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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…
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…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… another platform for this line. Buoyed by a mandate in favour of organising African unions from the overwhelming … call for government recognition of African…
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…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… the descendants of the original Homo sapiens who lived in South Africa for at least 150 000 years. San cultural … SETTLERS: Europeans arrived at the Cape of…
Iliso Labantu Photo Group
… is a cooperative of township-based photographers, living in the Cape Town area, who have been working together since … been invited to exhibit work at three…
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… this topic Islam : the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of … of music, etc. before it has been…
ArticleKey terms with definitions for this topic
… Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of … of music, etc. before it has been printed Mecca: a…
The oldest forms of human communication
… . The site also includes interesting ideas for games in the classroom. San hunter-gatherers and the Khoi-Khoi … history books taught, inaccurately, that…
June 17
… and hand machine carbines had taken up strategic positions in the township. Helicopters flew overhead. The army was on … Manie Mulder announced that nearly…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia. Among other reasons for the outpost … its name from Jan Bloem II, the leader…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… was divided, with verligtes and verkramptes pulling in different directions. It was subsequently also schizophrenic in its approach to reforms, abolishing…
Professor Zakes Mda review of Robert Mcbride A coloured Life
… sources. It is a scholarly work, yet it prides itself in lucidity and avoids unnecessary jargon...In its multi-disciplinary approach it will be an … who want…
Indian South Africans timeline 2000s
… 16 November, Billy Nair is given a given a state funeral in Durban, a testament to the esteem he was held in as a fighter for liberation. 16 December,…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… the total number of registered male voters was 11 439 740. In total, 25 364 669 South Africans were registered to vote in the 2014 general elections. 7…
ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
… With no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National … using violence. Secondly, this group objected to clauses in the…
ArticleBonani Africa Online Exhibition 2010
… Many of the essays in the Bonani Africa 2010 Exhibition that straddle the twin … and the margins is where many of the photographers, in this exhibition, work…
ArticleA White Referendum
… – it baulked at allowing Coloureds and Indians a vote in the referendum, anticipating a low turnout or rejection. In the end, 76% of the 2,5 million eligible…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… for parliamentary representation for Coloureds and Indians in one of three separate chambers, a supposed reform and … order, the process represented Indians…
ArticleThe Order of Luthuli
… conflict resolution. Organisation The order can be awarded in three categories: Category 1 = Gold Category 2 = Silver … and first African recipient of the…
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… had been relocated as a result of the Group Areas Act . In contrast, a mere 817 white families were resettled, mostly to better areas. 1984 Billy Nair…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… and Krotoa were ferried oor die see, oor die see, in die eiland stemertjie every time they incurred the wrath … row into Blaauwbergstrand, unspotted, dazed…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… 26, 1931. 1932 January 4, Gandhi: Arrested at night in Bombay under Bombay Regulation XXXV of 1827 and interned in the Yeravda Prison soon after return to…
ArticleGreater St. Lucia Wetland
… park. It stretches from Mapelane, or Cape St. Lucia, in the South to Kozi Bay in the North. The towns of St Lucia, Mtubatuba, Hluhluwe, … and drier woodland…
ArticleEarly civilisations
… In various parts of the world, different civilizations arose. Many of these major civilizations were located in fertile areas near large rivers. Most of…
ArticlePondoland
… situated on the South African coast of the Indian Ocean , in the Eastern Cape Province. The boundaries of Pondoland are the Mtamvuna River in the north,…
CAPS Grade 6: The Transatlantic Slave Trade - term 2
… the European slave trade · The nature of slavery in West Africa before Europeans · Slavery in the American south - Plantations:…
Why did so few Black South Africans make films before the 1990s?
… Afrikaans film makers) and an often-hostile environment. In addition there was legislation that forbad black and coloured people from taking the lead roles…