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The National Animal
… areas and open grass plains and is thus found especially in the Free State, North West Province and in the Karoo right up to the west coast. Springbucks move…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different … As pioneering DJs like Oscar "Warona" Mdlongwa, explains:" In…
ArticleZulu Family History
… Margaret’s Church, Nongoma. Buthle MaMathe, born c1951. In May 1996, she and her daughter were seriously wounded in an assault during which they were…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
… Air pollution The ways in which we travel have changed a lot over the last few … faster, easier and sometimes cheaper. But the developments in technology…
ArticleKora
… Where the first Chief Kora lived is unknown, but in early times, most Korana lived near the Gariep, Vaal and … late 17th century, when they trekked from…
Cecile Mella
… with American, Italian, French and Mexican influences in Montpellier, in the south of France in 1983. After studying literature, history and philosophy, …
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… In 1899, an investor named Herman Tobiansky envisaged a … disposal facilities. Whites no longer wanted to live in such a place and many moved into other…
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… Steenkamp, who admitted to theft. It was at this point, in February 1995, that Boesak decided to withdraw as … (OSEO) was making preparations for an…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… set up the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) in 1972. They worked closely with Harriet Bolton of TUCSA. … to make workers aware of their rights…
Allister Starke
… By trade I am a horticulturalist, I currently work in various African countries on Landscaping projects. I was born in 1980 and attended Weston College in…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… apartheid, as well as the release of political prisoners in the early 90s and the country’s transition from repressive rule to democracy in 1994, South…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… over leadership as Commandant-General of the Voortrekkers in Natal. He immediately re-organised the Voortrekkers and … Pretorius and his followers made a vow…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… station changed into a colony proper. It remained Dutch in character, despite employing men from all over Europe. … (refugees from France since 1688), who…
Kutlwano Moagi
… a Photographer and an aspiring Jazz Upright Bassist. Born in soweto, 14 April 1983. Completed a photography learnership at the MArket Photo Workshop in 2005…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Julius Malema had earned the title of Commander-in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters when he was still … Malema’s term as ANC Youth League president…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general election in which the main issue was South Africa’s participation in World War I. 1920 The post WWI crisis…
Independent Electoral Commission
… IEC) Residents of Soweto queue up to cast their votes in South Africa's third democratic elections April 2004 … democracy through the delivery of free and…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… The New Africa Theatre Association (NATA), founded in 1987 by Mavis Taylor the head of University of Cape Town … which defied apartheid laws. It was…
National Orders Recipients
… and creed. The country has been steadily moving forward in a direction that reasserts our humanity. In this march towards humanity, a new culture of human…
The National Arts Festival
… In 1974, an inaugural festival titled the 1820 Settlers … was opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They established the tradition…
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
… relations. Organisation This Order can be awarded in three Classes: Class 1 = Supreme Companion of O.R. Tambo … Central Motif / Symbolism O.R. Tambo: Played…
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… As an ideology, nationalism holds that 'the people' in the doctrine of popular sovereignty is the nation. … As a general definition, African nationalism in…
ArchiveChapter 14 Out of prison: 28 February 1985 as a free person by Denis Goldberg
… I needed to buy clothes. Under guard I was taken shopping in Pretoria by Hillary and that was exciting, disturbing and … Her face froze. She turned her back…
Schlebusch Commission
… In 1973, the Government appointed a select committee of … orders. The Christian Institute was banned completely in 1977. The Schlebusch Commission concluded…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… The independence of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zuma recalls that when Angola and…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… the Russian revolution and the change to a Communist state in Russia, we have already touched on many of the … remaining questions, but we will now examine…
The Performing Arts Councils (PACs)
… The Performing Arts Councils (PACs) were conceived in 1961 to replace the NTO, and in 1963 then Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences Dr. Jan … drama,…
ArticlePaper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU)
… and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU) was formed on 31 May 1974 in Springs, Transvaal. It was also established with the help … figures was Aninka Claassens. PWAWU…
Grade 7 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. Human evolution Evolution refers to the … of years. The roots of humanity are…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… over a long period of time. This exchange must be seen in architecture or technology, the planning of the town or … buildings, use of technology or reflect…