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ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… life is addressed in her novel So Long a Letter (1981). A new generation of African writers is taking the world by … the best players to ever participate in…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… African Defense Force was required for White men over the age of 16 starting in 1967. [iv] Gilder joined the SADF in … true that MK gave the ANC political…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… action. Presumably, it was taken for granted that the new military unit would be under the control of certain … Mandela and Slovo worked to recruit members…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… are citizens of the world. The certainties that come with age tell me that among these we shall find an Afrikaner woman … charity but from the desire to…
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… On Freedom Day, the 27th of April 2000, South Africa got a new coat of arms. It replaced the old coat old arms which had been used since 1910. This new coat…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… and open platform to any form of dance as long as it was a new contemporary work. The first edition of the festival … The grant was intended to enable them…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… farm of the widow Scheepers was chosen as the site for the new administrative village. 1806 14 February, Captain Jacob … the settlement of British immigrants…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… Many argue that apartheid was simply segregation under a new name, based on the ideological belief that races should … to ‘heal the divisions of the past’…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… encountered during apartheid has continued into the New South Africa. | Michael Oliver’s inspiring claim that … social model of disability, this essay hopes…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… encountered during apartheid has continued into the New South Africa. | Michael Oliver’s inspiring claim that … social model of disability, this essay hopes…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… inadequate, notably on issues such as gender rights and age appropriateness (Smith, 2014). Consequently, education … of eligible children from 18 to 6 (Goetz…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… colony from Britain. He is also instructed to establish a new system of government for the Cape. Lieutenant-General J … dies. His exiled son, Gogongwana,…
Jason Laure
… Resides in Cape Town. Studied at Columbia University, New York City and Sorbonne, Paris. Awards: Pulitzer Prize … of 32 books. Collection: UNICEF Africa…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwe? The Great Zimbabwe ruins date from the Iron Age and lie between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the …
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… had arrived at the Cape from Mauritius at a very young age and by 1808 was in his early twenties. His slave-owner … it was an extremely significant event. It…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… expansionism. 1680 Commander Simon van der Stel starts a new settlement along the Eerste River on land belonging to … Rheede, decrees that male slaves buy…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… Only the four Native Representatives and members of the new Progressive Party voted against the Bill. In conclusion; … the weakened and exiled liberation…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… and the creation of nation states. [2] Enlightenment: The Age of Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Reason or simply the Enlightenmen) was an…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… Committee. The Indian Reciprocity Act is passed in New Delhi by the Central Legislative Assembly. It imposes the … article. 16 December, The ANC annual…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… made to carry passes. In 1906 the government published new rules for the enforcing the passes and police were given … stringent measures to control black…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… which result in the mortality of children under the age of five. [lxxii] The odds are stacked against the African … Africa, for even though there is decrease…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… to come, where it has already begun. I have been to the new Jerusalem.’ Marked by his experience, Gumede began to … More than 60 parties were invited to send…
Alexia Webster
… and South African publications, including the New York Times, The Guardian and UK Sunday Telegraph. She has been exhibited in New York, Cape Town and…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… International Day’ 2013 Nelson Mandela passes away at the age of 95 …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… Source Essay Question: To what extent did Roosevelt’s New Deal succeed in mitigating the negative effects of the … series of reforms and restructures in what…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… India” by UNESCO World Heritage and declared one of the ‘New 7 Wonders of the World’) was built for his late wife, … & Simone van der Colff End Notes [1]…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… one lies with a woman; that is detestable. (Leviticus 22: New Testament)." One can argue that opposition towards … the Immorality Act of 1957, which were: 1)…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… apartheid. Women helped transform South Africa into a new, free country where people now have a voice and freedom … for nearly fifty years before the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… State government is one of the main advertisers in The New Age . After the Free State Premier Ace Magashule delivers his state of the province address, The…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… Robb went by her middle name, Noel, and died at the late age of 95. Ninety five years well spent. Ninety five years … to stand up for their rights. In 1989…