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ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… Adopted at the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women Johannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter … report of the conference. Preamble: We…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… During Apartheid, starting from the late 1950s the South African Government attempted to divide South Africa into a number of separate states, called…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… institutions. [vii] Section 212 of the Constitution of South Africa states that: (1) National legislation may provide a … to the divisive programme of the…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… African farmers? The African farmers who moved to southern Africa were Bantu-speakers. They are the ancestors of many South African people. Like the hunter…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… in a period when Afrikaners were lagging behind English South Africans in economic power. The organisation thrived after the war, and grew exponentially, to…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… The Iron Age Before the Iron Age in southern Africa most people were nomadic and survived by hunting wild … STE. Around 10 000 years ago, in different parts…
The purpose of the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture by Sehlare Makgetlaneng (Pambazuka News), 31 March, 2016
… positions on issues in practice as a means to solve Africa’s problems. The annual lecture in his honour … perspectives. The Programme Director, Africa…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their … groups. In the 1980s the church was expelled from the World…
Fictional Cape Town
… South Africa, thanks to the 2010 World Cup, has been topical … images capture the appealing artifice of the advertising world; the careful manufacturing of a…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… form ... [and has] ... now become a recognised part of South African life. Let us hope that this young sapling may … a major "advancement" in the visual arts…
Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria
… students today, not so much, I am happy to say, in South Africa, and when I talk to leaders of other parts of the world about young people, the first matter…
The South African War
… The South African War To this day the reasons for this conflict … debate ( read more ). Regardless of who provoked the war, conflict in southern Africa would…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE … generations. These are tangible reminders of a chapter in world history that shaped…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, … form of recognition. In 1942, the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… massacre “signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa.” 28 March, The ANC calls for a nation-wide strike in … 16 June, The ANC issues a pamphlet…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… How is the South African Government dealing with the aids epidemic? In … a divided country. During the first decade of democracy in South Africa, the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… those who participated in the Defiance Campaign formed the South African People's Congress. The following year, the South African People's Congress met with…
National OR Tambo Memorial Lecture series inaugural address by his excellency Dr Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, OR Tambo International Airport, 24 October 2011
… child was to immensely influence and shape the history of South Africa. It is therefore a wonderful occasion to be able to … earned out of his exemplary…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… The Portuguese begin mapping and exploring the South African coastline and basic trading takes place between … Nguni and Sotho speaking groups begin…
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… the people will also be provided by Mr Mdluli. 10 March, South African cabinet Jimmy Kruger, Owen Horwood, Connie … says to Vorster and his racist regime’,…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… The Northern Cape is South Africa's largest province and a must-see destination, whether … when fully operational in the late 2020s would be the world’s…
Insurrections: The Storming
… open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea was to … These include jazz, popular and traditional…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea was to … These include jazz, popular and traditional…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of His Inauguration and the 10th Anniversary of Freedom, Pretoria, 27 April 2004
… Sisulu and Adelaide Tambo Distinguished guests Fellow South Africans The bright autumn sun smiles down on our people as we mark South Africa's Freedom Day,…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… Background - "The Road to Reconciliation." South Africa experienced numerous human rights challenges during … hitherto unbridgeable racial disparities. Thus,…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some of these … resources of the racist State were…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… following the Defiance Campaign, the formation of the South African Coloured People’s Organisation, the South African Congress of Democrats, the Federation…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… on the ‘Mbeki Presidency.’ In 2002 a few of us here in South Africa wrote a booklet entitled “Castro Hlongwane…”, and … and, HIV was not endemic in this…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… process of being entrenched. The formation of the Union of South Africa accelerated the process of further squeezing Black … established. 1900 A fifth of the…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… select an image from there to insert in this section. South Africans of Indian origin comprise a diverse community … the second half if the 19th Century,…