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The National Flag
… on 27 April 1994. The design and colours are a synopsis of principal elements of the country's flag history. Individual colours, or colour … therefore no…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the Apartheid government was … pressured by growing political resistance to the…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… simple idea. It can be considered to be made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from … traditions. Yet heritage also includes that which…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… 1924 E.S. Reddy is born in a small village of Pallapalli in India to E.V. Narasa Reddy, a Gandhian who … 1943 E.S. Redy receives his B. A. from the…
ArticleOFFICIAL LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO ANC PRESIDENT
… H.E. Brother Nelson Mandela President of the ANC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Greetings, It was with great appreciation I received your congratulatory message…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… the outcomes have been disappointing. In the case of Southern African countries such as Zimbabwe and Namibia, … freeze in time all that has gone before. In…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
ArticleThe New Group
… This was a group or collective of young South African artists who, upon their return from … values propounded by the South African Society of Artists. At the…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV has puzzled scientists ever…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished … not imprisoned by…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… investigates the ways in which the politics and culture of the Boer Republics clashed with the modernising thrust of the Uitlanders on the rapidly growing…
National Land Committee
… Programme should address the racially based dispossession of all forms of land rights that occurred after 1913. Government should … acknowledge that certain…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in 1994, and people hoped … is now called the Marikana massacre , when…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… by Ronel Segal into the then British controlled territory of Bechunaland. He was followed by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, Chairperson of the South African Indian…
ArticleAreas indentured Indians came from
… falls and the presidency/state involved. Use the map of India 1900 to ascertain the relative location of the district (Column 3) and the presidency/state…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… The emergence of South Africa's democracy in the 1990s The crisis of apartheid in the 1980s Factors contributing to the crisis: … crisis, which ordinary…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis … and the red meat boycott amongst others…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on 26 June 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to … can justly…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people … in this were the Basotho, the Boers and the British. Of these, the…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it … in December. The conference met in an atmosphere of anticipation. PAC…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… as anti-social behaviour frowned upon by polite sections of society. There is no doubt that the behaviour of gangsters like Kortboy and Don Mattera in…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, novelists, playwrights and poets is recognized as providing the most poignant…
ArticleNelspruit an Overview
… Until the coming of democracy, Nelspruit was a small town that functioned mainly as a hub of transport for agricultural products that were transported to…
ArticleGrade 5 term 1 timeline: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… however, they eventually became more powerful in terms of population size and land ownership. The San lost their … Europeans arrived in the…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… sources. The questions do not reflect the structure of the examination paper source-based questions, but will … questions that follow. Source A "The Cold War…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… a single empire in 221 BC. [1] China was ruled by a series of dynasties until 1911 and from 1368 to 1644, the Ming … its lifespan. [3] Lineage [4] The Ming…
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. The source of these rivers lies in modern Turkey and they cross Syria … two rivers kept the land fertile through…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa … Revolution in South Africa started with…
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…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody of security police. The period leading up to his death, beginning with the June 1976 unrest, had…