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Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The 1946 … the Ghetto Act, the 1952 Defiance of Six…
BiographyZephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng
… in the Orange Free State (now Free State) near the town of Vrede. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to the … early as 1943 when he was a member of…
BiographySydney Sekwati Choma
… 1976, Choma went into exile to join the African National Congress ( ANC ) in Tanzania . He was also a member of the Pan African Congress ( PAC ) since July…
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
… Dobsonville, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). The eldest of four children, Maimane attended Allen Glen High School, … – the mayoral seat was won by the…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… The out break of the First World War had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, … Cresswell…
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
… way by being asked to open this exhibition; awhole stream of people have done far more than I have been able to do for … post for a few years because in 1964…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… in the Eastern Cape Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and … him under his wing. Sisulu had joined…
BiographyMargareth Baloi
… was born on 8 August 1936. She lived in the region of Dunn, in Ward fourteen. She was a very energetic woman. … all people. In 1990, Margareth joined the…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… together with architectural students from the University of Pretoria, conducted a survey of its architecture. Their subsequent home at KwaMsiza proved … a…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Introduction The institution of traditional leadership represents an early form of societal organisation. It embodies the protection of culture, traditions,…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. It thereby guarantees equality for gay … Africa's past, sexual orientation…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… secondary school for the town’s ‘Coloured’ population of Stellenbosch. To date no publication exists that focuses solely on the history of the school. The…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… operated on the understanding that prisons were places of punishment which was mainly executed through forced prison labour. By the late 1800s, the idea of…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in … Early beginnings In the 1920s and 1930s the urban culture of…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Swaziland Education : High School, Polokwane University of Fort Hare :English Degree Rhodes University : Teaching … Black South African in a country where…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction During the 1980s , the apartheid … creating the cosmetic Tricameral…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… A Brief Overview The People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was an armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), the major…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… The series of clashes historically known as, Frontier Wars date back to … which in turn dispossessed Xhosa and Khoikhoi people of their land and cattle among…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the times of apartheid,…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… Nelson Mandela. On 20 and 21 December the first session of CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa) was … this event. All parties agreed to support…
EventResumption of talks
… African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela accepted an … said he was prepared to meet Roelf Meyer, Minister of Constitutional Development,…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… Government attempted to divide South Africa into a number of separate states, called homelands, for Blacks. Under the … for a different ethnic group…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 … unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the … Students Organisation (SASCO) continued the tradition of militant…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum) New identities: Human Rights for all The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles the … and the subsequent aftermath. The…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… believe that the San people were the descendants of the original Homo sapiens who lived in South Africa for at … AND THE EUROPEAN SETTLERS: Europeans arrived…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… Hugh Masekela is recognized as one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time from South Africa due to his role in spreading awareness about…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a Rhodes statue on the Upper Campus of the University of…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and … sites Cultural heritage sites have to show a masterpiece of human creativity…