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ArticleBlack Sash
… The Women's Defence of the Constitution League In 1955 a small group of white middle-class women who were predominantly … formed an organization called The…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… racial segregation in South Africa began with the arrival of the Dutch and English colonisers. Following its victory … and Coloured) population with an…
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… 1971 Closure of The Classic , by Nat Nakasa , editor. Publication of ‘ Sounds of a Cowhide Drum’ , Oswald Mtshali’s first book of poetry, …
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… it called the ‘Cold War’ ? The reason lay in the threat of new and even deadlier weapons of nuclear technology that prevented outright open warfare. … by…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… The first formal settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the … at…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… working on a piece loosely based on Aime Cesaire’s version of the Tempest for 2015. It has been hard to say that this … its parts were and are enormous. On…
Journals
… Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians launched a journal in 1987. Accredited by the Department of Education and Training,…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming apparent, security police …
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… to the South African presidency on 9 May 2009 on a wave of popular euphoria fuelled by voters and fellow party … Zuma’s rise to power had withstood a long…
Grade 6 term 1 classroom support
… For this activity students will take on the role of a traveler like Marco Polo. They can be taking the role of a trader, a general traveler or someone…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't done much…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important … and economic. During the Cold War, South Africa was of strategic importance in the…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … oppressions in the workplace during the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… heritage month, when the histories and cultural practices of all its peoples are celebrated and due recognition given … and women who have contributed to the…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which … or term Nguni is the collective name for ethnic…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation struggle focuses largely on the conflict … movements against each other…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the crisis of the early and mid-70s, the government's 'total onslaught' … to suppress much unrest and had it…
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…
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…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… with the Rand Daily Mail, the Daily Dispatch was one of the loudest mouthpieces for mainstream liberal critique of the Apartheid government and its policies…
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…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… 2009 February 2009, the University of Limpopo in Limpopo Province experienced student protests … Student Financial Aid schemes (NSFAS) support, quality of…