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ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… Egypt The ancient Egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and … trade route across a huge and harsh land…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… John Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha becomes the first convert of the Lindley Mission Station in Inanda. 1871 22 February, … Langalibalele Dube is born at the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… called for strength in resistance, citing the example of Patrice Lumumba of the Congo who, he told a meeting of the Queensburgh Indian Ratepayers Association…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… high security at the Pretoria High Court, with a group of alleged white supremacists accused of trying to overthrow the African National Congress (ANC) … on…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… says the evidence that HIV is the underlying cause of AIDS is ‘irrefutable’. HIV was isolated and identified as the source of what came to be defined as AIDS…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more … one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of America …
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… Please note that this information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1941 Born in Cape Town of British parents c. 1947-58 At school in Cape Town 1953 … school 1959 Registers for BSc Engineering at University of Cape Town 1960…
English Settlement in South Africa
… the 1600s and 1795 was largely confined to the shores of the Cape and Table Bay as a halfway stop by the East India … Between 1632 and 1640, the British also…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… parties’ leadership in 1946. By the mid-60s the activities of the TIC had declined and by the early 1970s it was … was revived in 1983 and was prominent in…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in … "research and production" (writing). Over the eight years of its existence,…
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… Aur nau pooram paar lagi (When we launched this boat of Life Into the river of sorrow We thought we had strong arms That our blood was so … midstream Cross…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… Philip Kgosana led a Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) march of between 30.000-50.000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to … in if a meeting with J B Vorster ,…
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… Introduction Nationalism refers to an ideology, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. It emphasises the collective of a…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… The concepts of a nation state and a plural society are often seen to be … Settler Liberalism, Pan-Africanism, and the Language of Non-Racialism ’, that …
Safety and security issues
… clinic. Northern Province. © Liam Lynch The occurrence of domestic violence has always been alarmingly high in South … Though domestic violence is not…
ArticleTswana
… the Nguni and Sotho account for the largest percentage of the total Black population. The major Sotho groups are the … 3 million in South Africa and 1…
ArticleThe missionaries
… arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku , the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan … The missionaries were first given land in the…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Imbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), formed in 1982 … struggle. Drawing its name from the Nguni tradition of carrying a…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… River and settled near a spring (fountain) in the vicinity of the current Old Presidency in Bloemfontein. He named his … a small pioneer house and laid down…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee member of TUCSA. Following the death of her husband Jimmy Bolton, Secretary of the furniture and garment…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … Africa. Her journey led her to become a…
The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… timeline provides some historical background to the role of English in the Namibian public by tracing it within the … us with insights into the production…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone through various shifts in … “historical moment, social…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… The rounding of the Cape and the establishment of the trade route to the Far East had far reaching … the Cape, but for Southern Africa. Firstly, ‘discovery’…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in … to more militant protests, by the 1950s and…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… The three Basotho Wars (1858-68) and the formation of Lesotho The conflict between the Basotho people and White … in what is now the Free State/ Lesotho area…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF became clearer. These were the first detailed … better organisation and working together…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… ANC. In March 1982, Mandela together with senior members of the ANC was transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor … accept these. For instance, in late…