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ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… in attendance. The congress elected an executive committee of ten people, with Basil Moore as president. The executive … second congress in Stutterheim in…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… in democratic South Africa South Africa has a long history of student protests going way back to the anti-Apartheid … own struggles. In recent years, there…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… either sitting on the roof or hanging onto the outside of overcrowded, racially segregated commuter trains. [i] It … possible. [ii] According to the founding…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… 1910 First general election that followed the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the right to vote. 1915 … I. 1920 The post WWI…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… Seminary. 1961 Tshabalala-Msimang receives her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Fort Hare located in the Eastern Cape. 1962 Tshabalala-Msimang…
The South African War
… this day the reasons for this conflict remain the source of much emotive debate ( read more ). Regardless of who provoked the war, conflict in southern…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… Overview, West Africa and the rise of the Songhai Empire West Africa is home to many of Africa's oldest kingdoms. These kingdoms played an important role in…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… the darkest complexioned middle child in a Coloured family of 4 boys and 1 girl. His mother made obvious her dislike of him because of his darkness, and from…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… In 1887 Zululand was annexed by the colony of Natal and the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable land. There was widespread poverty, made …
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could … Khoina. First contact with Blacks would…
France in 1789
… or society. A political revolution happens when a group of people rebel against the existing government and attempt … An economic revolution takes place when…
Introduction
… IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution' Serialisation of The Soul of a…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… Union Government offered to raise an infantry battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection process was decided upon…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives across the world. Thousands of African people are converted to Christianity every day and …
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 3: Democracy and the Constitution
… Symbols since 1994 In South Africa, we have a perse number of people and cultures, but we are all South African. … symbols such as a national flag, an anthem…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… particularly in the late 1970s after the Soweto uprising of 1976, there was increasing pressure, both internal and … The riots also played an important role…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… The Landless People's Movement (LPM) was formed by leaders of various landless people of South Africa in response to evictions of farm workers and labour…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… The region of the Western Cape which includes the Table Bay area (where the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi … for their cattle…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be … uncertainty. During 2014 the continent…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
… amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the discussion of years and the extinction of hopes innumerable, the planters' pet project has been … so much said in…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… Egypt The ancient Egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and … trade route across a huge and harsh land…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… high security at the Pretoria High Court, with a group of alleged white supremacists accused of trying to overthrow the African National Congress (ANC) … on…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… says the evidence that HIV is the underlying cause of AIDS is ‘irrefutable’. HIV was isolated and identified as the source of what came to be defined as AIDS…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… Please note that this information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new…
English Settlement in South Africa
… the 1600s and 1795 was largely confined to the shores of the Cape and Table Bay as a halfway stop by the East India … Between 1632 and 1640, the British also…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… parties’ leadership in 1946. By the mid-60s the activities of the TIC had declined and by the early 1970s it was … was revived in 1983 and was prominent in…
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… Aur nau pooram paar lagi (When we launched this boat of Life Into the river of sorrow We thought we had strong arms That our blood was so … midstream Cross…
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… Introduction Nationalism refers to an ideology, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. It emphasises the collective of a…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… The concepts of a nation state and a plural society are often seen to be … Settler Liberalism, Pan-Africanism, and the Language of Non-Racialism ’, that …