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ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… form along with the NIC and CBIC. 1940s: Yusuf Dadoo one of the leaders of the Passive Resistance Campaign 1946. … the TIC be revived. When the UDF formed,…
PlaceGod’s Window
… and the private game reserves which have made the area one of South Africa's main wildlife destinations. God's … long earthwork of sheer cliffs and…
’Asinamali’
… through from SACTU that we must organize this campaign for one pound a day so that the workers must earn one pound a day for the work they are doing. It was…
ArchiveBoycott elections
… White background with red lettering. One people, one country, one struggle. Image of five people in red. …
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… trusted and tried organisation, the A.N.C. It remains the one and only vanguard of the oppressed people in this … wing of the struggle, spearheaded by the A…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… a priority in the nineteenth century. Inanda Seminary was one of the first and only schools for women in southern … the word of Christianity. These core…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… had controlled their lives for nearly fifty years. Twenty-one years later, South Africa remains one the most unequal countries in the world; a small group ……
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… to fight to quell that way of thinking. Unionisation was one way to upend that societal norm as it forced women into … improvements in these conditions from…
ArchiveUnban the ANC!: Forward to socialism
… white and marron poster. Artwork of workers protesting, one carrying a red flag one carrying a hammer and one carrying a gun. …
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s had included the works of one or two Black artists, but had not appointed Black jurors … entries for selection called the…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… The hunter-gatherers were nomadic and never stayed in one place for very long. The Khoikhoi were herders of animals and settled in one place for a long time…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… national situation was frankly and exhaustively discussed. One of the resolutions of that January meeting of NEUM was … were being turned into collaborators…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. South Africa is one of the countries that participate in World Heart Day, … across the country. The theme for World…
4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate
… of Indian Immigrants in February 1884. The testimony of one of their number, Bhagoo, is reproduced below. It is dated … away as they were ill-treated, and…
EventJody Scheckter
… became South Africa’s first and thus far only Formula One World Driver’s Championship winner in 1979.[ii] Scheckter drove a Ferrari, and won several Formula…
The CASA Conference
… struggle for liberation and democracy in South Africa. One of the objectives was the importance of cultural workers …
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… of the oppressed and the languages of the oppressors. Any one language, English, or Afrikaans or Zulu, ma1, be used to …
Independent Electoral Commission
… establishment of a new permanent Electoral Commission as one of six state institutions supporting constitutional …
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… The South African Parliament has two bodies or groups. The one is called the National Assembly. There are 350 – 400 …
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… and herders in southern Africa Suggested contact time One term/15 hours This content must be integrated with the …
Rafique Mayet
… and featured contemporary jazz musicians. He was one of twelve South African photographers who submitted …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… in 1916 to fight on the side of the Allies in World War One. The corps was made up of coloured members of the … than 12 000 South African servicemen fought…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… a record for putting its resolutions into practice. A new chapter in the history of South Africa is being written. The … impression that South Africa was a…
Pedi
… Sotho and Sepedi Northern Sotho, or Sesotho sa Leboa, is one of South Africa’s 11 official languages, and consists of up to 30 different dialects, one of…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… supervise elections, and failing to hand over power to any one party, the Portuguese armies exited Angola and left the … combining and placing vastly…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the … believe Homo habilis produced them. Sterkfontein is one of the few sites anywhere…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… listing 10 ‘economic duties’ for all proper Afrikaners, one of which read: ‘Every Afrikaner must be a policyholder of … coverage was halted. The AHI and…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… it with another government that is more acceptable. One of the chiefs who organised an armed rebellion against … the loss of land his people suffered and the…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… to shape the way that South African history has unfolded. One of these many organisations is the African National … with the validity and affectability of…
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
… on others achieving those same ideals. Whatever happens in one sector of society, or one country, has an impact on the others. The recent period … has shown…