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ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand in hand and fight side by side to make … Africa for themselves and their…
ArchiveZero tolerance
… Government poster with words - Office on the status of women in the presidency. Words "A life free of violence - blow the whistle on violence against women"…
EventRay Simons dies
… in the formation of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the drafting of the Women's Charter. …
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… to be a topic of debate amongst human rights groups, women's rights activists and Islamic scholars, with the former arguing that abuse towards women is…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 2 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… time, and we suffered with our children. It was mostly women who were working in our factory, and many had children. They used to employ women in the canning…
Speech by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande at SAHO Graduate Internship Programme launch, 30 October, 2012
… Launch SA History Online Internship Project. We have been giving lots … those involved in a largely intellectual pursuit such as History. In this…
ArchiveThe Womans place is in the struggle
… with fist inside map of Africa; text: AWO; You strike a women you've struck a rock; Launch Alexandra Women's Organisation; Date March Speakers: FEDTRAW, ACO,…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985. South African History Online (SAHO) is marking this anniversary by: … with the Durban University of Technology …
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
… issues of political strategy and tactics. Articles on the history of political resistance and the liberation movements … policy document. Moreover, Machel's …
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa: Victory is within our grasp, 16 June 1986, Unesco House, Paris
… and South Africa to free themselves from racial and colonial domination, exploitation and aggression. It stands … democracies of all time should choose to go…
Victory is Within our Grasp: Statement at the World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa by O. R. Tambo, UNESCO House, Paris, 16 June 1986
… and South Africa to free themselves from racial and colonial domination, exploitation and aggression. It stands … democracies of all time should choose to…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… these values and traits now more than ever before in our history. This Conference should therefore assist us in … made by the former combatants of uMkhonto…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… conducted in 1990, found that only 0.7% of pregnant women were infected. Yet, in the same year, ANC leader Chris … deep-rooted inequalities, which mean that…
Links & Partnerships
… (and uses) for further research about South African History. Please inform us if links are no longer working or … - This website is a joint project between…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 79 … Of course at first there will be very…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… port. The nine-day evacuation, the largest of its kind in history and an unexpected success, saved 338,000 Allied … African Naval Forces in 1942). More than…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… Congress of Democrats and the Federation of South African Women. I said that I had no faith in a spontaneous voluntary … protests and the campaign against…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… Encouraging the youth to join trade unions Ensuring that women participated fully in the activities of the youth … other organization in the townships,…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… a series of calamities that included the death of 26 000 women and children in the Anglo-Boer War, the failure of the … the flu epidemic, gained her a large…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… there any facilities introduced that would cater for Black women. Between 1898 and 1900, the Kaffirfontein residential … lengaung, rather than Manguang…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… working class and an outstanding fighter for the rights of women. A stalwart of the African National Congress, the South … communities. It recruited black…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the way for a new democratic order. The …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Abbreviations by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… (South Africa) FSAW ”” Federation of South African Women PAC ”” Pan-African Congress (South Africa) SACTU ”” … Trade Unions UDF ”” United Democratic Front…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Suzman, where she demanded that a greater role be given to women to prevent accusations of gender discrimination: “Here … (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… social science 'deals with problems of biography, of history, and of their intersections within social … chance, a year or two later. In 1891 or 1892, the…
PlaceMoth Memorial, Kimberley
… Order is an independent brotherhood of ex-service men and women as well as serving men and women whose membership is confined to those who served or …
EventHelen Joseph dies
… to SA in 1931 and, with Lilian Ngoyi and other prominent women, led the women's march to the Union Buildings in 1956 . She was …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… 40 towns were destroyed and livestock was killed. Boer women and children and Black African people were put into … Towards the end of the war approximately…
ArchiveSpeak
… is a publication focussing on issues of interest mainly to women. Violence against women, including wife battery and rape, health issues such as …