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ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. This conference was remarkable as it signalled the fall from grace of the…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… research and for graduates to become familiar with the use of the web as a tool for research, thus contributing to the development of content for the website…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT . 1958. The Art of Africa . Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian . Undated. The Popular Art of Africa …
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… Evolution refers to the slow process of human adaptation over millions of years. The roots of humanity are believed to lie in South Africa, where the …
Afrikaner
… from Western Europeans who settled on the southern tip of Africa during the middle of the 17th century. Portuguese mariners discovered the sea … to the East…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… West Rand on 5 September. Today, he like many activists of the South African socialist movement and other stalwarts of the liberation struggle, such as…
A growing urban African population
… African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in size. … African working class grew in…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… Glossary of Ndebele building terms APOKORWAN - Eaves overhang AMAKAPA … mean either a batten, or a ring beam IBODA - The drum wall of a cone on cylinder…
Insurrections: The Storming
… in 2011, to open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea … our globally dark present, and to…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… in 2011, to open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea … our globally dark present, and to…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… Students Representative Council (SSRC) . Recent accounts of the event suggest that the SSRC was motivated and guided by underground networks of the African…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… minds as to why the government had allowed the Congress of the People in 1955, to take place. In 1956, their question … trial for high treason. The swoop…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
… laws for women a these had been relaxed after the success of earlier resistance to passes. In the light of these events, the Bantu Women's League (BWL) was…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… united Democratic and non-racial society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… College. 1939 Huddleston joins the Anglican Order of the Community of Resurrection at Mirfield in West Yorkshire. 1939-1941 … 1943-1956 Huddleston is…
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in this country. The …
ArticleSlave Resistance
… Worden points out that slavery “”¦became the mainstay of arable farming in the western districts, played a significant role in the functioning of Cape Town…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the…
ArticleAfrapix
… Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography … by Omar Badsha, Lesley Lawson and a small group of…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… 1939 Govan Mbeki publishes "Transkei in the Making" a work of political analysis which is deeply critical of the system of local government in the Transkei…
Durban an Overview
… In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu , a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… was still a cautious approach, with the limited objective of preparing young scholars for leadership in the Black … the country were experiencing an increase…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… Genocide in Nazi Germany Summary The Holocaust was a form of genocide, which refers to the intentional, systematic extermination of six million Jews by the…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the … Mandela. It is, however, unlikely that most would think of the…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on … Parents Association (BPA) and the National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO)…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… appointed by the Union Government in 1933, some members of the NIC resigned and formed a body called the Colonial … in here, he convened and presided over a…
ArticleThe Basotho
… In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There were a number of conflicts…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of African descent have common interests and should be … Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape of a…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West Africa had a rich and varied history and culture long … European slaver traders arrived…