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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…
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…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… training institution for the sons of chiefs and headmen in Nongoma, and tutored in Zulu customs privately at the Khethomthandayo royal … The KwaZulu homeland…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Belinka Unger & Jason Smith
… Belinka Unger , Born in Cape Town, 1973. Belinka has a Bachelor of Arts degree … from the University of Cape Town. Jason Smith , Born in Cambridge, England,…
Grade 9 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. Human rights issues during and after World … the Holocaust can help us to think…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town when African labour leader, H Selby Msimang convened a general meeting in Bloemfontein,…
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…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… went to collect taxes from the Hlongwa and Cele clans in the Silverstream district. The Hlongwas refused to pay. … pay their taxes. Another incident occurred…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… The ANC in exile issued its first January 8th statement in 1972, the founding date of the ANC. This statement … a hiatus, the ANC issued its next January 8th…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour … the world’s attention, when 34 mineworkers who took part in unprotected strike were shot and…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour … the world’s attention, when 34 mineworkers who took part in unprotected strike were shot and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… of Portuguese India, Francisco d' Almeida, is killed in a skirmish with Khoi-Khoi, probably due to a … and the Portuguese at the mouth of the Salt River in…