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Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… One of South Africa's most valuable assets is the vibrant civil society that its people forged in the struggle for … right to confront the difficult issues…
ArticleThe missionaries
… by missionaries. Well-known leaders in South African history such as Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , Mangaliso Robert … education from mission schools. As the…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… and 1933. It was the worst economic disaster in American history. Farm prices fell so drastically that many farmers … Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… and Smallholding Irrigation Schemes in South Africa: A History and New Institutional Challenges, University of … and Smallholding Irrigation Schemes in South…
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
… to be awarded to South African citizens for distinguished service. The service awarded is well above and beyond the ordinary call of … Science, medicine and…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… are played in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (between White civil servants and soldiers). 1879 Pietermaritzburg County … Football Associations (FIFA) announced…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… advent to democracy in 1994, public protests either service delivery protest, protest against undemocratic laws … in protest action since 2009. These…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… oppressor. Indeed, Afrikaans has a violent and racist history of oppression during the eras of White Afrikaner … government (including police officers,…
PlaceChad
… area which is now known as Chad has a long and complicated history. It was a central part of some of Africa's greatest … extract work from prisoners [lxviii]…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… gold, silver and bronze medals for long and distinguished service in the struggle for freedom and democracy. …
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… who established the first passenger stage-coach service between Pietersburg (now Polokwane) and Bulawayo (in … survive in Southern Africa, the one above at…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. History of cotton in the Southern United States of America, the start of the Civil War, and the end of slavery. Series…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… South African World Heritage Sites Land dispossession history of South Africa 19th century South Africa South … the Natal Indian Association (NIA) on 9…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
… play a central role in different areas such as politics, civil service, business and civil society. As we gather to reflect on the journey of the …
PlaceWakkerstroom
… and bustle of city life. Mpumalanga, is a town rich in History and natural beauty. Originally inhabited by the San … The Town has played a significant role…
The Lessons of the Transition Era, Inequality and the Politics of Universal Health Care: Re-visiting the Proposals of the Macro-Economic Research Group (MERG) and the Reconstruction and Development Programme by Robert Van Niekerk
… which was a core demand emerging from the anti-apartheid civil society and the progressive trade-union movement. In … of a de-commodified, people centred…
BiographyCassim Mahomed Lakhi
… instead. He was appointed lecturer in the Department of History of Art. He headed the Department from its inception …
BiographyKewpie
… District Six” unearthed an entire archive of local queer history. In 2018, the annual District Six Heritage Day Parade …
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… it to Castro's historical speech at his own trial - "HISTORY WILL ABSOLVE ME". My Basotho clients complained that … the church, and the mines and with…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… the pace of the government’s assaults. A programme of civil disobedience was eventually proposed to counter what … was path-breaking action which “would…
EventAmichand Rajbansi threatens non-cooperation with the James Commission
… to offer his close allies liquor licenses, influence the civil service appointments and promotions, and that he had …
Document 26 - Nelson Mandela’s reply to F. W. De Klerk
… by the apartheid government. Rationalisation of the Public Service Rationalisation of the public Service must happen must take into account the auditing ……
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
In the 1970s, Petrus Nyawose worked as a bouncer at The Paradise, a popular nightclub in Durban. Nyawose spent most of his working hours at the offices of the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… of Egyptian civilization, that we cannot separate the history of Egypt from its geography and other natural … and other structures. The royal household,…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… Orange Free State Republics. In the encyclopaedia the 'New History of South Africa' (2007) the authors claim that the … May 1902, and it remains a powerful…
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… in April 1994. There is little doubt that coming from a history of a racially divided society, people voted for their … issue based, promoting the interests…
ArticleThe Homelands
… White South Africa. Segregation took place throughout the history of South Africa during the Apartheid era. Segregation … The Act did not give Blacks South…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… organisations. This ushered in a new period in the history of the ANC and of the UDF . As the ANC moved back … their support and help to the ANC; or they…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when … in exchange for land in South America. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1820,…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… protest, including “immediate and active boycott, strike, civil disobedience, and non-co-operation,” (as stated in the … marked one of the most important…