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… This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from … 1900…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… Abstract The paper reviews the life of South African poet Mongane Wally Serote during apartheid South Africa in the mid to late 20th century. During this…
ArticleBiography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… Abstract Lindiwe Mabuza is a poet who has served as the African National Congress’ Chief Representative to Sweden and the United States, as well as the South…
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…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… Africa as well as neighbouring countries. Co-founded by the artists Kim Berman and Nhlanhla Xaba who act as mentors … this community-based arts organisation…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… NUSAS students set up the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) in 1972. They worked closely with Harriet Bolton of TUCSA. The aim of the GFWBF was,…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in Gaborone, Botswana; … Mnyele followed in 1978. In Gaborone they established the…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… This timeline provides some historical background to the role of English in the Namibian public by tracing it within the country’s publication history…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… 1870s-1880s Discovery of a reliable water source. "To the present generation Currie's Fountain is but a name which marks the recreation grounds below Botanic…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a … political activism, religion Eli…
ArticleClassroom: Educational sites for learners and educators
… for use as an extra resource and as an 'activity' tool for the classroom, aimed at school kids. South African Educational Portal Welcome to the Thutong…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… While looking at the background information on the Russian revolution and the change to a Communist state in Russia, we have already …
ArticlePondoland
… Introduction. Pondoland is the traditional area of the Pondo people, one of the Xhosa speaking peoples. Pondoland area is situated on … Badat, S. (2011)…
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… The Mughal India 1526-1858 The Mughal Empire: government and society The Moghuls were a powerful Muslim family who came from lands …
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV …
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… 1899 Herman Tobiansky purchases land from the Johannesburg Municipality to develop as a residential area. 1912 Sophiatown has the first of its inhabitants…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their … However, some of these events were carried out beyond the borders of South Africa by…
Dance For All (DFA)
… an education development programme that functioned under the umbrella of CAPAB Ballet in Cape Town , now known as the Cape Town City Ballet. Philip Boyd, who…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… laws or land distribution has become integral part of the society, particularly from 2004 as generally recognized when the country’s democracy was 10 years…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … much more. Zarina Maharaj has served her…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… of wealth and success. Minerals are also extracted from the earth and land that is rich in gold or diamonds can has been the cause of conflict between groups…
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… Office of Serious Economic Offences Report The Scandinavian donors got the Johannesburg legal firm, Bell, Dewar & Hall, to investigate. The ANC could not…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… to E.V. Narasa Reddy, a Gandhian who went to prison in the individual satyagraha in 1941, and Ramamma. 1943 E.S. Redy receives his B. A. from the University…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… and archaeology in schools offers compelling reasons for the teaching of these disciplines to be strengthened. These include the political importance of…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… KwaZulu Natal. There has been this and much speculation of the causes and triggers of the violence. A number of reports have highlighted various … poor…
Work and education
… crèche and classroom. Northern Province. © Omar Badsha The biggest challenge the first post-apartheid government was faced with, was the transforming of…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… where market-assisted land reforms have been undertaken, the outcomes have been disappointing. In the case of Southern African countries such as Zimbabwe and…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… The Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) was established in April 1973 in with the assistance of the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF). It was …
ArticleNew light on ‘76 uprising
… Hector Peterson was not the first person to be killed in the 1976 Soweto uprising, a new book sensationally claims. Hastings Ndlovu, the protest's leader,…