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ArticleSouth African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project
… on African women writers and resistance. The majority of these writers belong to the canon, to the first generation of African writers post-independence, in…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The first phase of the war was one of the set-piece battles, but from July 1900 onwards the … The Boers were…
ArticleTransport in the air
… Ancient stories tell of people's desire to fly like a bird. The Greek myth about Icarus and Daedalus is one of the most famous stories. According to the…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 3: The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…
Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912
… became chief Chaplain Thomas Levi Mvabaza - delivered one of the speeches on the programme) Meshack Pelem – Vice … who were appointed Honorary Presidents…
CAPS Grade 6: The Transatlantic Slave Trade - term 2
… Focus : The nature and impact of the slave trade between West Africa and the American South … before the European slave trade · The nature of…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… So began a marriage that went on to stand the test of pain, time and 26 years of separation. Complementing each other with wisdom, … exemplified love,…
Grade 7 Archive
… Human 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,…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… community-based arts organisation was built in the spirit of the country’s first democratic president, Nelson Mandela’s … The two individuals came from two…
The Children’s Charter
… protected and cared for. Children are vulnerable members of society. South Africa’s Bill of Rights states that children have special rights which … and…
References and links: Transport through time
… Houghton Mifflin. Williams, T. I. (2003). A History of Invention. London: Time Warner Books. Further reading … pp. 18-32 Spengle, K.T., (2011), An…
ArticleProvincial histories
… In this topic we will look at the heritage and identity of South Africa’s different provinces, including each one’s … will also look at oral tradition and…
The National Flower
… widely distributed in the south-western and southern areas of the Western Cape, from the Cederberg up to just east of Grahamstown. The artichoke-like…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, … politically,…
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… and the Indian Congresses campaigns. However, this form of passive resistance or non violent protests came to … the tactics used by the liberation movements…
Submissions & winning projects 2007
… KwaZulu Natal Ms Naledi Pandor, National Minister of Education handing a prize to one of the winners. Learners: First prize: Khotso Makhopochane, … Eastern…
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…
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…
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…