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ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… OF ACCUSED NO.11, by Bob Hepple On 11 July 1963, I was one of seven men arrested at the Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, … a factual account of the events leading…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… gathering plant food in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia. One group, the !Kung, lived in an area called Nyae Nyae … for he !Kung. The Marshalls lived with some…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… ensuing bloodshed resulted in the death of 28 marchers and one soldier. Over 200 activists were injured. On 18 … the massacre, ANC president, Nelson Mandela…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… abolition was considered as a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the value of their existing ‘slaves’ increased … their food consisted of yams and beans…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… who produced the social goods that sustained the city. One can discern the important lines of fracture, race and … memoirs offer the reader an insight into…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… AIDS Day. The campaign began in 1998 in South Africa as one of the intervention strategies towards creating a society …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 4: World War I (1914 - 1918)
… that chemical weapons were introduced which resulted in one of the first genocides of the century. The focus of this …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… election victory and his willingness to step down after one term. This was followed by him promoting international …
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… such as the call for the release of Theresa Ramashamola, one of the Sharpeville Six. The organisation sees national …
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… shown through her correspondence, shaped her motivation as one of the most influential South African female Coloured … formed acts like the prohibition of…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… Broadbent: "On Wednesday, May 7th, we reached Thaba 'Nchu, one of the most important Missions. On my last visit the … the exterior of such a building which…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… foreign settler came to our country and with the Bible in one hand, the rifle in the other and money in his pocket, … in the opening years of this century…
The National Bird
… Anthropoides paradisia The elegant Blue Crane stands about one meter high. It is a light blue-grey, has a long neck …
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… people just died of broken hearts, her mother-in-law being one of them. She died just one week after being moved out of her home in Devon Street, … they now…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… that emerged after independence. It was envisaged that "one who forgives becomes a better person than the one being consumed by anger and hatred." By the…
Christianity
… in Jesus. They say that God combines three persons in one. This is called the Trinity. Christians believe that god … was a troublemaker and were threatened…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… and may find it helpful to read: philosophytalk.org One of the world's greatest cosmologists, a South African … Spencer, an English philosopher in the 19th…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… This and all other government reports mentioned in this chapter are listed in the Bibliography under Republic of …
ArticleWorld War I
… concluded, nine million soldiers were killed and twenty-one million wounded. It was a war in which the technology of … were introduced onto the battlefield…
Work and education
… previously racially divided educational departments into one national system. In 1993, President FW de Klerk … of women in senior management posts. In…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… represent the movement of various Nguni speaking people. One type of walling, known as Badfontein, is associated with … at least two if not three farming…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… his vision, he receives several revelations from an angel, one of which requires him and his people to worship the Lord … shoots two Israelites looking for…
ANC Today Volume 10 No.1, 15 - 21 January 2010
… South African revolutionaries have been fighting, one generation after another, to fulfil this mission. … South African revolutionaries have been fighting,…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… total control over virtually of these two continents. One of the reasons linked to colonial expansion in Africa and … would be taken as political prisoners…
Cape Floral Region
… areas, covering 553,000-ha. The Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the world. It …
The Atlantic slave trade
… responsibility for the slave trade is not simple. On the one hand, it was indeed the Europeans who purchased large … freed and taught to read and write in…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… in Cape Town, South Africa gathered together for tea one afternoon to discuss their opinions about actions being … the cause. The public face of the Black…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid … Students (NUSAS) joined the organisation and became one of its leading figures,…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… but sexual misconduct had rarely brought up as one of those issues until late in the 1960s. After decades of … from employees’, with the hard evidence…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… workers. For example, the Freedom Charter did not include one of the most basic worker rights: the right to strike. … Charter was proposed as a more radical…