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ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… to images, colours, dates, characters and references to places. ANOTHER TIP: Use present tense when referring to the …
ArticleMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
ArticleAfrapix
Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography Collective Afrapix, a progressive photographers'…
Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… social democracy, represented by popular democracy which places the needs of the poor and social issues such as decent … up by the fact that many live a…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… service has the people with the right skills, at the right places, in the right numbers. To overcome the problems that …
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… of social democracy, which include: a system which places the needs of the poor and social issues such as health …
ArchiveJohannesburg Diocese Justice and Peace Commission 1989 Lenten lectures
White poster with black lettering. Notice of lectures at Cathedral Place on the 8th, 15th and 22nd March 1989. Programme and list of speakers.
ArchivePaper presented by Eric Molobi
Paper presented by Eric Molobi at the United Democratic Front's National Council conference which took place on the 17th - 18th December 1983 in Port Elizabeth.
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Spontaneous strikes resulted: workers walk out of the work places demanding wage increases. The Bantu Homelands … in the Cape, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and…
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the Malay Quarter, the Bo-Kaap’s origins date back to the 1760s…
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
Elandslaagte was a mission station of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The 1875 census indicated that the…
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
Over the past two days, the National Executive Committee of the ANC has deliberated on the Pietermaritzburg Court judgement on the 12th of September by Judge…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R…
ArchiveThe churchs best kept secret
Blue poster with black lettering. Notice of Lenten Lectures 1988. Cathedral Place, Mayfair. Black, white and blue image of church with white cross in front of…
Statement of the christian institute re the report of the Van Royen commission, Johannesburg, May 24, 1997
This statement is written by CF Beyers Naude. It a statement of the Christian Institute report of the Van Rooyen Commission which took place in Johanesburg in…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
There is a pass in the Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here that the two 12-pounder guns of 'O' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), were placed and…
Reply by President Jacob Zuma to the debate of the Presidency budget vote, 13 May 2010
Honourable Speaker, Honourable Deputy President, Honourable Members, Thank you very much for the opportunity given to us to present the Presidency budget…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… who worked on Kora during the 1920s and 1930s – in places that included Bloemhof – and her memories were quite …
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
Hole in the Wall is one of the most impressive landmarks along the entire South African coastline. Second only to Table Mountain, most likely, though only a…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants returning from…
PlaceMauritius
Though Mauritius lies in the waters of the Indian Ocean, between the continents of Africa and Asia, it is situated below the equator, it is considered part of…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
The adoption of the final Constitution concluded some of the most successful negotiations in recent constitutional and political history. The most striking and…
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
January 1976, a group of people with Mosima Sexwale are taken by two cars a Fiat and a Soviet-origin vehicle to Dar es Salaam Airport where they flew in a…
ArticleZulu Family History
Zulu Kings 1781 to 1816 Senzangakhona 1816 to 1828 Shaka 1828 to 1840 Dingane 1840 to 1872 Mpande 1872 to 1879 Cetswayo 1879 to 1916…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
On 14 April 1980 the nine accused appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in one of the most highly publicised South African guerrilla trials, the…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo ja Toivo…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the following years inspires the establishment…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989 1980 January 24, The Bulgarian Communist Party awards Dadoo the Order of Georgi Dimitrov. October 20 - 22, Dr Yusuf…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
What is herding? Herder societies are also known as pastoral societies and were also nomadic, like hunter-gatherers. They kept domesticated animals and…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
The text that follows is a brief summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. You can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an…