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ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… Introduction Pretoria is located in the north east of South Africa, to the north of Gauteng , and 60 Kilometres away from the north east of Johannesburg [i] …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… Whites who identified themselves with the aspirations of those who participated in the Defiance Campaign formed the … the South African Indian Congress (SAIC…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The engagement was provoked when the pro-British Sultan of Zanzibar, Ali bin Said, died…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… Law Amendment Ordinance (Black Act) to control the entry of Indians into the Transvaal. Every Indian man, woman and … older than 8 years had to register with…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… education, and one for sport. The Executive is a committee of all the heads of these departments. This is called the Cabinet The … is where our elected…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic had now been…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… 152,184 indentured Indians arrived under the scheme of indenture making a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro arrived on 16 November … ship, the…
The oldest forms of human communication
… Some of the oldest forms of human communication include talking or making sounds, … Further down the line this progressed to meeting the needs of bartering…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… The coastline of the Eastern Cape is treacherous, and several ships ran … or sunk offshore after Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498. Some of…
ArticleCommemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa
… Commemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
List of organisations which support and are affiliates of the regional United Democratic Front
… List of organisations which support and are affiliates of the regional United Democratic Front …
International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract) …
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures
… The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures …
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress Alliance met at the beginning of August 1955 and agreed to…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… night watchmen go on strike, demanding a wage increase of R10 per month. 8 January - Rumours of an upcoming strike at Coronation Brick and Tile in Durban … a…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the Limpopo Province east of the Kalahari Desert. It is far bigger than similar sites … the word "imbabwe", which is the Shona…
BiographyObie Oberholzer
… 1970 he obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design, University of Stellenbosch, a German National Diploma in Photography in 1972, Bavarian State Institute of…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, … that fought for those who were…
BiographyAndries Treurnicht
… he enrolled in 1942 for an M.A degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He was a student at the Stellenbosch … philosophy on relations between the church…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… elections. 25 November 2013, by this date the number of registered voters was 24 112 414, and the number of new voters added to the voters roll was over one…
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
… The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a number of smaller welfare groups countrywide that had formed to … , who…
BiographyWinnie Motlalepule Kgware
… Motlalepule Kgware was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917. A teacher by profession, and resident at … time. In 1962-1963…
BiographyArchibald Campbell Jordan
… Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 at the … for 10 years at the Kroonstad High School, Orange…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… Some scientists say this was helped by the abundance of resources. Food and water were readily available and … gathered together their cattle in a kraal in…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of … to find out how many black people were living…