Contents
Material
Text type
Level
Page
Getting started
campaign poster
photograph
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6
Terra Nullius? South Africa under Foreign Rule
M1
The Colonisation of South Africa
authors’ text
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8
M2
Cecil Rhodes: “Confessions of Faith”
“The Rhodes Colossus”
essay
cartoon
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11
M3
Mark Twain: “Following the Equator”
travelogue
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13
M4
William Scawen Blunt: “Britain’s Imperial Destiny”
diary entries
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15
M5
B. W. Vilakazi: “Ngoba … sewuthi” (“Because … you now say”)
(izibongo) poem
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17
M6
The National Flag of South Africa
flag
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19
Long Walk to Freedom
1
2
M1
Alan Paton: Cry, the Beloved Country
novel
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20
M2
South African History Archive: “Freedom from Oppression: 50 Years
since the Group Areas Act”
article
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24
M3
The United Nations: Resolution 1761
bulletin
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26
M4
Chief Albert Luthuli & Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr:
“Appeal for Action against Apartheid”
joint statement
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29
M5
Nelson Mandela: “I Am Prepared to Die”
speech
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31
M6
Robert Kennedy: “A Ripple of Hope”
speech
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33
M7
Antjie Krog: “My Beautiful Land”
poem
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35
M8
Mark Behr: “The Smell of Apples”
novel
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36
M9
M 9a
M 9b
Soweto
Jonas Jonasson: Die Analphabetin, die rechnen konnte
Joy Denalane: “Im Ghetto von Soweto (Auntie’s House)”
novel
song
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39
M 10
M 10a
M 10b
M 10c
Cry Freedom
Donald Woods: “Biko – Cry Freedom”
John Briley: Cry Freedom: The Courtroom Scene
Cry Freedom: The Ending
journalistic text
screenplay
screenplay
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M 11
Christopher van Wyk: “In Detention”
poem
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47
M 12
Apartheid and the People of South Africa
statistics
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48
M 13
Desmond Tutu: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
speech
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49
M 14
The British Anti-Apartheid Movement:
Nelson Mandela Tribute Concert
leaflet, photographs
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50
M 15
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
autobiography
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51
Material
Text type
Level
Page
Mandela’s Rule: Turning Wrong into Right?
M1
Mandela’s Bust
photograph
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53
M2
Ingrid Jonker: “The Child Is Not Dead”
poem
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53
M3
Nelson Mandela: Inauguration Speech, 9 May 1994
speech
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54
M4
Antjie Krog: Country of My Skull
recollections
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57
M5
M 5a
M 5b
Sports and Politics
Photos of the Springboks
Film Trailer: Invictus
photographs
film script and stills
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60
61
M6
John Carlin: “How Apartheid Died on a Rugby Field”
newspaper article
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62
M7
Niq Mhlongo: Dog Eat Dog
novel
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64
M8
M 8a
article
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66
M 8b
South Africa’s Police: Friend or Foe?
Steven A. Holmes: “South Africa Tries to Take the Force out of
Police”
Zapiro: “SAPS Image”
cartoon
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68
M9
Itumeleng Mahabane: “Beyond the Figurehead”
article
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70
South Africa Today: The Rainbow Nation?
M1
Malika Ndvolu: “Wrapped Up”
poem
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72
M2
The South African Reconciliation Barometer 2013
statistical data
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74
M3
Mike Cohen, Franz Wild and Amogelang Mbatha: “Mandela Dies
with Rainbow Nation Dream Still Work in Progress”
newspaper article
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76
M4
M 4a
M 4b
Crime Capital of the World?
“Man – Superman – Gunman”
Alex Perry: “Oscar Pistorius and South Africa’s Culture of Violence”
cover
newspaper article
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81
M5
“Fool’s Gold”
newspaper article
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84
M6
Marita van der Vyver: “She Doesn’t Speak”
short story
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88
M7
M 7a
M 7b
Orania
Tobias Lindner: “Orania”
Jean-Pierre Kapp: “Eine Stadt nur für Weiße”
film stills
newspaper article
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92
M8
Marcus Mabry: “Generation Born after Apartheid Sees Mandela’s
Fight as History”
newspaper article
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93
M9
Hip Hop Pantsula: “Harambe”
song
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96
M 10
“The Price of South Africa’s Spending”
newspaper article
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97
M 11a
M 11b
Andrew Harding: “Pistorius Trial: Nation of Competing Realities”
Rainbow Nation – Myth or Reality?
newspaper article
pictures
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99
101
Words in Context
103
Task Instructions
107
Skills: How to Work with Texts and Visuals
110