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ArticleSouth African Institute of Race Relations
The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) was established in 1929 as an organization geared towards conducting research on race relations. From…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Theories and Practice Scientific Racism These ideas about race were pided into two main theories, scientific racism and social Darwinism. Scientific…
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a number of smaller welfare groups countrywide that had formed to improve…
Provincial government and symbols
Go to the places section of the SAHO site, and read about the South Africa’s nine provinces. Also visit SAHO feature on national symbols. …
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction after the Second South African War of 1899…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
The simple brick structure and its adjacent chimney contained the boiler and blower house of a blast furnace and formed part of the iron works established by…
PlaceCrossroads Township
Crossroads Township is situated in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. Crossroads emerged as a…
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
Not too many people are aware that Durban has the largest concentration of Indian people outside of India! Originally brought in during the 1860’s by the…
From Segregation to Apartheid
The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under threat however, as African…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
1924 5 December, Robert Mangaliso Sobukhwe is born in Graaff-Reinet a town in the Cape Province. 1940 Sobukwe enrols at Healdtown Institute where he…
ArticlePoqo
Poqo was formed as an armed wing to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the 1960's and was known for its aggressively violent sabotage campaign. Unlike…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli,…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella organisation of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). BCM had its origins in university campuses, mainly…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below describes the impact of…
PlaceMtubatuba
Mtubatuba, which means: ‘He who was pummelled out!' and named after a chief of the Mkwanazi Tribe, originating from the Zulu's. The name is said to mean: …
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
1935 15 December, Professor Davidson Don Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
Together with civic organizations, the youth played an in important role in the struggle against apartheid in the Western Cape. The first youth congress named…
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
The great South African writer and activist, Ruth First, was assassinated by a letter bomb sent by the South African Security Police in Maputo, Mozambique on…
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was an ultra-right wing organisation led by Eugene Terreblanche, that first came into prominence in the 1970s. It aimed…
Protest Art
The formation of the United Democratic Movement (UDF) in 1983 amalgamated many grassroot organisations under one banner. Some organisations consisted of…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
This is the obituary of Hermanus Loots, better known by his nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities in the ANC’s Quatro prison camp. Martin …
Formation and launch of the UDF
UDF launch at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. Source: http://www.nelsonmandela.org In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in…
PlaceWelgelegen Manor House, Belfour
Welgelegen Manor is the embodiment of the incredible life and ambition of industrialist and innovator, Andries Mostert. Andries Mostert was born in Paarl in…
PlaceWeenan
Weenen stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa! Located on the serene Banks of the Bushman River in KwaZulu-Natal, it remains as the…
PlaceRustenburg
The Magaliesberg range of Mountains dominates the Landscape that is now known as the Northwest Province. Rustenburg, the largest City in this Province, has…
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
On 8 October 1962, Solomon Linda, the singer and composer of Mbube, which became the pop hit as 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', died without receiving royalties for…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
Steve Tshwete (1938 - 2002) was born in Springs on 12 November. He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town and East…
PlaceGugulethu Township
Gugulethu is a township 15 km away from Cape Town. The name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for 'Our Pride'. This township was established…