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… Portuguese trading stations in West Africa and the slave trade Portuguese expansion into Africa … and rumours were spreading that there were states in the south of Africa which had gold. This news encouraged King … came into contact with the kingdom of the Kongo, situated south of the Congo river in what is today northern Angola. …

… Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the …

… The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of … Diseko, Secretary-General of the organisation from 1970 to 1973,reinforces this impression: ‘Our political development … its documents. We were just trying for ourselves in South Africa to work out what it meant to be African.’ …

… 100 000 BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the … Slavery was practiced & slaves were captured from the south & traded for horses from North Africa. The Kingdom of … 969 CE. Sotho - Tswana  states are formed on the Highveld, south of the  Limpopo River . Large towns of thousands of …

… The Origins and formation: The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was formed in 1968 … tied to the transformation of race relations in South Africa by crafting a political destiny independent from any … state repression. The Repression of SASO On 26 February 1973, the South African Minister of Justice, Mr Pelser issued …

… chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as … which later becomes the pan-African national anthem in South Africa during apartheid and, thereafter, part of the … the African population says "no" to settlement proposals 1973 Mali and Nigeria sign treaty of cooperation and mutual …

… United Nations and the rest of the world were throwing to Africa in order to save the continent from sinking. [i] The … Nwonwu, continents and sub-continents to the likes of South America, Eastern Europe, and East, Central and … women are provided with access to mid-wives. [lxxviii] In South Africa particularly, Aids has been the deadliest cause …

… up his current post to become Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) which is taking an … South African nationality, the right to work in South Africa etc. Assent gained: 26 March 1970; commencement date … PDL be incorporated as the minimum wage level by January 1973. University authorities agreed to the recommendations …

… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 … formed after the wave of strikes at the beginning of 1973 which marked a renewal of trade union activity after a … had a presence throughout the modern history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to establish a …

… In the modern-day world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 … Booker prize winner, known for his political novels on South Africa. His style has been compared to Kafka and … Nobel Prize for Literature , making him only the second South African, next to Nadine Gordimer , to win a Nobel Prize …

… Africa is the world’s second largest continent, both by size … names used.  For the ancient Greeks, almost everything south of the Mediterranean Sea and west of the Nile was … Egypt. Later Arabic cartographers began to call the areas south of the Sahara, extending from the Senegal River to the …

… of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana launched the "Africa to Africa" cultural exchange programme. The project … aims to forge closer cultural links between the people of South Africa and the rest of the continent by promoting … through joint projects with artists and academics. South African History Online has entered into a partnership …

… The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa  The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our larger feature on the People … Indian South Africans …

… 1824. 1877 The first biography ever written about a black South African was published. It was written by John A. … on Rev Tiyo Soga. 1880 With the colonisation of South Africa came the emergence of 'The colonial adventure' writer. … Rage  by James Matthews and Gladys Thomas it was banned. 1973 Andre Brink's novel Looking on Darkness was banned. …

… The New Africa Theatre Association (NATA), founded in 1987 by Mavis … a space with means formally or informally for relevant South African themed theatre, which defied apartheid laws. It … and resources in a participatory society.’ The New Africa Theatre Project offered twelve three-year scholarships. …

… of Rand – although low budget features are possible, like South African Akin Omotso’s G-d is African (released in … Faso and Senegal have produced (relative to the rest of Africa) a large number of path-breaking films, and important … might not have seen them on TV or in a cinema, but yes, South Africa does make its own feature films, telling stories …

… Webster, Rosendal High There are many essays in the Bonani Africa 2010 Exhibition that straddles the twin worlds of … the coming year, is to start planning for the next Bonani Africa Photography Festival, in 2012. Through this festival, … we hope to provide a space for photographers from South Africa and across the continent to initiate a dialogue …

… Human settlement in South Africa Modern humans have been inhabiting South Africa for more than 100 000 years. As a matter of … Becoming human in southern Africa …

… at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except … time? Africa in the Cold War: USSR, USA, Cuba, China and South Africa Case study: Angola ( 11/11/1975...Portugal ) … overview); Timeline 200s BCE Bantu speaking people migrate south into region. 1300s Kingdom of Kongo formed in the north …

… Congregational Union Church Aid and Missionary Society of South Africa (Transvaal) DGT : Diocese of Grahamstown (Cape of Good Hope) DKK : Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman (South Africa) DNa : Diocese of Natal (South Africa) DRCSA : … Abbreviations - Missionary settlement in southern Africa …

… different political spectrums and from all sections of South Africa convene at Community Hall, Bloemfontein. Under the … significance, as it was here on 8 January 1912 that the South African National Native Congress (SANNC) was founded. … Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC) …

… For the month of August 2016, in honor of women,  South Africa History Online (SAHO) began collaborating with … currently pushing notions of visual culture for the new South Africa. These women,  Berni Searle ,  Jane Alexander ,  … Contemporary South African Artists …

… colonial powers. Ghana became the first African country south of the Sahara to gain independence on 6 March 1957. Its … this time. The conference was an unequivocal assertion of Africa’s rejection of colonial and imperialist domination of … countries, representatives of liberation movements. From South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) could not …

… political scale than had been seen before in southern Africa. There were changes in political power, leadership and … The Order of Mapungubwe This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of … of achievements by men and women who carry the colourful South African aloft in the fields of creativity, arts, …

… South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development … with two million years old hominid fossils. Human Origins South African scientists have been actively involved in the … the focus of human evolution from Europe and Asia to Africa. In many ways this discovery marked the birth of …

… July, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade union in … to carry out forced removals. Later amended by the 1973 Bantu (Black) Laws Amendment Act. Commenced: 1 September … General South African History Timeline: 1920s …

… South African History Online, the Wits History Workshop, the … of webinars and other events to mark the centenary of the South African Communist Party in 2021. The programme, which … African Communist Party: Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa . Click on any of the webinars below for more …

… is Thulamela? Thulamela is in the north-eastern part of South Africa near the South African border with Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the … Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela …

… the SAHO site and library to tell the history of Labour in South Africa. Please click on the archive tab to view a full list … Laws and Unions 1920's" Laws on labour passed by the two South African governments in power in the 1920s … South African Labour history …

… The Iron Age Before the Iron Age in southern Africa most people were nomadic and survived by hunting wild … Trade routes were established and ivory and gold from Africa was traded for cloth, glass beads and other luxury … across Africa by Bantu-speaking people who migrated to the south from North and Central Africa. Their language and …