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EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… the light house are rewarded with a panoramic view of the Indian Ocean. …
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… under old NMC legislation on 18 May 1979. The Horrible History and many names of Thaba Tshwane; South Africans just … Narrative – the replacement of Black…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… strikes marked a decisive turning point, not only in the history of South African labour relations, but in the history of South African society as a whole…
Interview with Ari Sitas, Of Socialism and Dentures by Jonathan Mandel, 10-11 April 2015
… Further, he and others had researched extensively the pre-history of BRICS and once again, he wants time to lay out his … capital that is outside its spheres…
Article2016 in Review
… In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open … team who is pushing to give the most accurate and relevant history and to…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… South African war, will start here again. The Town has a History, steeped in bloody relations between the Afrikaners … and the African inhabitants of the…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… individuals from being selected into elite teams. History of Soccer in South Africa (sections on the sports … leader. For additional guidelines see our…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… is a world-class, modern interactive museum of local rugby history that’s designed to entertain the whole family. The experience tells the history of South…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… background in time and space? Muslim traders dominated Indian Ocean trade from the eighth century AD. This large … for liberation and majority rule…
Claremont Histories Photographic Exhibition
… Areas Act. The event is co-sponsored by South African History Online and books published by South African History Online will be on sale as well. …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Superintendent Dr Andrew, the new hospital introduced an Indian section after Amod Bava and the Young Men’s Muslim … SA Women’s Auxilliaries, and Omar Essa,…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… policies of universities and medical schools concerning Indian learners in general, and Tamils in particular; Black …
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… of UmzimkhuIu in the north and Kei in the south, the Indian Ocean in the east and the Drakensberg mountain range …
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… area was situated in Zimbabwe, from the Zambezi to the Indian Ocean, and was rumoured to be rich in gold. However, …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… War One, and fewer than 4 000 were black, coloured or Indian. The most well-known battle that was fought entirely … 2009]|Samilitaryhistory , 'South African…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… Orange Free State Republics. In the encyclopaedia the 'New History of South Africa' (2007) the authors claim that the … May 1902, and it remains a powerful…
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… 29 August 1848’ from The South African Military History Society [online]. Available at www.samilitary.org [Accessed 22 August 2011] Voortrekker-History, 2011…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… Â By 1906, Gandhi, now 37, was editing a journal called Indian Opinion. He was also well on his way to formulating … Castle, Gandhi sent a report for the…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… African People Organisation (APO) and South African Indian Congress (SAIC) as national organisations to represent Coloured and Indian people. Since FRAC was…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… community-based organizations to oppose the South African Indian Conference and the apartheid government’s plan for a … to give a house of parliament to the…
Glossary: Transport through time
… with air. Prehistoric From a period before events and history were written down. Primitive Of an early, simple …
The South African War
… These had important repercussions upon the later history and development of the town. The first was that of …
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… March, provoked one of the largest marches in Cape Town's history, when 30 000 Blacks marched into the city to Caledon … 390-396. Muller, C.F.J. (ed) (1981)…
PlaceOrigins Centre
… anyone interested in learning about the rich and diverse history of Southern Africa . The Centre is a world-renowned … dedicated to exploring and celebrating…
PlaceKwaMashu
… in places such as Umkhumbane ( Cato Manor ) an Indian township in Durban , Sophiatown in Johannesburg and … but it also had to place buffer zones between…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… House of Representatives on August 22 and the 40-seat Indian House of Delegates on August 28, the UDF, with ANC … August 1984, when elections were staged for…
PlaceMkumeni Location, Flagstaff
… to the North, and Port St Johns Local Municipality and the Indian Ocean to the South. Ingquza Hill is one of the five … to the north, and Port St Johns Local…
PlaceBallito, Dolphin Coast- KZN
… to the East by golden Beaches and the warm waters of the Indian Ocean . The waters off Ballito's Beach are the … to the East by golden Beaches and the warm…
Partners
… of Basic Education Department of Higher Education WITS History Workshop UWC Centre for Humanities Research Chris … Studies Under Investigation -…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… so on. 1979 The Year of the Spear, named in tribute to the history of unbroken resistance since the Battle of … of the Lutheran Church with murder. 3…