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ArticleKora
The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
Travelling conditions on the ships transporting workers from India were deplorable. The voyages were long, with the danger of disease breaking out, ever…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
In 1887 Zululand was annexed by the colony of Natal and the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable land. There was widespread poverty, made worse…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
Following the 1973, Durban strikes, TUCSA seemed unwilling to hold to book employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to the ideal of African unions registered…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… raising the resources to tackle world poverty. London: Zed Books Ltd., p. 103. ↵ [cxiv] Cheru, F. & Bradford, C. (eds.). … raising the resources to tackle…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… payment of salaries to teachers and free lunches and books for school children Right to vote for all unemployed …
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… confiscating correspondence, address plates, financial books, subscription lists and 2,000 copies of the latest …
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… movement in the country and required them to carry pass books when outside their designated area. One such …
The First Slaves at the Cape
… Marias who are often conflated into one person in history books. …
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
On 13 February 1871, the Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of repatriated ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in Madras on 10 April…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Level 1 & 2…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin…
Journals
Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians launched a journal in 1987. Accredited by the Department of Education and Training, the…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
Our ancestors survived by hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The women usually gathered food while the men hunted. Source: museums.ncl.ac.uk…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
The Portuguese begin mapping and exploring the South African coastline and basic trading takes place between the Khoikhoi and the Europeans. Nguni and Sotho…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
Before learning about Social Darwinism, it is important to understand Darwinism. Here is a brief summary, but you can read more in the section in Grade 7 Human…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, anti-Communist form of government. Nazi Germany became a fascist country under…
America, Spanish conquest
… following civilisations: the Mayas, Aztecs or Incas. Use books in the school or community library as well as the …
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
1913 15 June, Trevor Huddleston is born in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England. Huddleston is christened at St Paul’s Church in Bedford. 1921-1937 …
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… 1829 is advertised on the same poster as the sale of rice, books, muslins etc. Source: www.chrislayson.com The abolition …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act makes reference books with ID, population classification, stamp registering …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… traces of Stalinist repression, like the banning of books and the omnipresent secret police, and gave new …
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
The Empty or Vacant Land Theory is a theory that was propagated by European settlers in nineteenth-century South Africa to support their claims to land. Today…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popular in the Nguni ethnic group (Zulu). It…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
Max Agadoni Max Agadoni is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University, studying business and engineering. He is originally from Leawood, Kansas, and…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… Douzinas, Costas and Zizek. “The idea of communism”. Verso Books, 2010. p. 145. [2] Marx, Engels and Moore. Manifesto of … [7] Trotsky. History of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
Introduction In the previous section, we have learnt about the origins of capitalism, however, we paid cursory attention to the racial character of that…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
This article was written by Jarvis Pruitt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project In order to stand up straight,…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… [Accessed: 17 January 2015] Books Hamblin, W. J. (2006), Warfare in the Ancient Near … at the Dawn of History, [online] available at https://books.google…