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ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652, he had with him a small contingent of soldiers, … attacks from the original inhabitants of…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… Britain was getting more confident about taking action in South Africa. Joseph Chamberlain was appointed Colonial … Rhodes to try to develop and promote the…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an … Bolton, Secretary of the furniture and…
America, Spanish conquest
… All the content in this America section was developed from 2003 lessons, namely; – America in the 1500s – The Slave Trade The content below has been ……
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… Campaign and detained under the State of Emergency in 1960 . He was first banned in 1962. From 1978 to 1990 he was bound by the restrictions … had aggravated…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… The ‘Cape Malay’ community is rich in culture and religious traditions that have played a major role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… The conflict between the Basotho people and White settlers in what is now the Free State/ Lesotho area, consisted of … these three wars was the maintenance…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… Darwinism. Here is a brief summary, but you can read more in the section in Grade 7 Human Evolution. Darwinism Today the theory of evolution is a well…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… major liberation movement of Namibia. SWAPO was founded in 1960. It was founded with a mainly Marxist agenda … revolutionaries, who would lead the working…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… Africa successfully held its first democratic elections in April 1994 and the African National Congress (ANC) won … a majority vote to head the government of…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… In March 1918 an international influenza pandemic broke out, … people worldwide. The pandemic spread simultaneously in Europe, Asia and North America over a…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… the Africans”.’ SOYA propagated non-racialism, reflected in Tabata’s statement: ‘Our test is: whether or not a man … called upon SOYA to rethink the role of…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… Life Timeline 1881 1 October, Pixley ka Isaka Seme is born in Natal. 1906 Seme presents his speech at Columbia … University. September, Seme is admitted to…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… Source: museums.ncl.ac.uk The Iron Age Before the Iron Age in southern Africa most people were nomadic and survived by … and gathering wild plants. Most…
ArticleTransport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
… The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was founded in 1973. It organised in the passenger transport, goods transport, stevedores, … workers’ strike…
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… arts festival with a primary focus on Afrikaans language in performing arts held annually in Oudtshoorn for eight days near Easter . Conceptualised by … the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… In 1952, Whites who identified themselves with the aspirations of those who participated in the Defiance Campaign formed the South African People's … members…
The Bill of Rights
… The original numbering, as it appears in the South African Constitution, has been retained here, … 1. This Bill of Rights is a cornerstone of democracy in…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… four short years the Cape colony had not played any part in the global slave trade. This all changed when, on 28 March … Cape with a cargo of 174 slaves. The…
ArticleLives of Courage
… of the history of the Liberation Struggle only began in earnest after 1994 with the establishment of the new … acknowledge the role played by ordinary South…
The Cape Northern Frontier
… The San © www.safrica.info In the late 17th and early 18th century the Dutch at the Cape … moved further north to colonise more land to cultivate in order to…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… The Constitutional Court was established in 1994 by South Africa's first democratic constitution - the … constitution, agreed upon at multiparty talks ,…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), … Alliance (Tripartite Alliance). COSATU has been involved in the liberation of the country and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Jacob Zuma. 9 July - 14 July, The first ever to be held in a developing country, the 13th International AIDS conference is held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… 1925 4 May, Ruth Herloise First is born in Johannesburg to Julius and Matilda First, Jewish … a Bachelor of Arts (Social Science), receiving a first in…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… of Africa. Because it was issued with some variations in both of Münster's very popular works, Geographia … Hebrew at Heidelberg and then at Basel, where he…
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… The United Women’s Organisation (UWO) was launched in April 1981 with 400 delegates from the Western Cape … the women who pioneered the organisation had been…
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i] . At the time of his arrival , King Mzilikazi and … Ndebele peoples …
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and how far the nation has come in the protection of fundamental human rights. Today the fundamental rights of South Africans are…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people involved in this were the Basotho, the Boers and the British. Of … the…