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ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… war for the benefit of the enemy, none have surpassed the formation of the Concentration Camps". 31 October, Despite … the enormous mortality was not…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… of chiefs. But this recognition was upheld until after the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The delay …
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
Historians recognise the significance of popular struggles over the past 100 years. But debates among historians about their relationship to formal political…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and the second natural heritage. Cultural sites Cultural heritage sites have…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… the question. The defeat of the Boer republics and the formation of Union in 1910 marked the beginning of a new …
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… of the baSotho The three Basotho Wars (1858- 68) and the formation of Lesotho The Southern Sotho people were unified …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… to a split in the South African Indian Community with the formation of the Colonial Born and Indian Settlers …
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… Since the British government would bear the cost the formation of the contingent, Botha did not need the approval …
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a …
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… involved in politics, but they were now involved in the formation of the new parliament.A statistic that shows the …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… of the Bloemfontein anti-pass campaign was the formation of early women's political movements. Women had … politicians became increasingly more militant with…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… rise to 10 618. 1904 Negotiations continue around the formation of a South African University system. 1905 The … in the residence. This incident later…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 World Heritage Sites within the continent…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
Heritage Heritage is a deceptively simple idea. It can be considered to be made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from parents to children…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… African National Congress had met and decided to allow the formation of an organisation that would engage in violent … that the South African Communist Party…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… London. Some have argued that Sharpeville precipitated the formation of the AAM, but the Boycott Committee had already … unions. Some unions had supported…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… it was said, white groups would also join to help in the formation of one large federated movement. The unifying … Yet crucially, the position the WPSA took,…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… medical and educational facilities. He also condemns the formation of separate social security funds and the holding … delegates to India, America and…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… has had a global impact, as seen in the subsequent formation of Rhodes Must Fall Oxford based in England. … Fees Must Fall Within a few months of the…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… system, leading to his conversation to Marxist. 1961 Formation of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) the military wing of the …
ArticleNdebele
… coastal forebears (and to present-day isiZulu). Hence, the formation of the Southern vs. Northern Ndebele. A third …
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… Keijser, 6 October 1750. WCA, MOOC 8/7.11 Image source The formation of a uniform slave culture or society was further …
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… rule was still in the process of being entrenched. The formation of the Union of South Africa accelerated the …
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… This proved difficult, and the UN eventually agreed on the formation of a seven-nation committee that would visit …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… independent of the body, a decision that leads to the formation of the Dutch Reformed Church. August, Reverend Dirk …
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… was established that same year. One leading figures in the formation of APDUSA was Dr Neville Alexander . The idea of …
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… African Council of Trade Unions (SACTU) -- a non-racialist formation that committed itself to both economic and broader …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… The rise of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the formation of South African Students Organisation (SASO) …
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… the Natal Rates Campaign and played a pivotal role in the formation of the Release Mandela Campaign. He represented the …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… one tennis court served about 200 student-athletes. The formation of a second and then third team in the early 1930s … an initial, perhaps necessary, step…