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ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… that in a country like South Africa, there is not one heritage, or an easily delineated set of distinct … attempted to define what is meant by culture. In…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… classes for adults in her father's garage She spent one year at Wits University and became a member of the … Doctors Dadoo, GM Naicker and Dr. Goonum. 1950…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… care services, including reproductive healthcare. (1) One has to evaluate the government policies and programs to … KwaZulu Natal are properly served - where…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… factors. [2] For example, Chiefs could have more than one wife which could also result in conflicts over the status of sons. Usually there would be one…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… racist regimes. However, they taught the black workers one important lesson, i.e., in order to win their demands … The organisation of African mine workers…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… in Bloemfontein, where Bram excels both in academics (one of only two boys to receive a first-class pass) and sport … treatment of Africans by the police. Is…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… African heritage, as well as a more personal and private one. Such a person might also be considered to have an … The style of buildings can also be…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… in Africa, between the US and Western powers on the one hand, and the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries on … in Africa received military and economic…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… protected from the elements, has made the Linton panel one of the best preserved of all pieces of South African rock art. In 1995, the panel featured as one…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… Anatomy at the University of Pretoria who found that the one skeleton was male and the other female. The man was … was also tested and it was discovered that…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline
… The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African communist …
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… and took the animals back wounding De Saldanha in process. One of the first serious clashes between Khoikhoi and sailors … for the Khoikhoi. De Almeida sent…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… May. African Christian Democratic Party Launched in 1993, one of the ACDP’s unique claims to fame is that it was the … It wants to preserve marriage as an…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… and K, Rood (Vereeniging), who was revealed to be one after 4 September, were absent from tin Assembly, as was … by Smuts supporters at the nomination stage…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… of National Orders. The previous system consisted of one Decoration and four Orders whose symbolic aesthetic was … human spirit have become characteristics…
Learning about history through writing
… Investigating the Rugby World Cup 1995: written sources One of the easiest ways to learn about our history is through … of Rugby World Cup in which every…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… absorbed the female population. In more recent times, one tends to think of slavery in terms of the capture of … in principle or in practice." Fortunately…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… The Empire of Mali was one of the largest empires in West African History, and at … who became the next King, is considered to have been one of the most…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… friend Nelson Mandela ' and said that South Africa 'was one big jail where the black people were crying for their … sister in Scotland - family members speak…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… begun. Nelson Mandela headed a nascent guerrilla army, one which on 16 December 1961 commenced a campaign of … against colonialism and apartheid South Africa…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… Areas Act put an end to diverse areas and determined where one lived according to race. Each race was allocated its own … practices, perspectives, and…
The National Arts Festival
… office space as well as performance facilities. The NAF is one of the oldest cultural events in South Africa, having run for over 40 years and it has also…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… the new land of "milk and honey" where they believed all one had to do was reach out and pluck food from the trees. … group of men were known as the ' Brain…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… its name from the Nguni tradition of carrying a child on one's back, Imbeleko adopted the motto "carrying the nation," … development. Organisational…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the … 1978: 471). First Pieces of Anti-Terrorism Legislation One of the…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… day after defying the restraint order and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. On August 23, Gandhi was released … as "penance for intolerance shown by…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… death in 1903, his family moved away, leaving behind one of their daughters, Nomatombeni Dina Mahlangu who had in … Unfortunately the history of the Msiza at…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… of the Basotho in the 19th Century The Basotho kingdom at one time included what is today part of the Orange Free State … in the area just north of the…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… teaching position at St Cyprians School, in Cape Town, by one of her previous teachers, who was now the current … This made women such as Robb more aware…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… rose to prominence in South Africa in the 1970s and forms one of Gordimer’s central focuses in Burger’s Daughter. The … through the novel’s titular Character…