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ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… The largest and fastest-growing of the African independent churches in the 1990s is the Zion Christian Church [i] . Its members, …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act, in May 1969, are acquitted. … and recharged. They are placed in…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration of Art South…
Polokwane an Overview
… soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of…
Article2016 in Review
… open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week of December we reached 10 million page views. … past year and have a…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… The Origins and formation: The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was formed in 1968 after some members of the University of Natal’s Black Campus SRC …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Barry Gilder – The ANC Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is … most important revolutionaries that fought against the apartheid. Born into…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella organisation of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). BCM had its origins … campuses, mainly white,…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Imbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), formed in 1982 to address the specific challenges faced by black women under…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… interest in contemporary choreography and dance, launched the Vita Dance Umbrella in Johannesburg. The focus of the Dance Umbrella was to offer a free and…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… The council was divided, with verligtes and verkramptes … for Black, Coloured and Indian people difficult, but at the same time tightening aspects of…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… The student movement Rhodes Must Fall (#RhodesMustFall, #RMF) … media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a Rhodes…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… 1960 21 March , In a peaceful anti pass march led by the PAC at Sharpeville, the police open fire on the unarmed and peaceful crowd, killing 69 and wounding…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… Here is a brief summary, but you can read more in the section in Grade 7 Human Evolution. Darwinism Today the theory of evolution is a well supported,…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction … their employers arise. As often in industrial actions, the conflict…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) announced its formation on 27 July, 2013 in Soweto. The party was formed by former ANC Youth League leader … and former…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… The Millennium Development Goals (MDGSs) were perceived as a life line the United Nations and the rest of the world were throwing to Africa in order to …
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an ambiguity regarding the…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… The first formal settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… The birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa necessitated a critical review of the system of National Orders. The previous system…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 17 The Groote Schuur Minute 4 May 1990 The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… of Artois and Champagne in France begins. 31 January 1915 The German Army makes use of poison gas for the first time in an attack on the Russian position…
Article1973 Durban Strikes – TUCSA – Harriet Bolton
… Following the 1973, Durban strikes, TUCSA seemed unwilling to hold to book employers. TUCSA had long paid lip service to the ideal of African unions…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… has early human fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer San (‘bushman’) and the Khoi ……
Grade 6 term 1 classroom support
… on Mapungubwe. For this activity students will take on the role of a traveler like Marco Polo. They can be taking the role of a trader, a general traveler or…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… persistent and widespread poverty and deep inequalities - the legacy of apartheid still casting a long shadow on the new democracy, after almost 5 decades of…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… ..to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. Winning a Nobel Prize is one of the highest international…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… and education in South Africa, and more specifically the proposed 'pledge'. Please read the article and send us your comments on this debate. We will … of…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our…
Mission Stations - N-S
… Matatiele, Cape: UPCM NEWTONDALE , Peddie, Cape: WMS 1840. The mission was destroyed as the result of hostilities during 1846. It resumed its … James…