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HIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from animals to humans, according to a Washington-based study in May 2003…
HIV/Aids Origins
When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV has puzzled…
Hoffenberg redirect
Honourary degrees and Awards: Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
Hostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
The idea of forming an association was discussed in the Nyanga hostel. The discussion were given impetus by the 1981 decision by the local…
How and why did the Holocaust happen?
How are African and Afrikaner nationalism commemorated today? How are memorials and commemorations reinterpreted when times change? (under construction)
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
How cases reach the Constitutional Court A case can reach the Constitutional Court in a variety of ways: as the result of an appeal from…
How did apartheid entrench ideas of race? (under construction)
This section is under construction, if you have anything to contribute please click here. For a great link on the Social Darwinism's…
How did it influence the rise of Nazism?
The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, anti-Communist form of government. Nazi Germany became a fascist…
How did the Depression spread to other countries?
How did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, argued that the Germans was superior to all other races. Hitler became obsessed with 'racial…
How did the Nazis use this ‘identity’ to define and exclude others?
How do we find out about the history of a local area?
Stories and Interviews as oral histories Stories or ‘oral histories’ tells us about the past through the spoken word as told by one…
How Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
Lenin Soon after his death, Lenin's body was embalmed and placed in Moscow's Red Square. His supporters, attempting to develop a…