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The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… listing 10 ‘economic duties’ for all proper Afrikaners, one of which read: ‘Every Afrikaner must be a policyholder of … on various issues and projects. The…
BiographyEddie J. Khaile
… Communists from the executive committee. In 1927 he became one of the first Africans elected to the central committee of …
BiographyGqeba Mzwandile
… family’s shack shop in the township of NAME. Mzwandile had one brother and two sisters. Gqeba Mzwandile was sentenced to …
BiographyChristopher James Albertyn
… of the Textile Workers Industrial Union in Durban. He was one of those banned in November 1976 along with 22 people …
Islam
… the messenger of God." Muslim's do five special things as part of their faith. These tasks are like the pillars that … "Five Pillars of Islam". The first…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… the forces of apartheid. 3.3 Consequently, it must remain one of our strategic tasks to continue to draw the regime … the early stages, to commit all parties…
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
… He completed his matric at Mamelodi High School – art was one of his subjects, which his teacher, Alex Selepe, … group exhibitions in South Africa. In 1979,…
BiographyAlois Mate
… resisted arrest and as a consequence two were killed and one injured.” With no compromise from the side of the state, … arrest, firearms were used against…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… and Future of the Kaffir Races (1866), W. C. Holden was one of the early writers on South African history to publish … the British had a right to claim it…
BiographyStephanie Urdang
… campaign in the USA in the 1980s (of which Urdang was a part). There, she became the editor of the important Southern …
BiographyTerry Bell
… of Dar ). In Zambia he worked as journalist, editor and part-time adult educator. Bell was forced to leave in 1970 …
South African and World leaders
… African president, Nelson Mandela. Source: www.afp.com One of the most important leaders in South Africa and even … and J. M. Coetzee (2003). Actors have…
BiographyJim Lithako
… Free State [now Free State Province]. He was said to be one of the leading agitators in Witzieshoek, who had refused …
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… his friends and fellow students home during the holidays. One of these friends was Mohamed Mayat, whom Mayat married in … Having sold more than 500 000…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… boys and girls. The extended family was an important part of society during this time. People did not move around … aunts, uncles and grandparents all living…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… Black Star Line, a shipping company established in part to transport blacks back to Africa as well as to … with Africans now taking the lead. That was due in…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… the June 16 Soweto uprising started in the early 1980s. One of the projects involved the construction of a tombstone … the wall of the Castle of Good Hope…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… to drink is pulled to the ground. 9 April, The bottom part of the statue of Loius Botha, the first South African … plinth. 11 April, Paul Kruger’s statue is…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… mistrust of the police services, the latter being one of the main obstacles to overcome in order to achieve … 2009, 66), showing violence against women is a…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… Sotho were the main body of early stone builders in this part of the country, because Iron Age sites studied by them … worked in South Africa's mines, and…
BiographyFrans Ramaro
… station and did not return. It was alleged that he was one of the supporters of the banished Makwena Matlala who was …
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… for amnesty was refused by the TRC. Jack has been named as one of a group of powerful Eastern Cape businesspeople that …
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… in place, President Lula’s administration became one of the most popular in the history of Brazil. According …
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… for amnesty was refused by the TRC.Jack has been named as one of a group of powerful Eastern Cape businesspeople that …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… in several demonstrations, and in September Macozoma was one of 43 students from KwaZakhele who were arrested …
BiographySedick Isaacs
… of people he could associate with as a banned person. At one stage, he was forced to sell eggs and worked as a …
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… In 1971 Ndebele married Mpho Kathleen Malebo. They have one son and two daughters. Ndebele began studying at the Roma …
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… two members of the special branch outside our front door, one of them waving a warrant authorizing them to investigate … the mainstream media almost…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… tells us about the past through the spoken word as told by one generation to the next. It is also an important way to … same. It is possible that as the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… cultural diversity is expressed in a number of ways; one of the most famous is the different cultural influence … is the Domba, or python dance which is held…