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PlaceBishopscourt, Cape Town
Bishopscourt, Cape Town, was a prime example of the Group Areas Act's cruel impact, where non-white families (the Protea Village community) were forcibly…
PlaceElands Bay Cave
… Hart, & Parkington (1995) researched seal bones to construct the timing and the duration of hunter-gatherer …
PlaceWinnie Mandela Drive, Johannesburg
The road was named after William Nicol, the Administrator of the Transvaal, at the time of construction. It was changed in 2024 to the: 'Winnie Mandela Drive'…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… new birth will signal the wonder that we have begun to construct a new social order. It will say to us and to the …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… The Unlawful Organisations Act No. 34 comes into effect. Under this Act any organisation deemed a threat to the public … announces that the ANC and the PAC…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… sufficient prisoners to contribute to the labour demand. Under colonialism, prison camps were widely used by colonial … in general. This favoured his…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… to address the specific challenges faced by black women under apartheid. The organisation emerged from AZAPO's … Women's Federation (BWF). The BWF, formed in…
Challenges to capitalism; Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Communist state
… will be made in 2010. Note: Some grade 11 sections are under construction and still link to old content. Also note, …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… socialism within the party. [xvi] The party has also come under criticism from the Democratic Alliance (DA) for …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… on March 5, by the British District Magistrate of Surat under Regulation XXXV of 1827 and removed to Yeravda Prison. … 1931. 1932 January 4, Gandhi: Arrested…
ANC National Disciplinary Committee, 29 February 2012, Luthuli House, Johannesburg
… sought to portray the ANC government and its leadership under President Zuma in a negative light in relation to the … is maintained in pursuit of the…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… book and other police harassment and resolves to “suffer under the system until I have defeated it”. Works temporarily … 12 August, Sisulu and others are…
PlaceSwakopmund, Namibia
… and is the result of a largely unsuccessful attempt to construct the artificial harbour (as South Africa owned the …
PlaceOrlando Stadium
This was the site of the first stadium in Soweto, officially opened in 1959. For almost 50 years this was a famous home of soccer, associated with a host of…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… first half of 1976, many people left South Africa mainly under the auspices of the African National Congress (ANC) to …
ArticleMcGill University Project
… History students working under Dr. Jon Soske from McGill University have successfully …
PlaceVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
Victoria Falls is known locally as 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', which translates to “The Smoke that Thunders”. This nickname is iconic and discribes the sounds of the…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… and the administration of justice. [xi] Chieftaincy under British Colonial Rule Under British colonial rule, the British administration … inconsiderate…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… as overall responsible Agency. At local level Khami falls under the Western Region administrative unit and a project …
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… a doctorate on Jean-Paul Sartre at the University of Paris under Professor Jean Wahl 1964-1966 Travels in Italy, … the defence in the trial of 9 Black…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… National Congress (ANC) and the South African government under President FW de Klerk. Prior to a planned protest march … President de Klerk on the grounds…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… them. 4 June On the Eastern front, four Russian armies under General Alexei Brusilov launch an offensive along a 300 … 15 mile front. 1 July 1916 The Battle…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
… its ideals as founded in shared values—not the ingratiated construct that beleaguers the nationalism playing out in … entailed refashioning chiefs into…
ArticleBattle of Blood River 1838
… 1838, a battle was fought between the Voortrekkers, under the leadership of Andries Pretorius , and the AmaZulu …
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women …
Pedi
… Migrant labour was also a prominent feature of life under apartheid, as population increases in homelands or … have now reoccupied their land or are…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… as Mkhumbane in Temeke (Tanzania) outside the country, under the command and mentorship of Ntate Mashego and the … an issue that gave rise to a vast number…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… of the Congo (DRC) when it became an independent republic under Patrice Lumumba in 1960. July 1961, M.P. Naicker … a 'named communist', A. Maharchand, Dr…
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… as an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture under the name Performing Arts Centre of the Free State , …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… in locations, but actually expropriates Indian property. Under the pretext of Sanitation, the Act is enforced to … representation, through special White…