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ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign nationals, were hosted by the Botswana National Museum in July of…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… “Just Transition” has become the buzz term used to explain the socioeconomic need to address the jobs and communities built around fossil fuel industries, ……
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… Morgam Moodliar and Sunny Venkarathnam are detained under the Terrorism Act . After a long period of solitary … charged on 16 June 1971 with conspiracy to…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… examination is published. He failed Latin. June, Passed the London Matriculation examination on his second attempt. Later in the year, he met two…
ArticleSharpeville
… On 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South … at police stations nearest their homes, and demand that the police arrest them…
South African Labour history
… There are different ways to tell every story, and the same is true of history. For instance the story of the gold mining industry has often been told as the…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… and Lesotho in 1980 and after, did not cease to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid and write as well as encourage others to write…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popular in the Nguni ethnic group (Zulu). It…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black … such facilities were reserved mainly for white scholars at the time. Although few black…
ArticleWages Commission
… Soon after the 1971 garment workers’ strike at Currie’s Fountain, three students from the Durban campus of the University of Natal –David Hemson, Halton…
Journals
… Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians launched a journal in 1987. Accredited by the Department of Education and Training,…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began…
ArticleCommunism in Russia 1900 to 1940
… and Stalin? Background and Focus In this topic, as well as the next , the rise of the two economic systems that dominated the 20th century: …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody of security police. The period leading up to his death, beginning…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and … September is since 1994 officially heritage…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worcester, Cape Province. While … named their son Zwelidumile, or “a…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… at Wells Theological College. 1939 Huddleston joins the Anglican Order of the Community of Resurrection at Mirfield in West Yorkshire. 1939-1941 Huddleston…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… Eugenics and Genocide in Nazi Germany Summary The Holocaust was a form of genocide, which refers to the intentional, systematic extermination of six million…
Learning about local history through pictures
… In this lesson we will investigate the history of different local areas and local events using … Town. 2. It is famous for its flowers. 3. It starts with the…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and … squatter settlements…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until … and gathering could still…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… fuel, food, crafts, implements, crops, livestock etc. The skills used to access and create these elements have been … elders to youth. But much of this is…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… 1952 The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime , which in the following years inspires the…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of … playwrights and poets is recognized as providing the most…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… 1971 Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe . 16 December 1971 1972 " Speech by Oliver Tambo on the…
ArticleNelspruit an Overview
… Until the coming of democracy, Nelspruit was a small town that … to metropolitan areas of South Africa. Before this, the town was a point through which…
Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)
… The Institute for Industrial Education (IIE) was founded in … information and skills for effective trade union activity. The IIE registered as a…
Gallery
… This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from … 1900…
ArticleGrade 5 term 1 timeline: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… 8985 BCE The San are believed to have first populated Southern Africa … social cohesion 215 CE Iron Age farmerssettled in the…