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ArticleEuropean Revolutions Timeline 1768-1848
… Congress of Vienna. 1820 Revolution in Spain. 1820 Revolution in Italy. 1821 Revolution in Greece. 1825 Uprisings in Russia. 1830 Industrial …
Alexia Webster
… Alexia is a South African photographer born in Johannesburg and currently based in Cape Town. After completing a photography course at the Market Photo…
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… is carried out according to the laws that have been passed in Parliament. For example the Minister of Education must make sure that the education in the…
ArticleThe Basotho
… In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There … 1800’s. He defended a…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… South Africa's Constitution is the first in the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds … as this section specifically mentions race and…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province . The police killed 34 … This event culminated after an intense week-long…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… the wave of independence which swept the African continent in the 1960s, integration schemes became an increasingly … tool for facilitating economic growth…
The turn to armed struggle
… years, different liberation organisations debated engaging in armed struggle against the Apartheid state. Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the state…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… 1892 16 March, James Sebe Moroka is born in Thaba Nchu. , Bophuthatswana in the Free State province. 1909 Moroka completes his primary … matric examination…
ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… recognised him as King of the AmaZulu and as an ally. In March 1839 the Voortrekkers declared the republic of … as its British counterparts, none proving…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… record shows Xhosa lived on the banks of the Buffalo River in 1686 and settled at what is now Somerset East in 1702. In the 1770s, Whites settlers…
ArticleBalfour Declaration
… At the Imperial Conference in London in 1926, Hertzog (with support from Canada, Ireland and … were autonomous communities All dominions were equal in status…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hundred years ago, … century and keeping the British imperial…
Luli
… at Langlaagte, gold had become the most important industry in South Africa, bringing much money into the country. Gold mining on the Rand created a…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) in 1975, with Emma Mashinini as the general secretary and … Union (HARWU) and Retail and Allied Workers…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… (the GRA, the Fellowship of True Afrikaners) was launched in Paarl, Western Cape on 14 August 1875. The society was … dedicated to the recognition of…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO) was initiated in 1990 at a consultative conference held in Johannesburg. The aim of FOSACO was to establish a … the…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism … and sport. Organisation This Order…
Cedric Nunn
… leave a positive legacy for the children of Africa'. Born in 1957 in Nongoma, KwaZulu, and raised in Hluriluwe, Mangete and Baynesfield. I began photography…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… and Fighter-jets from a British-Swedish consortium in order to retain an effective defense capability. This … to the National Assembly and was supported by…
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… In this topic, we will identify and explain the changes that took place in Europe between 1750 and 1850. Change is the driving force in history. Without…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… try to find the answers to certain questions about people in the past. To do this they look for evidence of the people they are interested in. This means…
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… and Tigris Rivers. The source of these rivers lies in modern Turkey and they cross Syria before ending in Iraq, where they unite. Mesopotamia is Greek for ‘a…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… The Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) was established in April 1973 in with the assistance of the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF). It was…
Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)
… The Institute for Industrial Education (IIE) was founded in Durban, in May 1973, to serve as a school for trade unionists of all … unionists. The institute…
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… In 2002 the South African Society of Artists, the oldest surviving organisation of its kind in our country, marks its centenary. It is perhaps not … broadly-…
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… In mid 1906, the Natal colonialist in the face of rising Zulu resentment against the imposition … kaMancinza , head of the Zondi, a Zulu clan that lived in…
ArticleThe impact of Lenin and Stalin’s policies on the rights of the Russian people
… examine Stalins. The impact of the policies is examined in the table at the end. Stalin: The First Five- Year Plans … Communist Party accepted Stalin's…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. This conference was remarkable as it signalled … Jacob Zuma . Zuma was appointed as…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… of State Security (BOSS), which was originally established in 1968, is one such agency whose history remains frustratingly murky. Origins BOSS was…