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Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… us your comments on this debate. We will be posting all of your comments on our blog. Pledging to Debate History The … asking children to buy into the…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… as “the half-caste community that was a byproduct of the early contact between black and white.” His father, … James Henry Abrahams Deras was from Ethiopia,…
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… This centre was established in memory of Sarah Baartman who was transported in 1810 from South … (SBCWC) was opened in 1999 in response to the high rates of…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… the Indian community to link its destiny with that of the African majority, in building the unity of all the … the outlawing of the African National Congress…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… after it collapsed, any conclusions about the working of Fusion and its chances of long-term success if the Second … loss of ground to Dr Malan in the Cape…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… By Sara We salute one of our best known heroines of South Africa, Albertina … in February this year she was again prohibited, under the state of emergency,…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and … Questions we will pose include; how has the colonial…
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… First place: Fairouz West (Western Cape), ‘A history of sport’ Second place: Neo Panane (North West Province), ‘A history of my school’ Third place: Ideline…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… AND CIVIL SOCIETY ABOUT A MONUMENT AND SOME KIND OF OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE ARRIVAL DAY OF INDENTURED LABOURERS SINCE THE 1990S. … the experience of…
ArticleA White Referendum
… anticipating a low turnout or rejection. In the end, 76% of the 2,5 million eligible White voters cast their vote, and … it – setting the basis for the…
South African Student Organisation Leaders
… Island before going to Natal Aubrey Mokoena Local Chairman of SASO, University of the North. Dr. Ben Ngubane Dr. Nkosazana Zuma Thapelo … Eastern Cape Leader…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 28 May 1957 The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, … and the African people in particular…
Chapter 13
… Zig Zags of opportunism We have considered it necessary in the … to pause and deal in more detail with certain facets of the situation, the political…
ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
… contempt is also how Zuma seems to have regarded the rule of law and the millions of South Africans from whom almost … R9-billion rands was allegedly…
ArticleNational Newspapers and News Sites
… Newspapers and News Sites: Independent Online - Union of several South African newspapers such as Cape Argus, Cape … The Star Mail & Guardian - Formerly…
Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC)
… the Musicals department. In the late 1980s reductions in state funding and pressure from political organisations led to NAPAC going through a process of…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world. Therefore, what … and institutions. Civil society is…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… It was an event that in many ways shaped the history of 20th Century South Africa. The end of the war marked the … British rule. The two Boer republics of…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… A number of interrelated factors led to the South African War. The … British rule. The two Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, … …
ArticleAfrapix
… Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography … members driven by their opposition to apartheid and…
ArticleMapungubwe
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age … was settled even earlier. It seems that the centre of the state shifted from…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950, the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
… A map representing the ‘new’ Union of South Africa of 1956 (The British Cape Colony and the two Boer Republics: The Transvaal and the Orange Free State)…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… and deputations, but were not able to prevent the passing of the Land Act. Another deputation was sent to London and was received by the Secretary of State…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. Crossroads emerged … shelter. There were only a few houses. A…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … S.A.I.C. stand in a presidential address delivered at an…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… the city it is today are so often overlooked. In the light of Women’s Day, on the 59th anniversary of the 9 August 1956 … be called to the Cape Bar. 2…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… 1867 Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley. 1867 Diamond mining begins in Griqualand West. 1872 Introduction of pass laws to control labor…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… but protracted rebellion in the eastern districts of the Cape in what becomes known as the Third War of … Griqua at Klaarwater create the beginnings of a…