SAHO global search
120 records
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
Introduction Pretoria is located in the north east of South Africa, to the north of Gauteng, and 60 Kilometres away from the north east of Johannesburg [i] …
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
Great Zimbabwe When Mapungubwe was abandoned, it was to the benefit of Great Zimbabwe. The cultural, political and economic power in the area shifted to…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… on the coast. [4] Many of the towns in Sierra Leone in the 1600s were fortified using a technique of living hedges and …
The Atlantic slave trade
Causes and results of slavery A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. In America, for instance, which was…
Gallery
This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900…
Grade 10 Archive
This archive features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. The Slave Trade: One of the most controversial issues regarding…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships from Europe to travel to the East with ease. Before the canal was opened European ships had…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of people: …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
Our ancestors survived by hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The women usually gathered food while the men hunted. Source: museums.ncl.ac.uk…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… supported by the histories of the first migrants in the 1600s, who escaped religious persecution in Europe. More …
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established Cape Town as a refuelling station in 1652 for their ships sailing between Europe…
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
The largest North-Sotho language group in South Africa are the Bapedi group, who arrived in the northern province around the 1650s, and became powerful after…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
The Mali Empire (c. 1235-1600 CE)At its height, the Mali Empire stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source The…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - when new wages for dockworkers were not implemented, stevedores in Cape Town and…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Reasons: DEIC permanent settlement at the Cape 1652 The DEIC (Dutch East India Company) in the Netherlands was set up in 1602 to trade. In 1647, the Haerlem,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
This topic follows on from the previous one. Having looked at a period when it was not clear that Europe would dominate the world, this topic now explores how…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
The revolution in Cuba, culminating in Fidel Castro’s seizure of power on 1 January 1959, was from the beginning based on a non-racial ethos, and revolutionary…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
This short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history of the power utility over its first seventy-eight years…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
Africans resisted colonial rule from the outset, trying to hold on to their land, but were not strong enough to defend themselves against European conquest…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
Introduction In the previous section, we have learnt about the origins of capitalism, however, we paid cursory attention to the racial character of that…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
Prison labour has a particularly debatable history in South Africa. Historically, South Africa operated on the understanding that prisons were places of…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
The formation of the VOC in Netherlands in 1602 increased Dutch dominance of the in the maritime trade. Acting on behalf of the Dutch government, the company…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
The history of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in South Africa is inextricably intertwined with the struggle of workers against…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or Dutch East India Company came into being on 20 March 1602 and is seen as the first company that issued shares to…
America, Spanish conquest
All the content in this America section was developed from 2003 lessons, namely; – America in the 1500s – The Slave TradeThe content below has been modified…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 to develop the sugar industry in this…