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… Mbeki, on the Start of the 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children Campaign, 25 November 2003 …

… In 2000, Badsha started work on establishing South African History Online, a popular online history project, which has grown into one of Africa's largest online history websites. In 2002, he edited the book With Our Own …

… for an undergraduate degree in English Literature and History. She takes a keen interest in news and current … I am interested in the role of NGOs in Africa and pre-colonial and apartheid history of women. I like traveling, reading and watching sports. …

… 1984 and 1985, and she exhibited at the Witwatersrand History Conference in 1984. Schwegmann contributed to the …

… Early years The history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) can be … later, of the Castle and other fortifications. After much colonial contestation, in the 18th century detachments of … was about 180 000 strong in 1960. It is unclear when women became part of the Defence Force, but at present they …

… reform in cultural practices such as the education of women. In March 1938, Dadoo was elected as one of the … dawn for South Africa and a decisive turning point in her history.” At the November elections for the TIC, Dadoo was … to all the disenfranchised, enslaved communities of the colonial and semi-colonial countries.” Although Dadoo’s …

… League, the South African Federation of Democratic Women and was one of the founders of the Non-European …

… Church. Mashinini is a born Methodist who has served the Women’s Manyano Committees. …

… Solo exhibition, Paris, France. - Lyceum Club of Greek Women ‘Excellence Award’ - Major SA collector commences the …

… (three spies) which dealt with the plight and struggle of women working in factories. In February 1936 Johanna and …

… under Dr Neil Macvicar* who was encouraging young African women to be trained as nurses. As soon as she had qualified …

… from gender issues and sexual taboos to HIV/AIDS, recent history and the spiralling crime rate in post-apartheid South …

… and in the Shadow of the Mahatma  (SAHO and Durban Local History Museum, 2003).  Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, 'Sushila …

… marry again in 1952. Sindiso retains fond memories of both women. St.Agnes Anglican Church Choir, Noupoort, 1955. … just been opened to the fact that the received wisdom from colonial sources could be challenged and the myths, which … with him as she was called upon to attend the first ANC Women’s League conference in Kimberley . After their business …

… of the Kimberley diamond fields re-focussed European colonial ambitions further south and the resultant wrangle … force led by Sir Charles Warren brought their history to a bloodless end. The expedition probably also marked the beginning of a formal postal infrastructure for this region. On 30 September 1885 …

… left teaching because he opposed the way African history was presented. Mqhayi wrote seven stanzas to  Nkosi …

… rife. For many Africans, especially young men and women, migration to wage-earning jobs in cities and mines became one of the only ways to pay colonial taxes and survive.  With the hardening of White … Land dispossession lies at the heart of South Africa's history and heritage of inequity.  The new ANC was created …

… rife. For many Africans, especially young men and women, migration to wage-earning jobs in cities and mines became one of the only ways to pay colonial taxes and survive.  With the hardening of White … Land dispossession lies at the heart of South Africa’s history and heritage of inequity.  The new ANC was created …

… wrought on African societies by the imposition of European colonial rule occurred in quick succession. In fact, it was … The Atlantic slave trade stands at the centre of a long history of European contact with Africa. This was the era of … The export of the most economically active men and women led to the disintegration of entire societies. The …

… to turn people against the government, convinced women not to apply for pass books and mobilised residents of …

… An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one of the first women to live as openly lesbian in KwaThema. Simelane was a … online. Accessed on 17/07/19. Linder, B. “Today in History: Former Banyana Banyana player, Eudy Simelane, is …

… amongst other things, traditional clothes for Mpondo women in the sugar fields in Natal. In 1982, he set up shop …

… a B.A. (Paed) degree majoring in Education, Xitsonga and History in 1988. Godi returned to Bushbuckridge and obtained … High School in 1996. He worked there teaching English, History, Physical Science and Mathematics until 2000. While … of South Africa (UNISA) and completed a B.A. Honours in History. Godi became politically aware when he was in his …

… Youth Congress and then in the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) which was established in 1954. After the death … Terrorism Act and held for two weeks at The Fort in the women’s section of the prison. She was in solitary … Tanzania . During this time, she also worked for the ANC Women’s Section and SATIS, a society dealing with people …

… was called a bitch by the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) , threatened by the African National …

… he fought the guerrillas by burning farms and herding women and children into disease-ridden concentration camps. …

… was Eendrag (unity) which dealt with the struggles of women working in factories. Hester was elected to the Union’s …

… Such campaigns had deep roots in South African liberation history, dating back to the 1952 Defiance Campaign organized … Centre, after a 19th-century Pedi king who resisted colonial conquest. The prison houses a Gallows Museum, where … the holding cells, and exhibitions documenting the history of capital punishment under apartheid. It stands as a …

… University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002 …

… by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to … for patients. The CHAP clinics contained a strong focus on women’s health. For instance, in April 1985, Azapo teamed up with the Ikageng Women’s Group to create a free monthly health clinic which …