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Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the …
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important … USA. We study the crisis of capitalism…
Article“Fees will Fall, Not Us”: A glance at Stellenbosch University
… at Rhodes University in Grahamstown that soon became a nation-wide movement which spread to various campuses. [2] … located in the Western Cape, which…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. … root aham, which, in Tamil, has many…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… in the setting of the mountains of the Eastern Cape during a period of the male Xhosa initiation, which is referred to … assisting their initiates during…
The Battle of Square Hill
… led members of the ‘Cape Coloured Community’ to make a special representation to the Imperial Army Council via the … Government. This was adopted on 20…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report had been … contributor to an article…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… of electricity needed in the country, and this was causing a high risk of “the whole national power system” having to … and finances pledged to resolve the…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… (1922 - 24) TM Wadley (1924 - 26) HL Buzzard (1926 - 28) A Eaton (1928 - 29) Rev. A Lamont (1929 - 32) Oliver Lea (1932 - 33 ) Percy Osborn … Jackson (1957 -…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Key Terms Annexation : the act of taking control of a country, region, etc, especially by force Compound : an area surrounded by a fence or wall in which a…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… received numerous responses from the public, good and bad. A selection are reprinted below: ----- Original Message ----- … Hi I am very happy to see that at…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… the land route to India. 1503 Antonio de Saldanha, leading a Portuguese squadron, enters Table Bay (called Aguada da Saldanha until 1601) owing to a…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan … equality in South Africa. She does this through both as a teacher and a member…
Dance For All (DFA)
… Established in 1991, Dance For All (DFA) is a non-profit dance organisation, originally known as Ballet … known as the Cape Town City Ballet. Philip Boyd,…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… in the USA. Source 2A The stress of financial strain took a psychological toll- especially on men who were suddenly … of embarrassment or frustration. This…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… who had been dispossessed of land after 19 June 1913 as a result of racially discriminatory laws or practices the … Act 200 of 1993 for that purpose. The Act…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… left the shores of that country in 1914, Nana Sita holds a special place. Nanabhai, as he was affectionately known, … had been able to supress organized…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… state. The establishment of BOSS can be described as a limited function, seeing as its whole authority and … of others and coveting the secrets of one’s…
The National Arts Festival
… titled the 1820 Settlers National Monument was opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They … the tradition of celebrating landmark…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… Bureau of State Security (BOSS), Dr Eschel Rhoodie a senior official in the department of information and author of The Paper Curtain , a book that laid the…
List of deaths in detention
… the government used to quell resistance. As detention was a legal weapon that could see an individual, a group or even an entire community silenced it became…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… of the times wrote that when he travelled to Mecca on a pilgrimage he distributed so much gold that he caused great inflation lasting a decade [iv] …
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape, launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on … protests gave rise to various…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… government and prominent industrialists and by 2001 it was a state-owned enterprise. During the abovementioned period, … is seeking different solutions to…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought … in exile. Klug believed that South Africa was in need of a constitutional…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… David Lurie. Coetzee explores discrimination, both of a racial and sexual kind, as well as motifs of violence … of the novel before exploring how and why he…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… of what became the settlement's central district was a typical product of nineteenth century mining camp planning. … in the Transvaal, deposits had…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… within the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). There was a general feeling of the need to rejuvenate politics within the Indian community by infusing a…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and … several factors about Fanakalo are examined: Fanakalo as a pidgin…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… of Bubonic Plague in Cape Town appears to have given a measure of warning to other coastal cities in the Cape, and a number of preventative and curative…