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ArchiveInvestigating womens participation in protes
… in 1994. This makes it possible for us to speculate about the influence of transition on women's political …
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 3: Dont help sellouts to get R40 000 a year
… liberatory movement introduced the Dont Vote Campaign and about 90% of the people boycotted the elections. APDUSA …
EventSouth African born Charlize Theron wins an Oscar for best actress in the movie Monster
… in the movie. She had to alter her appearance and gain about 15 kilograms for the role. Her performance garnered her …
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… held in Johannesburg. The conference, attended by about 200 delegates from the four provinces, unanimously …
EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… dubbed "reconstruction under arms". Click here to read about Milner's reconstruction of South Africa. …
EventChurch bombing kills 15 people in Nigeria.
… State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident. About 15 people were confirmed dead including civilians and …
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
… meant to raise awareness in countries all over the world about the high levels of illiteracy. Projects and activities …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… Rights Peace Party. Others seem to have been concerned about the fate of specific communities in the new South …
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… Very little is known about the languages of South Africa's San people, as most of …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… union activity, although the workers knew very little about trade union work. In 1924, the South African …
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… it has been acknowledged that majority of the protests are about service delivery. People walk past burning barricades …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… who travels to unknown places in order to find out more about them. Independence : Freedom from political control by …
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… place, other ANC campaigns continued. On 9 August 1956 about 20 000 women marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria …
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… policies. Although revelations in the press, in the 1960s, about Afrikaner Broederbond membership began to erode its …
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… of its key aims is to provide a space for telling stories about the armed struggle from the perspective of its …
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… I know many other mutual friends who will say the same about him. None of us expected him to go so soon and we are … I was working for The Star at the time…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… disrupting rail traffic. According to Engineering News, about 4 000m3 of concrete and 1 000 tons of structural steel were used to construct the Bridge, with…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… Rocks (sometimes called the ‘Bergland) with a diameter of about 45 km. This is the remains of what was pushed up from … Centre in Venterskroon or the Parys…
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… Department of Information was also particularly concerned about the continued attacks on Apartheid policies by students … launched as part of the strategy to…
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… was sent to Batavia to learn to become an interpreter in about 1657. Since he had witnessed first hand the capacity of … had witnessed Dutch military tactics…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… demonstrate both “how we know” and “how much we know” about precolonial southern Africa. They also show how, during … - takes a more in-depth look at why so…
PlaceMohodi
… in short was a settlement in the former homeland of Lebowa about 75 km north-west of Pietersburg (now Polokwane). The … area from Mphakane up to the 1980s…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
… suggests that there is low public awareness in the country about key historical events. The Marikana massacre – the … said they had heard of the massacre but…
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… Budget. As before, many flattering remarks were made about the President and his role in the transition that we … past;but also the social conflict that that…
Closing Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC 16 December 1990
… that face us on the ground. There would have been no talks about talks today - no future prospect for negotiations - if … on the ground. On July 22 I…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… I was even more happy to hear of your visit to Durban, about the presence of Ma Nokukhanya [Mrs. Albert Luthuli], … and others and hope that the experience…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… amenities, and herded into compounds, knew nothing about trade union organisation until about 1917. The double scourge of violence and hatred which … Since…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… is quite general. It asks, it begins by asking questions about what you see or what you saw the conflict as being, how … involved with Bram Fischer of course…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 23 May 1983, Volume 77 and Volume 78
… F Eloff, to inquire into, report and make recommendations about, the activities of the SACC, including its management …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 20 May 1983, Volume 76
… F Eloff, to inquire into, report and make recommendations about, the activities of the SACC, including its management …