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ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… As part of the governmental process for transformation of … Education Minister Naledi Pandor and African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
… After his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and … in 1931 and 1936. She was active in the…
BiographyAmina Desai
… her husband, Suliman Mohammed Desai, a Transvaal Indian Congress activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business. Political…
Albert Bawo-Dlamini
… Albert Bawo-Dlamini, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) died on 17 March …
Sparks Mahamba
… Sparks Mahamba was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Mahamba was killed in the Third Battle of the Wankie…
BiographyPepsi Mahlangu
… Pepsi Mahlangu was the chairperson of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in KwaThema, Springs. A member of the African National Congress (ANC)…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the headwaters of the Senegal and Niger rivers and controlling the…
Andrew Majane
… Andrew Majane was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we …
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1858, who befriended King … grabbing settlers. Cecil John Rhodes who…
BiographyJ. Nkampeni
… and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress . Leader of the Korsten ratepayers and played an active part in ……
BiographyD Fuyani
… Fuyani was a factory worker. He was the rural organiser of the African National Congress , and prominent in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. … Member of the…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union … in the mid 1980s. In 1982, Mabaxa became…
BiographyAbdulla Ismail Kajee
… businessman and the dominant figure in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1930s to 1945, when militants … Hindus and various followers split,…
BiographyMartha Mohlakoane
… Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for 22 years. Mohlakoane joined the African National Congress in…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… Eastern Cape] on 9 March 1920. He completed eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a … and wrote for The World . He joined the…
BiographySaul Msane
… in the Eastern Cape. In 1892 he undertook a concert tour of Europe together with a Zulu choir. In approximately 1907 … In 1901 he became a founder member of…
BiographyMfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose
… in 1935. As a student, he was influenced by the writings of Samuel Krune Mqhayi. With no other prospects for a viable … people in the military. He joined the…
BiographyJ. E. Malepe
… A leader of the African National Congress Youth League during the 1940s, he was elected to the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… The Empire of Mali was one of the largest empires in West African History, and at its … it spanned from the Atlantic Coast to central parts of the Sahara…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town Some years ago, a small body of artists clubbed … A…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… Map Description 1554 The earliest obtainable map of the whole continent of Africa. Because it was issued with some variations in both of Münster's very…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… first democratic constitution - the interim constitution of 1993. The Court, the key institution of our constitutional democracy, continues to function under…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… The arrival of the British at the Cape changed the lives of the people that were already living there. Initially … and Forced Labour Model. This was the…
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… in ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptians are the inventors of another feature of civilization still existing today - the complete dictator! … through priests and…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes … it is the general consensus that credit for the discovery of the…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it was unveiled by President Nelson Mandela. 2006 February,…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. An advocate…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers of these books and the…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… A legacy is the long-term effect of something. A person or an event or a piece of writing from the past may still shape what people believe … and how they…