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The Afrikaner Bond
… The Origins of the Afrikaner Bond The Afrikaner Bond, an Afrikaner … The Bond was launched as a reaction to the alienation of Afrikaners by the English…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the … include the fight against the 1913 Land Act…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… When Mapungubwe was abandoned, it was to the benefit of Great Zimbabwe. The cultural, political and economic power … area shifted to Great Zimbabwe and this…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… in Grade 7 Human Evolution. Darwinism Today the theory of evolution is a well supported, unifying principle in … most remembered for his contribution to how…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940 - 1949 1940 Within a year of his joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist … He is…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… the world like around 1600? Europe is considered as one of the world’s major super powers which played a significant … topic one, which is The World Around…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… Calls were made by the Indian Congress to reject the plans of the newly elected Nationalist government, but the drastic shortage of housing for Indians in…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… study in May 2003. Some sources say that the jump of the disease from animals to humans was made even earlier … than the 1940s. 1959 In Kinshasa, Democratic…
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 World War had not cut … prospects were …
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April … a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique, Guinea…
Indian education in Natal
… September, Lieutenant Governor Keate in Despatch Number 47 of 1867 wrote that on the Reunion Estate a hospital was … September, Lieutenant Governor Keate in…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… Background Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a … celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… townships, increasing military attacks and the imposition of international sanctions forced the regime to the … Vula (Open), aimed at facilitating the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… (ANC) won with a majority vote to head the government of national unity. In order to rebuild and transform the economy after years of apartheid regime’s…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment of slaves to arrive at the Cape, yet although the Amersfoort was the first ship to bring a whole…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… KwaZulu Natal. There has been this and much speculation of the causes and triggers of the violence. A number of reports have highlighted various issues…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two organisations are inextricably linked. This … (September) marks 50 years since Poqo, the…
The Cape Northern Frontier
… more land to cultivate in order to meet the requirements of the service post set up by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) at the Cape of Good Hope. Expansion…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… itself is progressive but that the implementation of these rights is significantly hindered for numerous reasons. Firstly, the example of Zulu culture and…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… Nelson Mandela was born into a world of war, revolutionary upheaval and a worldwide influenza … end in sight. In January General T.E. Lawrence led an army of…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s … faced low prices and heavy debt. The lingering effects of…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Artefacts in a site known as 'Gemsbok' in the north of the Orange River near present day Oranjemund is dated to … years …
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… artistic exchange and dialogue after the Cultural Boycotts of the Isolation Years, the first Johannesburg Biennale … from 28 February – 30 April 1995,…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under … crisis was brought to a head by the…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… In the 1870s a series of farming associations emerged in the Cape, both in the west … vereenigingen (Afrikaner farming associations) were one of the first…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Liberia are recognized as independent entities. Partition of West Africa and East Africa 1896 Ethiopia, under Emperor … Menelik II, defeats invading Italian…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… Britain takes control of the Cape Once revolutionary armies of France invaded Holland in 1795, the British feared that the French would take control of the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… for sporting, cultural, academic and economic boycott of South Africa. March 19, The Pan-African Congress (PAC) … March. March 21, The bloodiest massacre in…