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Zulu Community
… 45 million South Africans, and the Zulu people make up about approximately 22% of this number. The large majority of … partly nomadic northern Nguni groups…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… and they lost their faith in the protection of Maji Maji. About 26 000 people were killed by German forces. To avoid … as migrant labourers. Migration spread…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… for a wealthy family in Cape Town; when asked in 2004 about the world that the domestic workers lived in during … hide their frustrations and outrage, for…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… this species, with an increased brain size, lived from about 2.2 to 1.8 million years ago and was the first member … (homo erectus) leaves Africa. Some…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… during the first 50 years – the free burghers numbered about 1000, of which one sixth were Huguenots (refugees from … The French injection in the white…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… over the republican issue. The first group were upset about the break in ties with Britain and still felt loyalty to the crown. This group were also very…
Judaism
… a Covenant, or solemn agreement, with God. In the Bible, about 4 000 years ago, God makes a promise to Abraham and his … nearly every part of daily life…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… Laws starting on 21 March. According to “his testimony about the launch of the Campaign,” Sobukwe declared that the … day”, said Elizabeth Mabona in her…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… JAMES THAELE: Please allow me to speak to you shortly about Prof. James Thaele of Cape Town who passed away on the … making a lead for discussion by which we…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… to attack policemen was taken. Later that evening at about 10pm, a group of about 50 alleged members of Poqo set out to ambush police … and killed. On 14…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… of communication have stayed the same. We first learn about the oldest forms of communication, using the San people …
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… gone to exile, circulation was successfully stopped for about five months. This was the first for this newspaper that …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… on the changing balance of power in South Africa brought about by gold mining, and the foundations of racial … Focus : Changing balance of power in South…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… executive committee's report betrayed a certain pessimism about the movement's organizational efforts, but echoing … unanimously favorable. The movement,…
ArticleThe Basotho
… followers found a virtually impenetrable location about 30km from Maseru and he decided to move his tribe to … Africa. These identities easily get obscured…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… of communications were also developed. In 1910 there were about 100 telephones installed in houses and businesses. A … medical inspector for schools,…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… Nxumalo and Eskia Mphahlele , among others. And in writing about shebeens, music, crime and gangsters and the hazards of …
The Children’s Charter
… end of the summit. “Children will no longer remain silent about their rights, but will speak out and even shout out …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… and more so in Britain and in Southern Africa. It brought about not only changes in technology, but also changes in the … and mass production. While…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… were many reasons why apartheid collapsed. You can read about the crisis of Apartheid in the 1980s in section 5 of … option, even for revolutionary parties…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… During her time in exile she became very outspoken about her stand against apartheid. She used her elevated … Makeba is Exiled Just as the film, Come Back…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer from the Clakesburg Institute, a Teacher … Mandela in Mayfair, Johannesburg. Mandela…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… fled to Botswana and was succeeded by Seatlholo. At about the same time scores, probably hundreds of students … Teboho Moremi was appointed secretary. Not…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… as inimical to their way of life and their interests. About 6,000 of them embarked on what became known as the … Trek project would collapse. They mobilised…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… together for tea one afternoon to discuss their opinions about actions being taken by the apartheid government. They … left), stand in against Jan Smuts,…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… in Apartheid Society (Spro-cas), to gather information about the role of Christianity and how it was being used or … organisations were inspired by it. It…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… war years manufacturing increased immensely and absorbed about 60% of the African women workers. Industries produced … affiliated to CNETU. At the time,…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… want to be part of it.” [8] As much as the Biennale was about the violence of the re-emergence of South Africa into … of this transition into democracy, it…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… Part of the reason for this was that there were about 20 000 African teenagers in the city who were not at … lingo of the streets... The Berliners, who…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… was launched in Mitchell's Plain near Cape Town in 1983. About 600 delegates from more than 230 organisations and a crowd of about 13 000 people converged on…