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EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… World Cup finals. References: Resha R. (1957), 'Sporting History is Made' from New Age, 14 March 1957 (Available at … 'Football in South Africa - timeline'…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… The information scandal: africacrime-mystery.co.za History: south-african-hotels.com South African History Online: sahistory.org …
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… where she is said to have developed a profound interest in history. Campbell was well known for her private collection … to write their family stories, in…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… in South Africa. Click here to read our This Day in History entry: Major political organisations sign the … here to read the resolution. References: South…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… is primairly a collection of portraits it is also a 'history-in-the-round' of the last sixty years, as seen from a … on the same events creates a three…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… as a whole – constitute an important part of the social history of African women’s changing ideological, economic and … thinking that stressed preparing…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the SA freedom day celebrations Pretoria, 27 April 1996
… century. Once more, we affirmed a truism of human history: that the people are their own liberators. And so … been made in the field of education, health,…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … of the State, they were rendering a humble but useful service…
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… of the Eastern Cape province. Stutterheim has a rich history that makes for fascinating reading. From the Xhosa … any African literature and fiction for…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… Visitors who wish to explore South Africa’s politics and history, may opt for a number of organised social, historic … tours. These tours take you back in…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… action programme" of demonstrations and strikes, and even civil disobedience. Walter Sisulu became Secretary-General of … people of varied racial origins and…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… action programme" of demonstrations and strikes, and even civil disobedience. Walter Sisulu became Secretary-General of … people of varied racial origins and…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… of Johannesburg. There for the first time in South African history black and white jazz musicians could meet on a … South Africans. With the removal and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… an entirely Eurocentric curriculum focused on British history. His history teacher, Weaver Newana, adds his own oral history to the narratives about the…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… Prehistory to the year 2000 , unpublished papers with SA History Online. AZAPO - Azanian People's Organisation … Phillip Publishers), p.389 Seekings, J. …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… This working class did not suddenly appear. It has a history, and we can learn significant lessons from this history. We need to understand the forces that…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… and getting over the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life … had been witness to a definitive moment in…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… was one of the periods of heightened activity in the history of the TIYC. Members like Moosa Moolla actively … decade. Amina Cachalia in her autobiography:…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… P. Svensson, eds., Agricultural transformation in a global history perspective, 139. ↵ [6] N. Worden, Slavery in Dutch … language of the Union of South…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… about FOSATU click here (a paper by Nicole Ulrich at Wits History Dept., titled "The Origins of FOSATU: The emergence … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… Location: back to this day in history search archive  An estimated 60,000 delegates and … at un.org [accessed: 13 August 2010] South African History Online…
PlacePolokwane
… collection of South African art, check out the early history of the city in the fascinating photographs on display … with a comprehensive collection of…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… our own, to listen to our own, and to speak to our own. History has determined this concrete reality and so shall it … Beyond the shop floor, Cosatu has…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… paid annual leave, a gratuity of £100 after 15 years of service, and repatriation fees. They also demanded the repeal … According to VL Allen, the author of…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… us under trying conditions with opportunities for service in the prosecution of our struggle for freedom, it … to the realities of our situation and to the…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… INTRODUCTION In examining the history of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) since its establishment in … Following some introductory remarks tracing MK's earlier history…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… be attended by invited guests from the ANC, business and civil society. President Jacob Zuma will deliver the main …
Place(The) Gambia
… Senegal’s Casamance region as well as those who fled from civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone . Gambian agriculture …
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… act together as governments, the masses we represent, and civil society. Thirdly, we seek to ensure that we move away …
Address by President Mandela on Heritage Day Robben Island, 24 September 1997
… Most people had little or no say in the depiction of their history in textbooks, libraries, or research institutions. … kind of heritage which glorified…