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ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… Whites who identified themselves with the aspirations of those who participated in the Defiance Campaign formed the … the South African Indian Congress (SAIC…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape … and PWV (now Gauteng ) areas. This was the…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The engagement was provoked when the pro-British Sultan of Zanzibar, Ali bin Said, died…
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… Pretoria’s founder – a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i] . At the time of his arrival , King Mzilikazi and the…
ArticleCommemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa
… Commemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927
… CHAPTER III: The Aftermath of the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Dissension, 1927 …
List of organisations which support and are affiliates of the regional United Democratic Front
… List of organisations which support and are affiliates of the regional United Democratic Front …
International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract) …
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures
… The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures …
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… education, and one for sport. The Executive is a committee of all the heads of these departments. This is called the Cabinet The … is where our elected…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic had now been…
The oldest forms of human communication
… Some of the oldest forms of human communication include talking or making sounds, … Further down the line this progressed to meeting the needs of bartering…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… The coastline of the Eastern Cape is treacherous, and several ships ran … or sunk offshore after Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498. Some of…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… 152,184 indentured Indians arrived under the scheme of indenture making a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro arrived on 16 November … ship, the…
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, it consisted of the … On 8 May 1925, the Official Languages of the Union Act No 8 of 1925 was passed at a…
ArticleSouth African Council of Churches (SACC)
… Brief political context on the formation and history of the SACC ... read on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The role of the Church and the 'Healing…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress Alliance met at the beginning of August 1955 and agreed to…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… night watchmen go on strike, demanding a wage increase of R10 per month. 8 January - Rumours of an upcoming strike at Coronation Brick and Tile in Durban … a…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, … that fought for those who were…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served as … position he oversaw the Extension of…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… elections. 25 November 2013, by this date the number of registered voters was 24 112 414, and the number of new voters added to the voters roll was over one…
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
… The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a number of smaller welfare groups countrywide that had formed to … , who…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) … the Prestwich Memorial, celebrates the contribution of all these people to Cape Town…
ArticleSouth African Institute of Race Relations
… The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) was established in 1929 as an … and sociologists, and focused on socio economic conditions of those who…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Activities | Grade 6
… Johannesburg: STE. Randles, W. G. L. (1975). The Empire of Monomotapa: from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century. … E. A. (1983). Mapungubwe: An…
BiographyNellie Jibiliza
… active household and began attending Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) gatherings in 1942, later joined the … Boycott in 1959. Following the passing of…