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ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… On 14 April 1980 the nine accused appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in one of the most highly publicised South African guerrilla … trial. The…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… against the South African Apartheid Regime , which in the following years inspires the establishment of Namibian … of Andimba Toivo ya Toivo a small group of…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… story of the Forgotten People of Simon’s Town”. [1] Formed in 1998, the Heritage Museum in Simon’s Town is a treasure trove of local history that … whole of…
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… documentary photographer and artist David Goldblatt in 1989, it was originally created as a space to provide further education in visual literacy and…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… The birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa necessitated a critical review of the system … of the past. Seeking to move away from…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South … had one main aim: to further…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… 1936 Hermanus Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July). [i] 1954 Matriculated from John Bisseker High School, in East London,…
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… at school, at home, on the playground, sports field or in government. Leaders have a responsibility to lead their … and to be able to judge if they are good…
ArticleThe Western Front
… Plan . This plan was based on the assumption that in case of a war breaking out, Germany would face a war on … war on the Western front would last for four…
Dave Robertson
… I am a self-taught, fine art photographer based in Cape Town. My work is primarily a form of social … hand-painted photographs depicting marginalized…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
… At a GFWBF meeting in Pietermaritzburg in April, metalworkers from two factories called for the … (MAWU), with the assistance of the GFWBF, was launched in…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… and the new arrivals. Within a decade, irregularities in the employment of Indians had increased to such an extent … forced to set up a special Indian…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that the Herero in the area are stockpiling weapons with the intent to go…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… market gardeners from the Springfield Flats (Tintown) area in Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal) drowned when the banks … The fishermen made five trips into…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943] Document 1 In spite many leading representatives of the Coloured and … conference to work out proposals to…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… ‘71 was a theatre training workshop that was founded in 1971 by the South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) in Johannesburg. SAIRR arranged for…
Padraic O’Meara
… Born: Cape Town, 1980. Lives and works in Cape Town. Has a BA (Hons) degree in Motion Pictures and Diplomas in Animation for Film and TV and in Business…
Christianity
… Christianity What do Christians believe? Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph. Source: … to guide them and to help them to live their…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Fighters (EFF) announced its formation on 27 July, 2013 in Soweto. The party was formed by former ANC Youth League … for economic emancipation, calling for …
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… 1869 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born in Porbandar, Gujarat, India 1883 Gandhi marries KasturbaiMakhanji in an arranged child marriage 1888 He travels to…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the verandah AMATHURI - Verandah IBADI - Door IBALELO - … at the indoor apex of a roof. This is…
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… was The Guardian. The Guardian itself was founded in 1937 by trade unionists, university professors and some communists. It became a leading voice in the…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… I was born on the 11th of September 1965. I grew up in Johannesburg in an Afrikaans family. I went to the University Of Pretoria … me on to study further and…
Mandela: Message to India
… (New Delhi, June 11, 1994), Nelson Mandela sent a message in his capacity as the President of South Africa and another in his capacity as the President of…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major political significance. In his message to…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal … and intellectual whose…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal … and intellectual whose…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… African people are converted to Christianity every day and in Nigeria about 20 new religious sects or groups come into … every week and millions of Muslim…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… stretches back to least 2000 BC. It became a single empire in 221 BC. [1] China was ruled by a series of dynasties until … Up until 1368, Mongolian rulers…
The Origin of People
… with other animals. What makes people so special? In what ways do people differ from other animals? Skeletons in the cupboards Have you heard the expression…