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ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… slavery". Chattel slavery was practiced in the America’s and saw human beings traded as mere property. These … and teachers who intended to establish a…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Document 4 Letter from ECCI to Central Commitee, CPSA, 20 June 1931 (extracts) Document 5 Report of A. Nzula to ECCI … Emissary to CPSA, 19 January 1932…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… London. 1897 Sidney Percival Bunting wins the Chancellor’s Prize at Magdalene College, Oxford. 1893 William H. Andrews … A 15-page pamphlet, An African…
EventOlive Shisana is born
… University of the North, South Africa. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology which she obtained from the …
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
… political accountability in negotiations. Emeka Anyaoku's words, especially, are a fitting tribute to the … Assembly became involved in them. It was…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… shipping in the open roadstead of Table Bay, in 1743 Simon's Bay (in False Bay) was declared the winter anchoring place … "de Kat", at the back of the…
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
… (20 June 2016). ↵ [iii] Introducing… Nasty C!, … (20 June 2016). …
PlaceNiewoudtville
… Church who developed it as a kerkplaats (church farm). On 20 June 1901 Boer forces entered the village and ransacked …
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… in 1587 she had Mary Queen of Scots executed. The Queen’s conflict with Catholic Spain resulted in the defeat of the … the beginning of the 14th century…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… Cape Town: NASOU, p. 601. Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds)(1993). South Africa in the 20th Century, Pretoria: … UN concerned about Fischer’s arrest …
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) President and the first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal Security Act, Fatima Meer, was banned…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… from it for a number of years, Letele committed suicide on 20 December 1965. The South African Institute of Health Care …
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… Tloome, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)'s assistant general secretary Sydney Mufamadi, COSATU … [online] Available at www.sahistory.org.za …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… On 20 September 1915 a new battalion consisting of Cape Coloured … The corps was made up of coloured members of the country's defence force, and at its peak…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… commission works for different churches. Mancoba's works can be described as spontaneous bursts of colour. It … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition ,…
EventThe decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the First Matabele War (Ndebele), Zimbabwe
… demonstrating their courage. They had 80 000 spearmen and 20 000 riflemen, against fewer than 700 British soldiers, but … the Shangani River but they were…
PlaceCurry's Post
… Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the … history that involves the Curry Family, after whom Curry’s Post is named, who settled here,…
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… over 80% went to White people, who made up less than 20% of the population. The Act stipulated that Black people … 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 393…
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… event. Police opened fire on the crowd, killing between 20 and 43 people (sources vary). On 13 April 1985 the crowd …
Place18 Gangster Museum, Khayelitsha
18 Gangster Museum is an initiative in the Cape Town Township of Khayelitsha, the first Living Museum in Cape Town! The creation of the Museum is to help the…
PlaceKatberg, Eastern Cape
About 30 kilometres from Hogsback and close on two hours from East London, the little town of Katberg lies in enviable countryside. Citrus orchards, green…
ArchiveHugh Masekela - what I'm thinking about ... a crisis for African culture (The Guardian)12 March 2013
… It is said that 11 of the world's 20 fastest growing economies are in Africa, but when you talk … it, are the ones who benefit from it. In my view, Africa's…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… had also been on the executive of the South African People's Organisation and an active trade union organiser. It was … Orlando for her funeral, remembering…
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… lives of the people and materials that showed South Africa’s vulnerability to economic sanctions. The British AAM had … There was such a crush of people that…
The melody of freedom
… character, diametrically opposed to the oppressor’s ideology of divide-and-rule. Marabi was more than music, … tailored to suit SABC programme formats. ' The…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… van Bengalen took charge of the madrasah after Tuan Guru's death. 1807 Establishment of Palm Tree Masjid: second in … the building was renovated and used as…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… railwayman James Douglas Logan , who recognised the area’s potential as a stop along the expanding railway line … health spa that attracted visitors seeking…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… The second heritage site of interest is the famous Makapan’s Cave, or Makapansgat. Makapan (more correctly Mugombane) … deposit was the inspiration for…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… diplomatic support for sanctions against South Africa. On 20 March Nana Mahomo and Peter Molotsi has crossed the border … and was the first ever national…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… to the national executive, including Oliver Tambo , Sisulu’s successor. The period 1950 -1952 began with a commitment to … and Kathrada, began in November…