Politics & Society

Women’s Revolts in Natal: 1959

Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the African National Congress a...

The Black Sash: A History of Transformation

This article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership ...

Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi

This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proje...

History of Women in Prisons during Apartheid

This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proj...

Miriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick

 

Women’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas

This article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership...

The Youth Struggle

From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the racist characte...

Africa: What’s in a name?

 

African Heritage Sites

Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 Wo...

Women in the Cities and the Resistance Movement

Strong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold

The UDF was an umbrella organization that was founded to unify the hundreds of Anti-Apartheid movement occurring in the ...

The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria

 

A history of prison labour in South Africa

 

The Empty Land Myth

 

The Early Cape Slave Trade

The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony.  During the first four years of the Dutch East ...