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Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to the ideal of African unions registered under the same legislation as … platform for this line. Buoyed by a…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… half a century. The PAC’s origins came about as result of the lack of consensus on the Africanist debate within the African … ideological stance felt that…
Indian South Africans timeline 1990-1999
… July, Billy Nair was detained following police allegations of an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) plot, code-named Operation Vula , … was elected to the Central…
Assessment task: Fascism and Nazism
… Historisches Museum) Question 1: Refer to the photographs of Hitler in Source A. These photographs were used in … Second World War to mock Der Fuhrer , the…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (UKZN) and the National Institute for … culture’ in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The …
Article1956 Women Marchers
… # 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…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (UKZN) and the National Institute for … culture’ in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The…
ArticleHuman evolution
… 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 …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 4: Transformations in southern Africa after 1750
… at this time. Shaka was regarded as being the major cause of conflict during this period. However, historians are moving away from the idea of the mfecane,…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in … with controversy. In the 1960s, as international criticism of apartheid grew,…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… were our children can started reading about the history of the black heroes of our struggle - well done I would like to express my concern in light of some…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… Isangomas and inyangas are the two main types of indigenous or traditional healers in South Africa. … not see people as inpiduals but rather sees them as…
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… 'On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), had just been given the freedom of the White section of the…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary … representation for Coloureds and…
Thupelo (1985)
… Koloane , together with William ‘Bill’ Ainslee and a group of artists. Koloane had been a participant in the first … New York in 1982 and based Thupelo on a…
Rafique Mayet
… other things. In 1983, Omar Badsha taught him the basics of photography and he started working at the Daily … and later at the New African in Durban and as a…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… 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 … before the…
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… these changes have taken place. There are different ways of explaining change. Some historians focus on the social … means that they examine the factors that…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… people difficult, but at the same time tightening aspects of Apartheid structures (such as influx control). The Council noted that the arrest of Black people…
ArticleEarly civilisations
… In various parts of the world, different civilizations arose. Many of these major civilizations were located in fertile areas near large rivers. Most of…
Fictional Cape Town
… and sunny climate make it worth the long trip to the tip of Africa). What is fascinating is that these companies turn … documenting the way the industry…
ArticleHostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
… The idea of forming an association was discussed in the Nyanga hostel. … challenged the decision which they viewed a way of undermining hostel dwellers. The…
ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… in 1909 combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal, Cape, Transvaal and the Orange Free State into the Union of South Africa. The Act, which…
Grade 9 Archive
… These questions have complicated answers. Be careful of over-simplifications. Be careful of your own prejudices and stereotypes. Learning about the … was not…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… How to find out about the present or the history of a local area? When investigating our past, we need to look … will be developing visual literacy through…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… After the fall of Port Natal Port Natal Andries Pretorius arrived from … 1838 Pretorius took over leadership as Commandant-General of the Voortrekkers in…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… organisation, but because its dominant membership was of Muslim people, it became an Islamic front. Later, PAGAD … It is believed that G-Force has been…
ArticleSweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU)
… Union (SFAWU) was established in 1974 with the help of the Urban Training Project (UTP). Amongst its founder … 1977. By 1982, it had succeeded in organizing…
Durban Historical & community
… Did you know An interesting history to mention is that of Inanda just outside Durban. Inanda was home to three key … to – Dr. John Langalibalele Dube , the…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… and coloured areas moved towards forming a combined force of organisations, but in 1981, civic organisations in Nyanga, … settlements formed their own…