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Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… of unorganised or unregistered groups of workers in all industries. The Act aimed to raise the wages of … that there was a need to fix a minimum for Black…
ArticleEOAN Group
… The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and … drama, singing, painting and sewing…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… Another settlement feature points to another Nguni trait. In Badfontein settlements, the cattle track leads to a … of stonewalled settlement also occurs on…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… 000 years ago (100 BC), life began to change significantly in the Western part of Southern Africa. Herders, also known … and pastures along it. There is…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Background Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process … was appointed to improve the affairs of coloured…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… the two main types of indigenous or traditional healers in South Africa. Isangomas Isangomas are spiritual healers … who diagnose illness. People often visit…
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… to influence the political, economic and ideological life in South Africa today. SAHO will over time present a series of articles linked to Afrikaner…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… In 1893 the first 'locations' were established under the … When the 'Coolie location' was struck by bubonic plague in 1904, many of the evacuees moved to the…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… a formal statement of its constitutional proposals in September 1991. 14 September 1991: The National Peace … Accord (NPA) singing ceremony is held at the…
Masimba Sasa
… Born: Harare, Zimbabwe, 1983. Resides in Johannesburg. Studied at the Harare National Polytechnic … Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg. Received a Diploma…
The Children’s Charter
… Children’s rights and responsibilities In any society, it is very important that children are … of the Rights of the Child so South Africa is not alone in…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… legislature to hear the ANC’s demands. 18 February 1992: In Working Group 2 on constitutional principles, the ANC … March 1992: The Referendum is held, with…
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… 25 May 1646 : His father, Adrian van der Stel dies in the line of duty and the family moves to Batavia. 1659 : … at the Cape, accompanied by his four sons…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… that were not overtly political also played a part in dissolving the central features of Apartheid. From the late 1970s, informal settlements were springing…
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
… an award for exceptional and distinguished contributions in the following categories. The struggle for democracy … Community service Organisation This Order…
ArticleInqaba ya basebenzi
… Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African … wage and exploitation of workers. Trade union action in the…
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… This means separate from one another or not linked in any way. Free and fair elections: These are elections in which all citizens are allowed to participate…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 4 'Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering': report in the South African Worker 31 January 1929 The Seventh … and Johannesburg branches, the 'real…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… themselves up at the nearest police station. This was done in an attempt to clog the system. Sharpeville residents awoke to find letters in their mail box…
EPILOGUE
… that your reply has not addressed the issues I raised in my memorandum of the 26th June, 1992. Instead, you … and blatant party political propaganda involved…
Imvaba Arts Association
… Established in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, in 1986, Imvaba Arts Association worked closely with artists in New Brighton, Kwazakhele and Motherwell…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 3: The French Revolution
… of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, … last for 10 years. The Revolution…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… National Archives The government archives service in South Africa houses and preserves the state records and … least thirty years old are transferred to…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… the ambitious work and I hardly recall a music performance in Cape Town that got close to the stuff they dished out at … quality of a concert like Toumani…
The National Animal
… areas and open grass plains and is thus found especially in the Free State, North West Province and in the Karoo right up to the west coast. Springbucks move…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… touch a little bit on your early life, when you were born in South Africa; where, exactly, were you born? SS Well it … west; what, south-west of Durban; area…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different … As pioneering DJs like Oscar "Warona" Mdlongwa, explains:" In…
ArticleZulu Family History
… Margaret’s Church, Nongoma. Buthle MaMathe, born c1951. In May 1996, she and her daughter were seriously wounded in an assault during which they were…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
… Air pollution The ways in which we travel have changed a lot over the last few … faster, easier and sometimes cheaper. But the developments in technology…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
… A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley … further, and duly enrolls at the…