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ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the verandah AMATHURI - Verandah IBADI - Door IBALELO - … at the indoor apex of a roof. This is…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Fighters (EFF) announced its formation on 27 July, 2013 in Soweto. The party was formed by former ANC Youth League … for economic emancipation, calling for …
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… 1869 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born in Porbandar, Gujarat, India 1883 Gandhi marries KasturbaiMakhanji in an arranged child marriage 1888 He travels to…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the … the black population reason to expect better conditions. In 1944, the ANC Youth League (ANCYL)…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… debate. The background to this event can be found in two concurrent historical processes of the 1820s and the … to more than 15 000 of these frontier farmers…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major political significance. In his message to…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… to begin addressing these topics is by acknowledging that in a country like South Africa, there is not one heritage, or … within South Africa’s borders. This…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… sexual intercourse between White and Black people. Amended in 1957 as Act 23. Suppression of Communism Act, Act No 44 of … district and was precluded from…
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… was The Guardian. The Guardian itself was founded in 1937 by trade unionists, university professors and some communists. It became a leading voice in the…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… I was born on the 11th of September 1965. I grew up in Johannesburg in an Afrikaans family. I went to the University Of Pretoria … me on to study further and…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 unions mainly representing White … Coloured and Indian workers. Initially,…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… nationalist Gavrilo Princip. The assassination itself set in motion the network of military alliances that had been set … Empire, and his wife Sophie are…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal … and intellectual whose…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal … and intellectual whose…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… into Biko’s death revealed otherwise. During his detention in a Port Elizabeth prison cell he had been chained to a grill at night and left to lie in urine…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… African people are converted to Christianity every day and in Nigeria about 20 new religious sects or groups come into … every week and millions of Muslim…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… first 12 free burghers settle along the Liesbeeck River in the Cape to cultivate land to provide ships stopping at … at the Cape but are unsuccessful and…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… as an inspiration to us all. At her marriage to Walter in 1944, Albertina was warned in a speech by Anton Lembede, an ANC Youth League activist. … to each…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… Enoch Mgijima, who had already gained quite a reputation in his region as a lay preacher and as an independent … evangelist, has a vision while hunting small…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… The early 1980s There was little change in the situation from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the crisis of the early and mid-70s, ……
The Origin of People
… with other animals. What makes people so special? In what ways do people differ from other animals? Skeletons in the cupboards Have you heard the expression…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism … and sport. Organisation This Order…
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… South Africa, and the liberation of culture and of minds in South Africa. Articles in any languages that speaks of freedom, of justice and of democracy are…
Lerato Maduna
… Lerato Maduna was born in Soweto in 1985. Studied various courses in photography at The Market Photo Workshop including the …
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as a result of many grievances. This included black … the way for the establishment of the Union of…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… approximately half of the entire African workers employed in Durban, had come out on strike. South Africa’s Apartheid … looked like a spontaneous strike,…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… the African National Congress was a live organization in that part of the country. His name and that of the late … with the properties which Congress…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… working off and on for almost thirty years on a project in this village, documenting the life of a man named Petros Mulaudzi and his family. In February 2010…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1941 Born in Cape Town of British parents c. 1947-58 At school in Cape Town 1953 Father dies 1958 Matriculates from St … Philosophy, University of Cape Town…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… past may still shape what people believe and how they live in society today. The Declaration of the Rights of Man One of … The document is about how people…