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BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… at Boshoek, a farming area between Rustenburg and Sun City. The doting king feted Moffat. He allowed him to lecture …
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… law at the Glen Agricultural College outside the city (1918-1921). From 1921 to 1922 he studied at the …
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… art to its reception. Reception/perception problematises issues surrounding the discipline of art history and art … and art movements in South Africa and…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… at the home of Mr Berkin, the growing village was named D’Urban, after Sir Benjamin D’Urban, then Governor of the Cape, … of the old Town Hall. It was…
ArticleEOAN Group
… Didi Sydow and Gwen Michaels. Despite the constraints of Apartheid the EOAN Group achieved great heights, however the … move affected the group’s connection…
South African Labour history
… the introduction to Luli Callinicos' book 'Place in the city' We have made links to the various resources within the … It was made up of... read more "Land…
June 17
… had refused to go to work. It was indeed a crisis for the Apartheid government. It was also a serious loss of face in … 300 predominantly white Wits students…
PlaceCape Town International Convention Centre
… was formed in 1999 through collaboration between the City of Cape Town, the Provincial Government of the Western … its varied purposes. The complex is right…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… stimulated by the arrest of Rosa Parks. Parks boarded a city bus and refused to give up her seat for a white person. … led by the National Party under D.F…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… all major military conflicts from 1820, including the apartheid struggle. The Queen’s Fort Military Museum, in … attacks by local Basotho tribes. This…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… he represented defendants against South Africa's apartheid government, including the infamous Rivonia Trial of … was a member of the Technical Committee on…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in … in the space of a few years. The new…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… an anomalous position within the politics of the anti-apartheid struggle. He brokered Zulu ethnic nationalism, feeding a measure of credibility into…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other anti-apartheid organisations, the suspension of the death sentence … 50 000 people from the steps of the…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… white population of the country. A manifesto outlined how Apartheid would be implemented in practice which was enforced … 65 000 Coloured people from…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… to the Kingdom of Benin sacks and burns down the city, loots its artworks and artifacts, and exiles the Oba of … the pan-African national anthem in South…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… to the Kingdom of Benin sacks and burns down the city, loots its artworks and artifacts, and exiles the Oba of … the pan-African national anthem in South…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… subjugation building on prior oppression unleashed by the apartheid state to bolster its power, created a situation … wing of the ANC, spearheaded the armed…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… order to rebuild and transform the economy after years of apartheid regime’s economic isolation and financial sanctions … to address and redress the…
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
… a township south of Durban, designated under the apartheid Group Areas Act for Indians only, to discuss what …
BiographyMoses Ndlovu
… experience with the racially oppressive system of the apartheid government came at the tender age of 14 when he …
PlaceKwaNdebele
… but most of them had to migrate for employment to urban centres like Johannesburg . Its capital was Siyabuswa … , which has a section covering the Ndebele…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… imposed on visiting blacks was one of the most hated apartheid laws. This curfew formed an integral part of … blacks to have a permit to stay more than 72…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… much of it to the murky realm of post-colonial and post-apartheid amnesia." 11 Despite this, it cannot be denied that … year. These were held variously at…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… the 1950s was a decade of turmoil in South Africa. In the urban areas, a strong alliance was being forged between … groups and sympathetic whites. As a…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… the 1950s was a decade of turmoil in South Africa. In the urban areas, a strong alliance was being forged between … groups and sympathetic whites. As a…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket ban … Africa. The move by New Zealand was triggered by many issues, including the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… in the usa and a growing worldwide antagonism towards apartheid - African students began to kick against the … in the cities a school built jointly by…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… 1993 to 2000 Bellepeau was a junior minister of rural and urban development. The five most widely spoken languages in … of ancient Egpyt. Timbuktu Timbuktu…