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ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… War was the flow of Western funding to UNITA. During the 1980s, UNITA was supplied with US$80-million in arms, …
Article50 Facts on Africa
… still used today. Lithium Ion Batteries (Morocco) In the 1980s, Rachid Yazami invented lithium ion batteries which are …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… in South Africa that swept through the country in the 1980s, and the changing geopolitical circumstances on the …
PlaceSenteeko Dam
Senteeko Dam, officially "My Own Dam" near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to severe erosion and undercutting of…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
The first International Women's Day was launched in several European countries in March 1911. It was celebrated on 19 March and over a million men and women…
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
… as well as the last major town in South Africa on the only main road north, before the border into Namibia . Springboks …
PlaceLimietberg Nature Reserve, Paarl
… your picnic baskets or proceeding. We proceeded to the main waterfall. Getting to the waterfall is no child’s play. …
PlaceSedibeng District Municipality
… Vaal Oewer; Vanderbijlpark; Vereeniging and Vischkuil. The Main Economic Sectors are: Manufacturing (30.8%), Government …
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… in our own ranks. So, We can distinguish the three main causes of our defeats ”¢ Segregationist outlook of the … Native Bills, a smashing attack on the non…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… Named Fort Frederick, after Frederick, Duke of York, its main function was to guard the landing place and water …
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… and restricted to King William’s Town, BCP became Biko’s main outlet for political activity. Although the state …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… holds a commemoration meeting and asks him to deliver the main address. In his speech, Dadoo pays tribute to not only …
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… of Uruk. Image source The people Mesopotamia supported two main civilisations in the area, namely the Sumerians in the …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… The bill was introduced for many reasons but one of the main reasons was the Governments growing concern at the …
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… Hangberg self-identify as either Coloured or Khoisan . The main sources of employment are fishing, working at fish … categorized as: African. Lumber and…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… the workers and peasants. A number of variations in this main theme are admitted, depending on the relative strength … in the break-up of tribal society and…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… have now done everything within reason to address the main concerns of the Freedom Alliance. The fact is that the … for some time had a suspicion that the…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… students forwarded against forming an SRC? ANSWER: Their main argument was that an SRC would give credibility to an … last year, the SRC started to pick up…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
Note: All definitions are acquired through Google’s online English Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism…
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
… Workers of the World (IWW, the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left in South Africa in the …
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… up from the Cape Colony settled in the Transvaal. The main reef was discovered on the farm Langlaagte and many of …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the ANC’s manifesto launch 24 August 1995
… elect in the local government elections will become the main agents of change in your communities. When you choose …
PlaceDelmas
… mas which means ‘small farm’. The town is connected by two main roads, the R555 and the R50. The R50 north connects the …
PlaceRooigrond
… Town, which contrasts with its fascinating History. The Main Economy of this area is: Agriculture, Tourism and Mining. …
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… slogan of Sankara’s government. The leaders of the main opposition parties””a few of them Sankarist but most …
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… At the meeting itself, he was the keynote speaker and the main driving force behind the creation of the South African …
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
… committees, and sub-committees took place before the main bulk of the delegates arrived; the resolutions were … Every delegate, every reporter can tell him…
PlaceWinterton, Kwa Zulu-Natal
… companies serving the tourist industry congregate on the main street, which is closed for the day, to showcase the …
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
The Cape Town Suburb of Bothasig is known for the wonderful Christmas lights displays that residents have been putting up for the last few Years. Decorated…
PlaceAgulhas National Park
… Biodiversity Initiative, whose aim is to address the main threats to the globally significant: 'Lowland Fynbos …