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1 August 2022

The Johanna, or Joanna, was a British East Indiaman vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the comman...

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European missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries

15 July 2022

European missionaries to southern Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role...

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Indian South Africans timeline 1920-1929

15 July 2022

1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to inquire into laws concer...

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Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909

15 July 2022

Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refug...

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Shipwrecks in South Africa

1 July 2022

Historic shipwrecks are time capsules of their time, they are often untouched for decades, sometimes centuries, until th...

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Tuberculosis

10 June 2022

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, occurs all over the world and is one of the most infectious diseases, causing more death...

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Land: dispossession, resistance and restitution

25 May 2022

Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with the expansion of the Dutch colo...

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Towards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid

18 May 2022

Art in the state of siege The Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning points in the history of Sou...

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Culture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982

18 May 2022

Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign natio...

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The South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments

14 May 2022

May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history, being a day of ...

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Origins of the Battle of Blood River 1838

6 April 2022

The Great Trek and the advent of the Mfecane The origins of the battle are a matter of considerable debate. The backg...

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Slave Resistance

6 April 2022

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Mandela and the South African Communist Party

6 April 2022

Mandela and MK The late 1950s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Va...

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Matabele Wars 1836-1896

6 April 2022

The reign of Mzilikazi Under the leadership of Mzilikazi, the people who came to be called the Ndebele in Zimbabwe (ori...

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The Jameson Raid

6 April 2022

By 1895 Britain was getting more confident about taking action in South Africa. Joseph Chamberlain was appointed Colonia...

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Great Trek 1835-1846

4 April 2022

The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land wher...

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African National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020

23 March 2022

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TIMELINE — 2011 – 2020 2011 8 January 2011 African National Congress (ANC) Presi...

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Yusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations

23 March 2022

In September 2009, SAHO in partnership with University of Johannesburg, Centre for Sociological Studies, organised the p...

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The Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960

23 March 2022

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The turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists

22 March 2022

In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, an...

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Southern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions

22 March 2022

Claire Albin Claire Albin is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University originally from Shreveport, Louisiana....

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African National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010

16 March 2022

During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both internal and external challenges. Signific...

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Organisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation Struggle

14 March 2022

Black Consciousness Movement South African Students Movement The South African Student Organisation (SASO) The Black ...

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Nelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s

14 March 2022

Awards 1960s  1964 Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College, London. 1965 ...

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Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899

4 March 2022

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The Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973

1 March 2022

When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, a...

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Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

30 January 2022

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which ...

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The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)

28 January 2022

In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into i...

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Convict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony

20 January 2022

Early Convict Stations in the Cape Colony

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