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PlaceTranskei
… An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the … a complex re-allocation of lands with "friendly" groups being allocated land in…
Grade 4 Archive
… that is no longer required in the curriculum. Origins of major world religions reflected in SA: Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives…
ArticleMaritime history and heritage: shipwrecks
… Shipwrecks have always held a specific allure. The promise of hidden treasure, the unexplored and underwater adventure … provide maritime archaeologists with…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… UNO South Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for the first time in 1946 by India regarding the treatment of people of Indian…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… and young workers who shared the interests and aspirations of COSAS but could not belong to it. In 1982, a COSAS … Commission was established to investigate…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction after the Second … seems to have been abandoned fairly…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West … seriously injured. Following the open…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… Cape Town, 1st April, 1929 1 There are times when leaders of people, especially political leaders, should endeavour to … man for the first time in the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the summit on rural Safety and Security Midrand, 10 October 1998
… Chairpersons Members of the Cabinet Delegates Other than our legislative bodies, … the deliberations. I would also like to thank you all for being here. Your…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… the New National Party (NNP), was disbanded and some of its members joined the ANC. NNP leader Marthinus van … resigns from his position as Member of…
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… In mid 1906, the Natal colonialist in the face of rising Zulu resentment against the imposition of a 'Poll Tax' unleashed one of the most brutal and bloody ……
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary … representation for Coloureds and…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
… trade unions had a decisive role in the political life of the territory that became the Union of South Africa and later the Republic of South Africa. Such ……
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… This article was written by Jerry Saena and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … which assisted with her important role in…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… that followed, four White people were killed. The Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws (commonly known as Defiance Campaign) started … killed two White people…
Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC)
… organisations led to NAPAC going through a process of transformation and between 1993 and 1994 it was restructured. This in turn led to many being retrenched…
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … would look upon the S.A.I.C. 'as the only representative body…
PlaceMorgan Bay-Gxarha
… The Eastern Cape Wild Coast runs along a rugged coast of untouched shorelines, Shipwrecks and traditional Xhosa … Bay Hotel; has a climbing wall and mountain…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.1 1992
… Contents and Contributors comment-AW Oliphant, Fragments of a dream by Zachoriah Rapola, The House of Raydon by Patrick Sekhula, Independence by EM Macphail,…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu Natal – KZN) saw a … of workers with an evocative description of culture…
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… mass meeting was called in Lenasia, an Indian suburb south of Johannesburg. The purpose of the meeting was to mobilse the Indian community to boycott … South…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… his wife Hawa, in Schweizer Reneke, . He is the fourth of six children. Ironically, the midwife who delivered … midwife known as Ouma Oosthuizen. 1938…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa people South African … to confine them to the nominally self-governing…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being incarcerated due to petty and severe apartheid laws. Between the 1960s and the unbanning of…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… Girls’ College. She then went on to receive a Master of Arts degree from Natal University, which is now the … time. He was quoted saying “What is urgently…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… the world like around 1600? Europe is considered as one of the world’s major super powers which played a significant … topic one, which is The World Around…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… sportspersons and administrators were in the vanguard of this front of the anti-apartheid struggle. I would like to … Table Tennis Board (SATTB) in 1956 and…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… Principal Town of the Magisterial District and Division of George, on the … of Commissioners was elected in 1837, and from 1884 this body was called the…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… Ministers; Guests; Friends and compatriots. When the women of South Africa converged on these Union Buildings forty … South Africans, particularly women, to…
PlaceStikland Cemetery
… a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the establishment of a new…