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ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… Abstract The UDF was an umbrella organization that was founded to unify the hundreds of Anti-Apartheid movements occurring in the 1980s. Female leaders such…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was … for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the imposition of passes as it…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the Dutch East…
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…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… Before presenting the history and impact of resistance photography we must consider the historical moment in which resistance photography in … (London:…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… Hopa, producer and director (Molo Fish): November 2002. "The lion's share of monies earned from local cinema releases … Officer. David Wicht, Producer and…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… The Empty or Vacant Land Theory is a theory that was … claims to land. Today this theory is described as a myth, the Empty Land Myth because there is no…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in the…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… of trade and discovery to colonisation: This section of the grade 10 curriculum was developed in 2009. While much of the content is still relevant to the new…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had … The 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike …
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more than one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of America…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… The early 1980s There was little change in the situation from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the … Apartheid - The early 1980s …
Pretoria the Segregated city
… Contents Pretoria the Segregated city The Tomlinson Report Atteridgeville and Saulsville … Eersterus Garankuwa Lady Selbourne Marabastad Pretoria the…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… Context As the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) , founded in 1963, … its raison d'être. Among these challenges – and arguably the most limiting challenge …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and … The Freedom Charter Campaign …
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small town,…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited to the White population only. This became part of the constitution in 1854, and included those…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the central highveld, an area … The Ndebele…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little … Rustenburg the…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… experienced a surge of building activity, and by 1898 the present fabric of the city centre had already been defined. Most office and … and Eloff Streets had…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… In July 2001, The Landless People's Movement (LPM) was formed by leaders of … tenants from commercial farms. Formed as an umbrella body, the LPM aimed to…
The appointment of Judges
… In June 1994, Arthur Chaskalson, senior counsel and the national director of the Legal Resources Centre, was appointed as President of the Constitutional…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the Nationalist Party (NP) government's model for…
The Cape Northern Frontier
… The San © www.safrica.info In the late 17th and early 18th century the Dutch at the Cape Colony only had contact with the … The Cape Northern Frontier …
The Bill of Rights
… The original numbering, as it appears in the South African Constitution, has been retained here, hence … a cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. It…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes … to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South…
The South African War
… The South African War To this day the reasons for this conflict remain the source of much emotive debate ( read more ). Regardless of who provoked the war,…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… The Ndebele and the apartheid state When the Nationalist Party was elected to power in 1948 by a minority of the white electorate, their platform promised…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… The concepts of a nation state and a plural society are often … at odds with one another. Jon Soske states, in his essay ‘ The Impossible Concept: Settler…
The French Revolution Activity
… Working from sources: Activity 1: The Old Order The three men in the picture stand for the three Estates of the Old Order. … The French Revolution Activity …