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A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa 2 Feb 2012 | 03:47 am
These sections all include one example in most Provinces taken from the CAPS 2011 document and will be updated at a later stage to include more items. In this topic we take a heritage trail throug...
An ancient African society: Egypt 27 Jan 2012 | 02:41 am
In this topic we focus on the way of life in ancient Egyptian society. The development of the Egyptian civilization is traced from the beginning of the settlement at the Nile river through to the u...
Towards a people's culture, Art and Resistance under apartheid 19 Oct 2011 | 08:51 pm
Art and Resistance under apartheid Art in the state of siege The Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events, fro...
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa 27 May 2011 | 08:43 pm
This topic describes the way of life of the hunter-gatherers : the San people. We trace their history through various sources such as books, stories and rock art. The lesson describes their hunting sk...
South Africa and the Olympic Games 5 May 2011 | 12:28 am
Background What is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As far as could be established by modern ...
History of elections in South Africa 4 May 2011 | 08:47 pm
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009 Union, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy read more
Liberation history Timeline 1802-1899 29 Apr 2011 | 02:22 am
This period is characterized by British occupancy, Wars of Dispossession, colonial expansion and growth of African and Coloured political mobilization. read more
Drum Magazine 22 Mar 2011 | 04:02 pm
The establishment of Drum Magazine in the 1950s, notwithstanding the newly-elected Nationalist Party’s policy of Apartheid, reflected the dynamic changes that were taking place among the new urban Bla...
African National Congress Timeline 1866-1909 21 Mar 2011 | 08:55 am
In this period early African political organisations were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the African National Congress. read more
