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ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… formally established the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of South Africa in 1652. The history of the church has been very much bound with the politics of the…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… Mandela and MK The late 1950s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Various types of armed resistance spread…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, … the…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale , which opened … as appointed by Christopher Till,…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… economic impoverishment, and exclusion from citizenship of Africans. Part one examines the historical roots of apartheid, from the colonial occupation of…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… Very little is known about the languages of South Africa's San people, as most of these beautiful, ancient languages were never recorded. … was recorded…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… for the first time women were admitted as full members of the ANC in 1943, leading to the establishment of the ANC Women’s League; and the ANC Youth League…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… greatest benefit on mankind. Winning a Nobel Prize is one of the highest international honours that can be bestowed on … and will help to generate funds to…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… 22 June 1946 — The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the …
National Orders Recipients
… South Africa has taken many strides away from its past of exclusion and discrimination on the basis of sex, colour and creed. The country has been steadily ……
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and … first non-racial elections. The first plenary…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the … Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… A case can reach the Constitutional Court in a variety of ways: as the result of an appeal from a judgment of the High Court or the Supreme Court of Appeal;…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of sabotage. In what was arguably the most…
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… "On Language South Africa is a land of many languages, but these languages can be divided into two main categories - the language of the oppressed and the…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… and Labrador. She is a Labrador Inuk and a beneficiary of the Nunatsiavut landclaim. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in African studies and philosophy in…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’. Apartheid built upon earlier laws, but made ……
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising that is also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt. It occurred during a period of economic…
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…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… person throughout the scandal. Dr. Mulder was the Minister of Information in John Vorster's government. Moreover, he was … in the scandal were, General…
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 …
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…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… is fought and slavery is entrenched. Throughout the rest of the country Nguni and Sotho groups begin splitting, as a result of strengthening chiefdoms, into…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… weapons that are based on nuclear energy. The use of nuclear weapons reached its height with the outbreak of World War 1 and 2, as well as the Cold War. Tin…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Democratic Movement merged. Under the combined leadership of Zach de Beer , Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general…
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…