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ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom Struggle from the beginning of the 20th century up until South Africa's first democratic …
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… young at 28. Activist Dennis Brutus called Nortje “perhaps the best South African poet of our time.” [i] Due to the racial oppression he saw in South Africa,…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… The mineral discoveries that launched its industrial revolution between the late 1860's and the end of the 1890's were crucial in the shaping of modern … …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… is a deadly disease, which is currently not curable. The United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS) says the evidence that HIV is the underlying cause of AIDS is …
Thupelo (1985)
… The Thupelo workshops were initiated in 1985 in Johannesburg by the South African artist, David Nthubu Koloane , together … and a group of artists. Koloane…
National Orders Recipients
… away from its past of exclusion and discrimination on the basis of sex, colour and creed. The country has been steadily moving forward in a direction ……
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… On 13 November 2001 the Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana launched the "Africa to Africa" cultural exchange programme…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded … Initially, unions represented in TUCSA were members of the South African Trades and Labour…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… The Community Arts Project (CAP) was established in Cape Town in 1977. Originally located at 17 Main Road, Mowbray, the facility moved to the old St. Philips…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… a theatre training workshop that was founded in 1971 by the South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) in … knowns as Mshengu or Kavanagh) - who was…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By … forms of states that emerged from nationalist movements in…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… The birth of the Industrial and Commercial Union of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town when African labour leader, H … Msimang…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… One term/15 hours This content must be integrated with the historical aims and skills and the associated concepts listed in Section 2 Background information:…
National Land Committee
… COMMUNAL TENURE, REDISTRIBUTION & FARM TENURE ADOPTED AT THE POLICY SUMMIT HELD ON 1-2 JUNE 2000 RESTITUTION … PRINCIPLES ADDRESSING DISPOSSESSION IN SOUTH…
Abbreviations - Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… (USA) AG : Foreign Missions Department, General Council of the Assemblies of God, Inc (USA) BC : Foreign Mission Board of the Bretheren in Christ of the USA…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… Paintings and engravings on rocks in the open air and on cave walls are called rock art. There is … art on about every continent, but South Africa has some…
African Art Centre
… The African Art Centre is a non-profit organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal . Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership of Jo Thorpe for the first 30 years…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… is an important part of millions of people's lives across the world. Thousands of African people are converted to … every month. More than ten million Jews…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… 1900 7 May, Paul Kruger addresses the volksraad for the last time before being forced to travel on the Delagoa line to Machadodorp, where he lives on his…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… 1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the University of…
Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigning (FAK)
… The English translation of this organization is Federation of Afrikaner Cultural Organisations. The Federasie of Afrikaanse Kultuur Vereniginge (FAK) was…
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… 1891 He returns to India from London after passing the Bar 1893 He travels to South Africa to work under a … This motivates him to fight for Indian rights in…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… has a long history of student protests going way back to the anti-Apartheid marches that predated South Africa’s … years, there has been a wave of student…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… GRADE 5: INTERMEDIATE PHASE HISTORY - TERM 2 Topic: The first farmers in southern Africa Suggested contact time … One term/15 hours This content must be…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… The Federation of South African Cultural Organisations … in 1990 at a consultative conference held in Johannesburg. The aim of FOSACO was to establish a…
ArticleFederation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW)
… The Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) was formed on the 8th of December 1984, bringing together close to 200 women from all over the Transvaal (now…
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… Cape), ‘ Xenophobia’ Special mentions Tregina Mokoena on “The history of Mzinoni High School, Mpumalanga” Daphney Berries on “The history of the Kroonstad…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… African jazz musician who was frequently oppressed by the apartheid regime in South Africa. As a Coloured man in … He eventually sought political exile in…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… Isangomas and inyangas are the two main types of indigenous or traditional healers in … They are people who diagnose illness. People often visit the sangoma…
Budget Speeches of South Africa
… The annual South African budget speech is given by the Minister of Finance. The event gives a detailed break down of the collected …