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Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… of history and of written histories watershed - an event or period marking a turning point in a state of affairs … and could not possibly have a past worthy…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
… clean. There are a few roses in a patch of garden, and two or three out-houses which Kajee turned into Guest rooms for … of the country who came to enjoy his…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… But if they are destroyed, it cannot help them to argue or complain afterwards that it was their fate. The … African rulers, therefore, is the use they make…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… But if they are destroyed, it cannot help them to argue or complain afterwards that it was their fate. The … African rulers, therefore, is the use they make…
Chapter 8
… such a basis there is always the possibility of one or other section making use of the others for its own benefit. It was emphasised that a loose unity or ad…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… who see the settlement of 1994 as a “sell out” or part of a deal where the whites were “forgiven” as part of … customs of my tribe, I was not troubled by the…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… of a native bourgeoisie. If all the natives are workers or semi proletarian peasants, the distinction between a … is meaningless. Now if South Africa were…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… African Congress (PAC) to establish bases in Mozambique or to transport arms or personnel through Mozambican territory. Machel went into …
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… known to set foot on South African soil was Bartholomew (or Bartolomeu) Dias. In December 1487 Dias sailed down the … Bay. On 12 March 1488 Dias erected his…
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, thousands of Black men and … arrested for vagrancy, being shot at by Boer…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… Pretoria and annexed the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR or Transvaal Republic) as a British colony. In 1880 the Boers … independence, which was known as…
EventFirst Egyptian woman to file for divorce under new law
… to file for a divorce without having to prove physical or psychological abuse. Under Egypt’s Islamic law, Wafa … women to file for divorce only on grounds of…
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
… River. The name is said to be Swazi for "the large one' or 'eternal one'. Also recorded as 'Lugogodo'. The Mountain … as 'Logieskop', from Dutch-logies,…
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… existence is theirs as of historical right, like the Poles or Czechs. Four main conclusions can be drawn from these two … and economic exploitation of one…
ArticleHow to undertake research?
… the source credible? Who wrote it, and why? Is it biased or well-supported with evidence? Prioritise peer-reviewed … Identify and Solve Problems – Whether…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… an essential tool of the apartheid government's Bantustan (or homeland) policy aimed at stripping all Africans of any … to resettlement camps in the…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… [for South African nationality and the right to work or live in South Africa] because they will all be aliens, and …
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… no grounds to believe that government had acted "illegally or improperly". Since there has been a huge controversy …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… (voter turnout) was 16 228 462, the number of invalid or blank votes was 251 320, and the total number of valid …
ArticleSilverton Siege
… fire when he realised the police were in the building, or if the police fired first. Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… topic: South Africa before and in the build up to 1899 , or the background to the South African War, with a focus on …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… was because of Rajbansi’s self-proclaimed high principles or his unfailing instinct for survival, he re-emerged in the …
ArticleThe House in session
… of the Cabinet that I endorse decisions of the Cabinet or the policy of the National Party. . . . Our participation …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… By the late 1960s, the government had jailed, banned or exiled the majority of the Liberation Movement’s leaders. …
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for four or five months in detention, there was a widespread feeling … We were witnessing an increasing use of…
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… as much as possible by being faithful to their partners or by always using a condom if they are sexually active. To … which has the potential of exposing you…
PlaceGriqualand East
… of Kokstad, without some of the famous regional steaks or biltong (dried meat) tucked into their bags. Kids love … excellent in the region and you can…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
… campus removing artwork that “may be seen to recognize or celebrate colonial oppressors and/or be offensive or controversial for the way in which they depict…
Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] “The T.A.R.C.”, Majority Rule : Some Notes. Chapter XIX
… hoc committees and ad hoc campaigns which highlighted one or other aspect of oppression and failed to struggle against … Token resistance would not 'soften…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… choose to die in order to earn very little. We’d rather starve than sell our lives.” I thought of this 31-year-old … miners strike and police repression were…