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The girl child
… Gender differences manifest themselves in South Africa in the altogether different experiences of boys and girls in schools. A girl's position in the school…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… Fortunately, the /Xam language was recorded almost in its entirety, thanks to the work of a German linguist, Dr … Africa. By 1850, only a few hundred /Xam…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. From the 1920s…
Dance For All (DFA)
… Established in 1991, Dance For All (DFA) is a non-profit dance … that functioned under the umbrella of CAPAB Ballet in Cape Town , now known as the Cape Town…
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 … and the cause of countless…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… Traditional authorities were indispensable in the application of the provisions in the 1913 Natives Land Act in areas of rural South Africa designated as …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… time the ANCYL was established, political circumstances in South Africa were tenuous as the ruling United Party was divided about South Africa’s…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… it lies west of the imaginary line that splits the world in two from top to bottom, the Greenwich meridian. There is … who had financed John Cabot's…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… Civic organisation also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and…
ArticleKey sites
… Cafes A number of notable restaurants arose in the Grey Street area. These included Simon’s Cafe, … restaurants. Later on came Victory Lounge. It was here in…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… In 1917 ordinary workers and rank and file soldiers overthrew the Tsarist autocracy that had been in power in Russia since the late 1400s. This became known…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… , the Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa which was headed by Professor Francis … photographic project was one of the…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… collapsed. You can read about the crisis of Apartheid in the 1980s in section 5 of the grade 12 material. The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union was…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being towed to a wreckers … to the Kenilworth Castle…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… Methodist University, where she is pursuing a double major in History and Human Rights. Born and raised in Texas, she would like to work for an international…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Scramble for Africa. This British coined the term sometime in 1884, and it has since been used to describe the … powers were slow to realise the benefits of…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… accepted by both parties. The guidelines to be formulated in terms of the Report will be applied in dealing with members of all organisations, groupings or ……
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… brightest. What do 10 December 1961 , 1984 and 1993 have in common? 1961 - Albert Luthuli received the Nobel Peace … industrialist and inventor of dynamite,…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South Africa. The town was established in 1870 and…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… This section of the grade 10 curriculum was developed in 2009. While much of the content is still relevant to the … different. However, it provides for great…
Edited Transcript of Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Heads of Mission at the Presidential Guest House, Tshwane, 13 October 2005
… on which we are focusing and will continue to focus in the medium term, to give you a sense of where the government is going. As you have seen, I think, in…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… I am a student at Principia College, a senior majoring in Political Science and minoring in Sociology and Anthropology. Project: Women Participation in…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… Together with civic organizations, the youth played an in important role in the struggle against apartheid in the Western Cape. The first youth congress…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… van allerlei uiteenlopende elemente" which, "in uiterlike vorm eenheid probeer wys, maar wat innerlik … fusion will endure" Nine months later, after the…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… Cape Once revolutionary armies of France invaded Holland in 1795, the British feared that the French would take … Holland became known as the Batavian…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… shores of Table Bay they came into contact with Khoikhoi. In the summer months the Khoikhoi moved around between the areas of Table Bay, Swartland and…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 - 1919 1910 January 1, Indian Opinion reduced in size for financial reasons. January 6, Rev. Charles … with Lord Selborne, High Commissioner of the…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… that appeared as the subsidiary of the Kaffrarian Watchman in September 1872. Whilst building a cottage to work from, … that cost three pence, now known as…
Durban an Overview
… In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu , a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. … Initially…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… the right of Asiatics to trade and acquire fixed property in the Union. 12 May, the Asiatic Inquiry Commission, appointed in February 1920 to inquire into…