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… - made up of eight protected areas, covering 553,000-ha. The Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the world. It represents less than 0.5% of the area of Africa …

… The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African communist movement. …

… The Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU) was established in 1974 with the help of the Urban Training Project (UTP). Amongst its founder members …

… The General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) was formed … trade union, as a consequence black workers joined the benefit fund as it functioned as a cover for trade union activities. After the Durban strike thousands of workers joined the fund. …

… 1957 Honourable Mention in South African Best Picture of the Year Contest. 1960 Double page coverage on Sharpeville … to stand for 5 days and 5 nights on three bricks of which the middle one was unstable. He was given only black bitter coffee to drink and collapsed on the fifth day. 1970 Placed under Banning Orders for 5 years. …

… RIVONIA: THE STORY OF ACCUSED NO.11, by Bob Hepple On 11 July 1963, I was one of  seven men arrested at the Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, near Johannesburg. After three … detention in solitary confinement we were brought before the Supreme Court, with four others, on charges of sabotage, …

… with a number of challenges to overcome. Most obstacles to the development of women can be related to poverty, violence … health care, and legal representation. Poverty is perhaps the most historical and common challenge faced. Most South … in rural areas, where poverty is most rife. Due to the underdevelopment of these areas, employment is …

… intergenerational dialogue to commemorate 40 years since the Soweto Student Uprising . The dialogue consists of a series of open letters between the generation of student activists from 1976 and the current …

… The formation of the United Democratic Movement (UDF) in 1983 amalgamated many … These were aimed at providing training, while serving the needs of all the UDF affiliates. In Johannesburg, the Screen Training …

… Finding the area ones ancestors came from is a daunting task. To assist the searcher, the table below has been created. The table distinguishes …

… from school for neglecting his studies and found work at the City's meteorological observatory over the next decade. Stalin became a famous local revolutionary … and London at Lenin's request and was made a member of the party's central committee in 1912. With Lenin's blessing …

… Development Community (SADC) was established in 1980 as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference … name during Windhoek summit meeting in 17 August 1992. The primary focus was economic integration of the region. Before 1992, the aim of SADCC was to forge close …

… Many of the essays in the Bonani Africa 2010 Exhibition that straddle the twin worlds of social comment and the exploration of the …

… People learn and are influenced by the places and the people around them. In a country like South Africa, which … In this lesson we will explore historical places and the natural environment that is part of our country’s …

… was also a very important feature of Iron Age society. The Iron Age women were skilled potters. Pots were used for … Division of labour Women were responsible for most of the agricultural labour like planting the fields, and harvesting the crops. They would also gather …

… Before the June 16 student uprising, the Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) was formed. This organisation led the march that the police fired on and came to be known as the famous Soweto …

… The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in … social conditions for Africans. It apparently absorbed the Bantu Women's League (BWL) and Charlotte Maxeke , who had headed the BWL, became the first president of the NCAW. It was not a …

… Brief political context on the formation and history of the SACC ... read on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The role of the Church and the 'Healing of Memories' at the …

… Background On 1 April 1997, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) was … established with a membership of around 515 000, becoming the second largest federation after the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The …

… veteran: Sheila Weinberg Obituary by Raymond Suttner in The Mail and Guardian, 19-25 November 2004, p.36 Sheila … Weinberg has suddenly died. She has been 'around' in the liberation struggle for decades. Growing up with politics, the daughter of Eli and Violet Weinberg, politics always …

… Photo-documentary Exhibition and Land dispossession history The text and gallery of images within this feature are concerned with the crucial issue of land rights in South Africa. They are … a rural people's Photo-documentary Exhibition convened by the Trust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE), the …

… of Port Elizabeth. It was a community organisation with the aim of promoting and assisting artists through workshops … was formed during a time of extreme repression and under the State of Emergency. Imvaba resisted the Apartheid regime through visual arts and creative …

… # 1956 Women Marchers is an initiative of the  Albertina and Walter Sisulu Foundation and South African History Online to gather the names and stories of the 20.000 women who marched under the banner of the …

… Southern Africa experienced transformation in the 18th and 19th centuries. This was the period that became known as the ‘mfecane’. This topic includes research that helps us to …

… The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition is a … secondary school teachers and learners in Grades 8 to 11. The aim of the competition is to increase the interest in history and to …

… The relationship between our Constitution and other laws The Constitution is a law passed by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All other laws must follow it. …

… " Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the Black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause …

… ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection … Kitchen and Randolph Vigne . Emery also suffered through the significant effects of apartheid in South Africa in the 1960s, including censorship on political writing. Emery’s …

… There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and the second natural heritage. Cultural sites Cultural heritage … This exchange must be seen in architecture or technology, the planning of the town or city and the design of the …

… The discovery of a diamond on a farm in the British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic …