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Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… of townships, the apartheid regime inadvertently formed a new movement and genre of music, Township Jazz. Ansell … kwela music and hard bop would transform…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… decades of the 18th century textiles mills were set up in New England, which in turn produced the first large-scale … in business as well as more business in…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… is overwhelmingly on print media and fictional literature. 5 The connection between written discourse and ideology is … and Francis Wilson, South Africa: the…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… it has been approved by the President of South Africa. A new coat of arms, replaces one that has served South Africa … to highlight the democratic change in…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… by the Durban postal authorities. (Merrett:42) Apr 5- Patrick Duncan, editor of Contact was detained for three weeks for refusing to disclose his sources Apr…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Glossary
… interfering in the workings of the free-market economy. [5] New Dea l: The New Deal was a domestic program of the United … . United States Bureau of Labour…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… flows of immigrants and capital investment from abroad. New towns, railways, roads and harbours were built, and new urban markets opened up for locally…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
… the role and future of the Benefit Fund, suggested that a new strategy should be adopted. Trade unions should be formed … which would later prove critical in…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… of Trade Unions (SACOTU). History NACTU was founded on the 5 October 1986 in Broederstroom, North West. The Council of … Unions (AZACTU) made the decision to…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… increasingly the case. I had no option but to seek out my new clients in Pretoria Central Prison. Mahlangu’s case has … were subjected to open abuse by the…
ArticleThe impact of Lenin and Stalin’s policies on the rights of the Russian people
… the economic policies of War Communism. He felt Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) had diluted socialism, but he was … produce. In order to reach the required…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… is now in the balance. 22 June, Smuts makes Gandhi a new offer to repeal the Act, but amendments would be made to … The third Immigration Bill is passed…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… In early 1991, a national conference was held and a new body called the National Advisory Group (NACOSA) was … access to ARVs was declared. By late 2005,…
PlaceStellenbosch, Western Cape
… Reserve . The full-day Vineyard Hiking Trail, a fairly new, 24 kilometre long trail, starts on the slopes of the ' … care, integrity, and a strong work ethic…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… Reforms Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin and his new communist government initiated many reforms. They took … due to insufficient health facilities…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… a united stand was found. The Inaugural Conference on 5 March 1955 The Inaugural Conference on 5 March 1955 The inaugural conference for SACTU was held on 5 …
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… untold and undocumented. The conference seeks to open up new areas of research and new conversations on this topic which, in spite of its … struggle by…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a … running of the ANC. This he accomplished by introducing…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… as intellectual inquiry. Under his presidency, more than 5 million people were living – and increasingly dying – with … society and the private sector,…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… Caribbean. He had reached what would become known as the New World. The world would never be the same again. Reasons … than their own towns or villages, and…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… in the US, for instance in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York and publishes a book entitled A Familiar Talk Upon … Theology at the Union Missionary Seminary in…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… publishing poetry and literary pieces which projected a new Black South African image. At a point when cultural … were surging forth onto the Black artistic…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… a “stay-at-home” – a general strike – against the proposed new republican constitution of the apartheid state. South … Fred Carneson on a bench in the…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… stopped to exist and they were re-incorporated into new South Africa, and they were absorbed into the new provinces. Since 1994, elections in South Africa…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… (see State President below). P. W. Botha became the new State President, until his resignation in 1989, when he … Party leaders Marthinus van Schalkwyk …
Learning about history through objects
… can you see in the box? Do you think this is a box of new toys? What games do you think Ariel’s mother and uncle … favourite toy? How do you know that these…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… On 10 December 1996, the signatures on the country's new and final Constitution fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… career, even winning a silver medal at the 1964 New York World Fair for a 1962 image featuring Basotho women … of Congress Alliance and other associated…
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
… 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, marks 20 years of … of their White compatriots. Today South…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… peasantry as those who were able to take advantage of the new opportunities and technologies participated actively in … African occupation had been retained…