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Glossary: Local History
… or as a habit. Pre-historic Something that existed before history was recorded. Prospector Someone who explores an area … Glossary: Local History …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… equal treatment. This study will examine the legalistic history of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual life in South … should be considered moral. There is…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so … arrival on the highveld are scarce, and their recorded history only begins with the names of…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… city it is today are so often overlooked. In the light of Women’s Day, on the 59th anniversary of the 9 August 1956 … Munnik in honour of the adroit doctor…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women Johannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter expressed the … aims of the newly established…
Bantu Women’s League
… The Bantu Women's League was the first women's organisation in South Africa. It was started in 1918 by one of our earliest women activists, Dr Charlotte…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… In 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from the USA, where Black American women were moved by the problems faced…
References and links: Local History
… Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. … Dictionary. s l: Harper Collins. Hoopes J. 1979. Oral…
ArchiveHistory of Black women in South Africa
… History of Black women in South Africa …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial authorities 1800 Cape Colony: An official newspaper … AmaXhosa, which includes the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… the advice of Cape Governor W.A. van der Stel, the Dutch colonial administration annuls its policy of forbidding the … children captive. This is the first…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 1: Local History
… the past and how to apply this knowledge to their local history. The lesson ends with a case study of Pretoria and … sources. SAHO has used Pretoria as an…
ArchivePostal workers go for unity
… Postal workers go for unity …
South African Labour history
… ways to tell every story, and the same is true of history. For instance the story of the gold mining industry … resources within the SAHO site and library to…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… behind a growing demand of labour that was filled by women who were previously housewives. In South Africa, white … A history of Soweto …
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of History, University of the Western Cape Address to Conference … P.S Aiyar a Tamil journalist began a…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as equal citizens. South African women -under the…
The Industrial Revolution and colonial expansion (under construction)
… The Industrial Revolution and colonial expansion (under construction) …
S. P. Bunting,'5 The "Colonial" Labour Front, 23 October 1922
… S. P. Bunting,'5 The "Colonial" Labour Front, 23 October 1922 …
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
… the University of Cape Town, [vii] where she studied History and Shona, graduating with a BA in History [viii] . … archive has been pivotal in showing the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… Natal is prohibited with effect from 1 July. 13 March, The Colonial-Born and Settlers Indian Association is formed at a … divides land between black and…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… started operating, The focus of the tour is on the ‘history of Fietas’ and it is led by former resident Feizel … Nazir Carrim (1990) Fietas, a social history…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
… Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws for women a these had been…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Imbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), … in 1982 to address the specific challenges faced by black women under apartheid…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began organising … from as early as 1978 and eventually formed…
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… The United Women’s Organisation (UWO) was launched in April 1981 with … 400 delegates from the Western Cape attending. Some of the women who pioneered the…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… It is, however, unlikely that most would think of the women who retaliated against the oppression in honour of … governmental disorientation was a result of…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… one of the four districts of the North West province. The women in Marikana have also migrated from various regions in Southern Africa; some of the women…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… and independence. While in some parts of the continent colonial powers reluctantly and grudgingly relinquished … launched protracted struggles against the…