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ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… treat. The white settlers had defeated Native Americans in war battles for land and had had taken their land. On the … (i) believed in absolutism ( total…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… best known for the famous siege during the South African War, which ended in a decisive victory for the British and … journalist and activist Sol T Plaatje…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… 2015 Building upon the emerging critique of the Post-World War II ‘Development Project’ advanced by several … critique within the broader context of the Post…
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… of the Boer army. Botha had been persuaded to continue the war by the Free State President Martinus Steyn and further … and many had returned to their farms…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… by the League of Nations after the First World War. When the United Nations was established after the Second World War, the South African Prime Minister,…
EventAbout 22 000 miners on Witwatersrand gold mines go on strike in what became known as the Rand Rebellion
… during a period of economic depression following World War I, when mining companies were faced with rising costs and … the wages for whites had risen 60 per…
EventKing George VI is born
… were crowned as King George VI. At the end of the World War II, King George who had become part of the British's … Smuts, leader of the United Party (UP) and…
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… The operation was mounted during the Second World War which started in the early hours of 1 September 1939 when … North African Landings’fromCampaign…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… in 1910; and a City in 1931. During the South African War (1899–1902), Winston Churchill was imprisoned there in … The Vereeniging Peace Agreement document,…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Scotland: John Ritchie. APPLEYARD, Rev. JW. 1971. The War of the Axe and the Xhosa Bible. Cape Town: C Struik. … H and IRVING, Edward. 1851. Narrative of the…
A new class struggle
… standing room." According to Spencer Tyron, in the Zulu War of 1879 and in the Boer War, the Whites were capable of mustering a thousand … inhabitants of…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… to the forefront of South Africa’s political and social war. While the world sees most of the leaders of the UDF and … but also leading groups into what many…
EventEthiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… Mengistu Haile Mariam.Zinawi waged a successful rebel war against the forces of Mengistu and his appointment marked the end of years of civil war in the…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… between White and Black residents. The South African War of 1899-1901 saw a temporary downturn in Johannesburg's … activity in the region. Following the…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… in Nazi-occupied parts of Europe after the Second World War broke out in 1939. The Nazi racist ideology of a … camp in 1945 at the age of 16, just before the…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… that dates back to long before the Italian Prisoners of War , during World War 11 , built wonderfully constructed road, with its … He started farming in the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… only, but during the depression, which came after the Anglo-Boer War, thousands still remained unemployed. As it happened, …
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… there can be a purely national development of capitalism. Anglo American, Liberty Life, Sanlam, Rembrandt and Old … centres. For example, the biggest…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… and social cohesion campaigns of the ANC and the war on poverty; Admission policies of universities and … for an independent and full scale investigation…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… been ruled by the Alaouite Dynasty since 1631. In 1859, a war was waged against Spain in an attempt to remain independent. Following this war, the French…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… territory (then known as South-West Africa) during World War I and retained it after the war under a League of Nations mandate. In the years that …
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… Vorster realised that Rhodesia had no hope of winning the war against the liberation movements, especially after … led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, was…
EventFirst air flight from London to South Africa
… considerably, partly due to the outbreak of World War One. Britain, having emerged victorious from this war also possessed a large store of aircraft and…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… Africa in 1916 to fight on the side of the Allies in World War One. The corps was made up of coloured members of the … More than 12 000 South African…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… for the AmaXhosa after their defeat in the Eighth Frontier War (also called Eighth War of Dispossession). Their political structures had been …
Address at the Opening of The XIII Summit Conference of the Non Aligned Movement 24 February 2003
… to be born? Some had promised that the end of the Cold War just over a decade ago, would lead to the birth of a new … conflicts between Palestine and Israel,…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… at the turn of the century and particularly during the Anglo Boer War. He became Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony when … needed to help rebuild the…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… a fully democratic country. Mandela helped prevent a civil war and he ensured that no one would be discriminated because …
ArticleThe Transkei
… in Pondoland. But soon it became clear that a minor war was in progress. Emergency Proclamation 400 was gazetted …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… the hearts of the people, which resulted in the state of war and dissent in the area. Campbell was exposed to many …