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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,…
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,…
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…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012, the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour … the world’s attention, when 34 mineworkers who took part in an unprotected strike were shot…
Journals
… African Association of Art Historians launched a journal in 1987. Accredited by the Department of Education and … Cultural History is now regarded as a…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt … component of the transition to full and free…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… another platform for this line. Buoyed by a mandate in favour of organising African unions from the overwhelming … call for government recognition of African…
Khaya Ngwenya
… Born: Durban, 1972. Resides and works in Johannesburg. Studied at Durban University of Technology where he obtained a National Diploma in Video Technology…
Iliso Labantu Photo Group
… is a cooperative of township-based photographers, living in the Cape Town area, who have been working together since … been invited to exhibit work at three…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
… to get to know each other again and I had to find my feet in my new home. After the lonely time in prison Esmé’s house was quite a shock. She had many young …
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… this topic Islam : the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of … of music, etc. before it has been…
ArticleKey terms with definitions for this topic
… Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of … of music, etc. before it has been printed Mecca: a…
The oldest forms of human communication
… . The site also includes interesting ideas for games in the classroom. San hunter-gatherers and the Khoi-Khoi … history books taught, inaccurately, that…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… that I had a post to go to. Ronnie Kasrils was meticulous in requiring me to provide real information showing that I could indeed handle the post of Special…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia. Among other reasons for the outpost … its name from Jan Bloem II, the leader…
ArticleThe South African General Elections: 2019
… General elections will be held in South Africa on the 8th of May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. This…
Professor Zakes Mda review of Robert Mcbride A coloured Life
… sources. It is a scholarly work, yet it prides itself in lucidity and avoids unnecessary jargon...In its multi-disciplinary approach it will be an … who want…
Indian South Africans timeline 2000s
… 16 November, Billy Nair is given a given a state funeral in Durban, a testament to the esteem he was held in as a fighter for liberation. 16 December,…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an interview, Nelson Mandela said: "With the exception of … for teachers visit www.pbs.org The…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… the total number of registered male voters was 11 439 740. In total, 25 364 669 South Africans were registered to vote in the 2014 general elections. 7…
Archive2008 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2008
… of our Provinces; Chairperson of SALGA, mayors and leaders in our system of local government; Chairperson of the … to attain a better life for all. I say…
ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
… With no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National … using violence. Secondly, this group objected to clauses in the…
ArticleBonani Africa Online Exhibition 2010
… Many of the essays in the Bonani Africa 2010 Exhibition that straddle the twin … and the margins is where many of the photographers, in this exhibition, work…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… figures of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN) from the 1930s … The signposts that light up liberation…
ArticleTransport on water
… might have sails, so that the wind takes them forward and in a certain direction. Modern boats can have motors … Long before the Europeans began their own…