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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism developed over … (lineages, tribes, etc.) through to the…
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… empowered to detain, without warrant and for the purposes of interrogation, anyone suspected of a political crime. They … people have died while in detention…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … country, and the situation was referred to…
EventPope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa
… Pope John Paul II appointed 31 new cardinals; three of them were from Africa. These were the Nigerian Cardinal … to convert to Islam as a means of escaping…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… a railway line to Johannesburg and tried to get as much of the Transvaal's railway traffic as it could by reducing … The Transvaal government increased the…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of … (Ghetto Bill) into law. 3 June 1946 The…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small … 1963). After qualifying as a dermatologist, Sue joined the state health…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the … them is Antoinette Sithole. Image source The challenge of Black…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… his denialist position, which hampered the roll-out of anti-retrovirals (ARVs) to ordinary South Africans and, is … where it causes no ill effects. But in…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on Poqo, an armed … government in 1963 in order to create an…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… Located in the heart of Soweto , the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village is a … project in 1986, leaving everything to fall into a tragic state of disrepair. In…
The New Generation
… A significant challenge to state policy as regards the visual arts was undertaken at The State of Art in South Africa Conference held in 1979 at the …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation … violence smashed the strike. The resources of the…
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
… Deputy President Comrade Nelson Mandela, Members of the National Executive Committee, Regional Convenors and … of this country should take part in…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… Text of the Nobel Lecture delivered by Chief Albert Lutuli in the … the year 1960 for which this Award is given, there was a state of emergency for many…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government … Natal (now kwaZulu Natal), Transvaal and…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education acolyte – an assistant or follower ad hoc – … or groups, usually those suspected of…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Museum. The modest building of dung floors … and from 1854 by the Republic of the Orange…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… knows about apartheid. They know that it was a system of racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color and…
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… The Natives Land Act (No. 27 of 1913) was passed to allocate only about 7% of arable land … it applied only to the Transvaal and Natal. In the Free State,…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… The colonisation of Africa was part of a global European process reaching all … varied, where they were either stateless, run by the state or run by kingdoms…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
… campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free State provinces. Their programmes are organized as follows: … in Boksburg TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA,…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… delegates from each republic, Transvaal and Orange Free State attended the Peace Conference, which was held in … The discussions were recorded under the…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… to work in a museum or auction house. Project: Evidence of State Sanctioned Hit Squads Ashley Ridge Ashley is a senior … history and culture. Project: The…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… Here he announced his plan to launch the Constellation of Southern African States (CONSAS) as a programme to re-establish the regional dominance of the…
PlaceLibya
… history, has more recently been known for the 42-year rule of the mercurial Colonel Muammar Gaddafi - and the chaos that … concern over the rise of jihadist…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… Early Beginnings of the African Film Industry: During the British colonial … the Gold Coast film unit and changed its name to the “State Film Industry…
PlaceQuaqua
… Southern Sotho people from a reserve in the Orange Free State (OFS) that had been granted to the followers of a relative of Moshoeshoe . It was only 655…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… to present this commemorative lecture in recognition of a truly extraordinary human being, the late Abdelwahab … of the 67 th anniversary of Palestine’s…