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ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… with its own supporters. The disrespect of South Africa’s charter was the force that fueled the initial six women into …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
On 2 February 1990, the National Party government unbanned political parties, released many political prisoners and detainees, and unbanned many people,…
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…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… the increased wealth that trade brought to the economy. A charter is a document giving authority to companies to take …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… the women’s march There were demands listed in the Freedom Charter There were anti-pass defiance campaigns People were …
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… was hostile to the nationalisation clauses in the Freedom Charter, and ANC leaders had to convince them that they …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… on the outskirts of the historic meeting. Here the Freedom Charter is read to the 2884 delegates. August, An article by …
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
… August Natal north coast Toto Dweba UDF and Natal Freedom Charter Committee Found mutilated. August East Rand Brian …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… of anti-apartheid organisations sympathetic to the Freedom Charter.The launch is attended by delegates of 565 …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… De Klerk and the National party supported the new charter, despite disagreement over some provisions. Shortly …
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… accordance with the principles enshrined in the Atlantic Charter and in keeping with the Cape Town Agreement. 18 July … Representation Act as being contrary…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way to think and dream for the…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… that characterized the 1950s or from creating the Freedom Charter, with its strident aspiration of transferring the …
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
The day of the Massacre, mourning the dead and getting over the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
1775 Apprenticeship laws are promulgated at the Cape. 1800 A massive drought begins in Southern Africa resulting in the Mahlatule famine. This resulted…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… to follow steps to try and ensure the following of the UN Charter inside South Africa. In 1961 United Nations …
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
Abstract Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
Abstract: Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was a South African jazz pianist and alto saxophonist from Port Elizabeth. Due to rising political oppression imposed by the…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… the Defiance Campaign, the adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress Alliance, the Treason Trial of 1956, …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… is willing and able to carry out its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations. 10 November- African National …
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South…
Mission Stations - G-H
Mission Stations - G GABAZI, Libode, Cape: No data available GABERONE, Botswana: SPG 1895 GAGA, Cape: GMS GA LEKALEKALE, Transvaal: Bn GA MATLALE,…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) trading company receives a charter from the States General, the highest authority in the … system. Jury in the Cape Colony…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action…
ArticleAll Members of South Africa’s 5th Democratic Parliament 2014
Surname First names Party Abrahams …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of Tutankhamen Way of life in ancient Egypt The spread of Egypt’s knowledge Together we will learn…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… heirs of Joseph-Francois Lambert, with whom the Lamberts charter was controversially signed by Prince Radama II in …