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ArticleNelspruit an Overview
… without having to rely on the British dominated ports in other parts of the country. Later, it became a point … 1994, the town burgeoned into a city and a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… made, this period could have been decades. South Africa is in a momentous process of change, blazing a trail towards a … further back than the period under…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
… made, this period could have been decades. South Africa is in a momentous process of change, blazing a trail towards a … further back than the period under…
Tsonga
… are a group of the Bantu-speaking population who live in areas extending from St Lucia Bay on the northern KwaZulu … through Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Tsonga…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 3: Democracy and the Constitution
… National Symbols since 1994 In South Africa, we have a perse number of people and … certificates. It can be seen on one side of the coins in our country…
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… camp” Rose Mohlala on “The history of refugees in South Africa” Mapungubwe Award The National Heritage … Bakgafela’. Natalie Naidoo, ‘a history of the Hindu…
Conclusion: Treks & Land conflicts 1600s - 1800s
… for the destruction of many lives and cultures. In many cases the changes were enforced and driven by greed, but in others by necessity. The conquering of…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… during this expedition that Vasco da Gama's crew landed in South Africa. The reason for putting "discovery" in inverted commas is because the land was not,…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… at the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, in 1652. The intention was to provide a post where traders … Europeans started to settle there. Read…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popular in the Nguni ethnic group (Zulu). It further looks at how the … collective name for ethnic groups of…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… commuted to life imprisonment on the island of St. Helena. In 1910 they were granted amnesty and resumed their roles as … Dinizulu was arrested near Nongoma…
The Order of the Southern Cross
… who have displayed singular and exceptional achievement in South Africa. It is awarded to very few individuals, more … Chris Barnard who performed the first…
ArticleFrontline States
… The collapse of apartheid and the advent of democracy in South Africa was regionally supported by a group of … and, from 1980, Zimbabwe. The Frontline States…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… negotiations among various political parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were able…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… new wages for dockworkers were not implemented, stevedores in Cape Town and Durban stopped work and demanded a minimum … Rumours of an upcoming strike at…
The appointment of Judges
… In June 1994, Arthur Chaskalson, senior counsel and the … of the Constitutional Court by President Nelson Mandela, in consultation with the cabinet and the…
ArticleHeritage
… people. Some people relate to the idea of heritage in a personal way, while others see it as having a broader historical and political significance. In this…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… is a law passed by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All other laws must follow it. Other laws can be … law (laws that were brought by the…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… negotiations among various political parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were able…
The National Flag
… The central design of the flag, beginning at the flagpost in a "V" form and flowing into a single horizontal band to … within South African society, taking…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… hunting and gathering for most of the last 100 000 years. In southern Africa the San people, who arrived thousands of … to cut up the animals they hunted and…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of diamonds at … these “reserves,” Africans are no longer…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Southern Methodist University Partnership Project
… with Southern Methodist University students enrolled in a “History of South Africa” course with Dr. Jill Kelly. … (2012-2013), twenty years of democracy …
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
… [1] begins within an overview of the Khoisan languages in general, and briefly describes the three or four main … to the KHOE family, with their range…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
… [1] begins within an overview of the Khoisan languages in general, and briefly describes the three or four main … to the KHOE family, with their range…
Ayanda Ndamane
… Born: Lady Frere, Eastern Cape, 1983. Resides and works in Cape Town. He is presently in his third year of study in photography at the Cape Peninsula…
Grade 10 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. The Slave Trade : One of the most controversial issues regarding European…
Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)
… PACT was founded in Pretoria on 3rd January 1963 with P.P.B Breytenbach as the … administration, that remained the pillar of support in the art and culture…
Krystal Kruger
… Born in Kenya on the 20th May 1988, came to South Africa for high … to study Fine Art at Rhodes University. I’m currently in my fourth year of studying…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… have a heritage of telling stories, while others don’t. In previous times the development of written language history … children through stories, a tradition…