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Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory … experienced at the Cape through examining the experiences of people …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… to make visible what had been invisible; to find ways of articulating through the medium of photography, a reality obscured by government propaganda. … South…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… (ordinance or statute) restricting the importation of Asian slaves is promulgated. Dlamini chiefdoms move south from Delagoa Bay and settle on land north of…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… ALBERTI, Ludwig. 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape … AA Balkema. ALEXANDER, James Edward…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… authorities were indispensable in the application of the provisions in the 1913 Natives Land Act in areas of rural South Africa designated as "Scheduled…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently been adopted by the South African government. This paper discusses the concept…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… formed in Cape Town after World War I, with a membership of 24. The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) absorbs a number of other nascent worker…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 28 May 1957 The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, At a time when in many respects our country…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Harry Escombe became one of the most prominent White politicians in the Colony of Natal. Initially he pursued a…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… in Johannesburg Central Business District Within months of its establishment, Johannesburg experienced a surge of building activity, and by 1898 the present…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… After the end of apartheid, as well as the release of political prisoners in the early 90s and the country’s … in 1994, South Africa witnessed the…
Liberation
… "We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare … world to know. We are the people who have borne the brunt of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… Land restitution is one of the key issues since South Africa achieved democracy in 1994 and as such an overview of what has been achieved since the…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… on constitutional matters. So its jurisdiction - the scope of its authority to hear cases - is restricted to … with decisions on constitutional matters…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… Adopted at the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women Johannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter expressed the philosophy and aims of the…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… Context As the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) , founded in 1963, was established as a loose association of African states with limited mechanisms for…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence Matomela leads an anti-pass demonstration resulting in the burning of…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of Tutankhamen Way of life in ancient Egypt The spread of Egypt’s knowledge Together we will learn…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 1960 1 January, Minister of Bantu Education assumes control of University College of Fort Hare.African students are prohibited from attending …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… Anti-Indian Legislation: The Immigrants Regulation Act of the Union of South Africa The Immigrants Regulation Act of the Union of South Africa consolidates…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… After the advent of democratic rule in 1994, the newly elected ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a legacy of centuries of land…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… to the Groote Schuur Minute . 2. The final report of the Working Group on political offences dated 21 May 1990, … by both parties. The guidelines to be…
ArticleThe Constitution
… South African Constitution of 1996 Republic of South Africa The Republic of South Africa is one, sovereign, democratic state founded …
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep levels, ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 feet in the bowels of the earth,…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited to the White population only. This became part of the constitution in 1854, and included those…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, the people develop the use of pottery and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… 9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban … in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. 1930 J.T. Gumede is voted out of office as…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of or regarding for the history of the nations,…