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ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… commuted to life imprisonment on the island of St. Helena. In 1910 they were granted amnesty and resumed their roles as … Dinizulu was arrested near Nongoma…
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… structures of support for all creative practitioners in South Africa. ‘Tsetlo’, Mongane Serote’s second book of … Colour, Where Black is the Number is banned…
The Order of the Southern Cross
… who have displayed singular and exceptional achievement in South Africa. It is awarded to very few individuals, more … Chris Barnard who performed the first…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… first formal settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British erected…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… new wages for dockworkers were not implemented, stevedores in Cape Town and Durban stopped work and demanded a minimum … Rumours of an upcoming strike at…
ArticleHeritage
… people. Some people relate to the idea of heritage in a personal way, while others see it as having a broader historical and political significance. In this…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… is a law passed by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All other laws must follow it. Other laws can be … law (laws that were brought by the…
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… adopts a resolution demanding that all political prisoners in South Africa be released. Organisation of African unity is … African countries united against…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… from Langa and Nyanga to the police headquarters in Caledon Square. The protesters offered themselves up for … The event has been seen by some as a turning…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… hunting and gathering for most of the last 100 000 years. In southern Africa the San people, who arrived thousands of … to cut up the animals they hunted and…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of diamonds at … these “reserves,” Africans are no longer…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Southern Methodist University Partnership Project
… with Southern Methodist University students enrolled in a “History of South Africa” course with Dr. Jill Kelly. … (2012-2013), twenty years of democracy …
Ayanda Ndamane
… Born: Lady Frere, Eastern Cape, 1983. Resides and works in Cape Town. He is presently in his third year of study in photography at the Cape Peninsula…
Krystal Kruger
… Born in Kenya on the 20th May 1988, came to South Africa for high … to study Fine Art at Rhodes University. I’m currently in my fourth year of studying…
Grade 10 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. The Slave Trade : One of the most controversial issues regarding European…
Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)
… PACT was founded in Pretoria on 3rd January 1963 with P.P.B Breytenbach as the … administration, that remained the pillar of support in the art and culture…
Belinka Unger & Jason Smith
… Belinka Unger , Born in Cape Town, 1973. Belinka has a Bachelor of Arts degree … from the University of Cape Town. Jason Smith , Born in Cambridge, England,…
Grade 9 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. Human rights issues during and after World … the Holocaust can help us to think…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town when African labour leader, H Selby Msimang convened a general meeting in Bloemfontein,…
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… a level of consciousness about the plight of Blacks in apartheid South Africa that could not be ignored. Contrary to expectation in White circles that the…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… have a heritage of telling stories, while others don’t. In previous times the development of written language history … children through stories, a tradition…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… went to collect taxes from the Hlongwa and Cele clans in the Silverstream district. The Hlongwas refused to pay. … pay their taxes. Another incident occurred…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… first annual National Congress held on 16-17 December 1972 in Hammanskraal Winnifred Kgware - President Chris M. … (SASO) Elected at the formal inauguration…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour … the world’s attention, when 34 mineworkers who took part in unprotected strike were shot and…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour … the world’s attention, when 34 mineworkers who took part in unprotected strike were shot and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… of Portuguese India, Francisco d' Almeida, is killed in a skirmish with Khoi-Khoi, probably due to a … and the Portuguese at the mouth of the Salt River in…
ArticleWages Commission
… with others, began to play an increasingly important role in the affairs of the Bolton Hall unions. NUSAS then formed … to gather information and publicise …
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012, the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour … the world’s attention, when 34 mineworkers who took part in an unprotected strike were shot…
Khaya Ngwenya
… Born: Durban, 1972. Resides and works in Johannesburg. Studied at Durban University of Technology where he obtained a National Diploma in Video Technology…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… part of the national consciousness. A person who was born in South Africa, for instance, has both a national South … that are very special and where animals…