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PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
In the language of the Shangaan people, the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word for Buffalo. You can see the 'Big Five' and many other animals in the Balule Game…
PlaceMalawi
The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi have been added to the…
PlaceCango Caves, Oudtshoorn
29 km from Oudtshoorn, at the head of the picturesque Cango Valley, lies the spectacular underground wonder of the Klein Karoo - the Cango Caves.The limestone…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
Portuguese trading stations in West Africa and the slave trade Portuguese expansion into Africa began with the desire of King John I to gain access to the…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole MorganAbstractElizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
The name of Dr William Fehr should be familiar to many of those who have visited Castle Good Hope in Cape Town at least once during the last fifty years. Young…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global imagination. He has played…
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike
South Africa's longest and biggest strike was organised by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), led by Cyril Ramaphosa. At the time it was the second…
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
Formerly called: 'Young Men's Christian Association'. This is a welfare movement with branches all over the World, that began in London in 1844. YMCA Cape Town…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the 12th International meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties, 3 December 2010, Centurion, Pretoria
General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Blade Nzimande; Comrades` delegates to the 12th International Meeting of Communist and…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished members of the university council and senate, Members of the university staff and students, Friends…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Few people, including most English-speaking South Africans, know anything at all about the Afrikaner people, their history and their national aspirations. Yet…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
When I returned to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the factory section had lost…
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
Wynberg is certainly one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one of the oldest Schools in the Country (Wynberg Boys), with its beautiful…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into the next decade was never made available or discussed with new recruits. There were…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
King Kong: An African Jazz, was the first all-Black South African musical which opened in 2 February 1959. The musical chronicles the rise and fall of…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
Race and ethnicity have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since the European colonisation. South Africa…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
In September 1993, the South African legislature approved the setting up of a multiparty Transitional Executive Council (TEC) to manage South Africa’s…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
After the French Revolution, the newly founded Republic of France conquered the Netherlands in 1795. The Netherlands became known as the Batavian Republic and…
ArticleBlack South African literature
The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
This article deals with values and education in South Africa, and more specifically the proposed 'pledge'. Please read the article and send us your comments on…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the adoption…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
GRADE 12 Topic 3: Civil society protests 1950s to 1970s Online Resource: http://learn.mindset.co.za/resources/history/grade-12/civil-society-protests-1950s…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
In March 1918 an international influenza pandemic broke out, that led to the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. The pandemic spread simultaneously in…
The appointment of Judges
In June 1994, Arthur Chaskalson, senior counsel and the national director of the Legal Resources Centre, was appointed as President of the Constitutional Court…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
The indigenous inhabitants of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before European settlement, most of the inhabitants of…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province. The police…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
The Pondo people fiercely resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and re-engineer Pondoland and to co-opt their Chiefs. Violence…