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ArchiveSouth Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Linda Chisholm (the Conversation.com), 1 June 2018
… subject Developing future history teachers might be a challenge for other reasons too. The requirements for entry …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture and others, dared to challenge those who had trampled on these sacred things that …
2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… diseases. To make matters worse, we still face the challenge of high levels of criminal violence, which …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… regulations of the National Volunteer Corps framed from time to time. It shall be my duty to keep myself physically, mentally … so with a sense that history…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… four years of my imprisonment in the 1960s. I had enough time on my hands to reflect on this and knew that I was the … from more recent histories what I did…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… The first farmers in southern Africa Suggested contact time One term/15 hours This content must be integrated with … Societies are never static, but change…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… by Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Cape Colony at the time, the system divided land into counties, towns and … restore their land. In preparation for…
Learning about local history through pictures
… to flower sellers for over 100 years. During Christmas time, the street comes alive with decorative Christmas lights … show Adderley Street during two…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… Court is opened The members of the Court met for the first time on the last day of October 1994. At the end of that year … of 14 February 1995. Mandela told…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… will make it unique because it will be the first time in the history of our multi-racial nation that its … the same lines as the National Action Council. At…
ArticleNational Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR)
… for people from various backgrounds to share their time, gifts and expertise in each others communities, …
Local Government
… probably owed, to a large extent to the fact that at that time, the Republic could only boast of two major urban … in 1900. It is fair to claim, therefore,…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… the United States and its allies, Kissinger thought it was time that the United States itself should at least begin to … of the Spear" we called on all our…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
… the United States and its allies, Kissinger thought it was time that the United States itself should at least begin to … of the Spear" we called on all our…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… community does not have the leisure to be taking its time, debating inconsequential issues such as the fact that … and the apartheid regime feel free to take…
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… was aided too by the late Sir Seretse Khama and spent some time in protective custody because of kidnap threats by South … this, thousands of young people…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… answer that question with a resounding - Yes. Africa's time has come. When, at the end of the century historians … us to come together and declare in unison…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… spent years begging for a Buddhist monastery [8] . At the time, Yuan militia burned down the monastery in an attempt to … or the Hongwu Emperor. [10]…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… nor reported, even to members of the SACP. At the time of MK’s formation, Nelson Mandela was a prominent ANC … Nelson Mandela’s death which made the claim…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… the King and the British Empire. What was radical at the time was the commitment to a national rather than various … me in the position where l find myself…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… musicians and actors to help facilitate full and part-time courses to for adolescent and adult students. They were …
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… hominids were probably not yet able to hunt them. At this time, then, our ancestors were most likely specialized … grazers such as wildebeest, hartebeest and…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… in society. The workers had an incredibly difficult time changing their relations with employers for a multitude … between Black and White South Africans…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… Africa was experiencing a financial depression at the time. The majority of its people were actively occupied with … named after John Wodehouse, Earl of…
The strangulation of activity
… penalised for breaking laws that were not in force at the time of their actions. The Amendment also tightened the … the Federation of South African Women …
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… despite the [ANC] military's wishes, for the first time, military work was a complement to political work... … He said: The broad front envisaged here is the…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… of local trade unions offered workers new ways to challenge the meagre wages, the appalling working conditions … tactics were used by the cigarette…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… It was a momentous decision, for this would be the first time that black people would go to the Union Buildings in … of the African men's Clothing Workers'…
Extract from a speech at the conclusion of the Republic Festival on 31 May 1971 at Goodwood, Cape
… still remained actual through the whale of Africa and the time had come that Africa in its entirety should thoroughly … here, but in the conversations one…
Bathandwa Ndondo
… He was told more information would be available at that time. Only when out of sight of the police station did …