democracy in 1994 the country has witnessed numerous changes. I would … killing of women and children since…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic had now been … The period after the republic saw a…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in power since the transition to democracy in April 1994. The … Bloemfontein, with the aim of fighting…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… think and dream for the Afrikaners. How had I come so far in the struggle with such little knowledge of their collective mindset; of their national-socialist…
Make your own ROCK ART
… Use the favourite colours of the San. Hint: They liked black, brown, red, yellow and white. Why not paint … paint the outline of the hunting or animal onto…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… In September 1984, riots broke out in the Transvaal and … killing thousands of people and destroying property. Some black people died from so-called black-on…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Background Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process … participation of Coloured and Indian people and…
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… and economic progress by the people of the whole world. We in South Africa are part of the zone in which national … grew into maturity; a period in which,…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… touch a little bit on your early life, when you were born in South Africa; where, exactly, were you born? SS Well it … form I could see, and understand,…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an ambiguity … culturally Eurocentric voice who, as Disgrace…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they … South Africa according to race. The social segregation of Black, Coloured and…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… and ideologically incorrect. Instead of a progressive rise in our political and economic status, the non-European … of the Union of South Africa were raised…
ArticleSS Mendi
… the greatest wartime maritime disaster ever suffered in South Africa. During the First World War , there was a … Davies Image source The concept of training…
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… Chief Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi, the Coloured Labour Party , Black Sash , and the South African Institute of Race … NIC and SASO activists distributed…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the … the second Constitution. This also took away…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… After the Anglo-Boer War, there were six British colonies in South Africa. They were all separate, with their own … They got this idea possibly because many…
Speech on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the ANC, Lusaka by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1972
… and multiplied and can, today, count a series of victories in the struggle of Man for freedom and dignity. This struggle … by foreigners and the opening of a…
PlaceObservatory
… from the Royal Observatory, which was established there in 1821. It's an arty district locally known as ' Obs '. The … easy-going bars, live music and lots…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… workers to take their proper place and to play a full part in the national liberatory movement. This will be seen … discussions and resolutions of the Second…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… support of vast populations. Image Source Introduction: In the previous section, we have covered issues of race and … views and opinions of 85% of country’s…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… new, more draconian legislation – they played their part in weakening the liberation movement organizationally. One … to its political advantage, bringing…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… was systematised. The intention of the National Party in 1948 was to reinforce constitutionally the segregation of the Black populations of South Africa from…
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
… its conference of the Transvaal section, and once again as in the July and December conferences the fatal weakness of … again urged to "unite." But when it…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… , namely Milner’s Scorched Earth policy that left farms in ruins. [2] Under these circumstances many impoverished … Poor whites also viewed themselves as…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… did Australian government policies and legislation succeed in perpetuating racism and the dehumanization of the Aborigines in the 19th and 20th centuries?…