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ArticleNational Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR)
… of the Kairos document which justified armed resistance under the umbrella of Christianity, NIR organised a national …
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… camps caused the death of 4 177 women, 22 074 children under sixteen and 1 676 men, mainly those too old to be on … of Gen. J.C. Smuts, is sent to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Congress (ANC). A conservative "National Minded Bloc" under the leadership of R.V Selope Thema breaks away in a … Union of South Africa. December, Nelson…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… and freedoms. April, South African Races Congress formed under leadership of John Tengo Jabavu. 18 May, SISULU: Walter … his education at Ohlange Institute -…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwe) individually. Note: Some grade 6 sections are under construction and still link to old content. Also note, …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1940-1948
… 9, Gandhi is arrested in the early hours of the morning under the Defence of India Rules following the "Quit India" …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… from the white minority apartheid regime to a society under a democratically elected government. Prince Buthelezi … Africa’s transition to democracy and…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… the aftermath of the conquest; as well as Rhodesia under the company’s control until it lost it control. Pioneer … corps were non-combatants, they performed…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… British settlers arriving in 1820 The Cape Colony remained under Dutch rule until 1795 before it fell to the British … Dutch settlers (the boers) trekked…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… in Natal. From the 1920s the organization functioned under the umbrella organization, the SAIC (South African … struggles. Like the TIC, in the 1930s - 1940s…
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… world. The Akkadian conquest brought different city-states under a single kingdom with a single administration. They … the Akkad kingdom and establish a new…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… the Netherlands. Fester spent her entire life, much of it under the stresses of apartheid, educating women and children … for non-skilled labour. They had to…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… The Unlawful Organisations Act No. 34 comes into effect. Under this Act any organisation deemed a threat to the public … announces that the ANC and the PAC…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… of threat by non-Whites on the White population group, under control. The Act also cut across all traditional … Black or Coloured. According to this Act…
ArticleMaritime history and heritage: shipwrecks
… low oxygen levels, and resulting low decomposition rate, under water. …
Melinda Stuurman
… studied at CityVarsity, School of Media and Creative Arts under the watchful eye of Jenny Altschuler. I loved every …
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… miscarriages due to insufficient health facilities. Under the new rule factories were placed under the control of elected committees of workers. Lenin ……
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… in urban areas. The development of the homeland system, under the rubric of separate development, saw the policy of … area that was called Kangwane, to the…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… The Federation also recommended to workers organizations under their jurisdiction that they abide by this resolution … politics in South Africa. Before the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… townships are cordoned off and the situation is brought under government control. A state of emergency is declared, … begins consideration of the situation…
ArticleThe Johanna
… vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the command of Captain Robert Brown. She embarked on … Good Hope at the time, Simon van der Stel ,…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… During the 1980s , the apartheid government came under increasing internal pressure. The National Party … society protests in the 1980s: 1983 Tricameral…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… 53 clergymen were arrested in Johannesburg and charged under the Riotous Assemblies Act. By September, the … Black Municipal Workers Union. Both were charged…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… 1970s, the roles women played were changing dramatically under the immense political, domestic and economic pressures … lively Coloured, Black and Indian…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… mass rally with Steve Biko . Winnie Mandela placed under house arrest. Robert McBride 's sister Gwynneth is … released, but the nineteen others are charged…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… for the South African government to bring Namibia under its control. After independence was gained in 1990, … as the armed wing of SWAPO, the people of…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… others too poor to meet their basic social requirements. Under this programme, free health care programmes were … barriers to trade and liberalizing capital…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… maps as "Nel's Spruit", the stream of the Nels, and it was under this name that the future town would be recorded in the … the South African War (1899 to…
The appointment of Judges
… that a written confession to a magistrate had been made under duress, to prove that it had been made under duress. The judgment, delivered on 5 April 1995,…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… while in detention. Moreover, all these deaths happened under mysterious circumstances. In addition, the Johannesburg … Afro-Asian diplomatic efforts that…