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ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
PlacePretoria Art Museum
The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter Joachim von Sandrart (1606 – 1688), the…
PlaceFunda Community College
Funda Community College was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated by the Urban…
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
The heritage of Groot Constantia is embodied in it's wine quality, list of clientele, building's architecture, friendly employees, History of slaves and their…
PlaceUtrecht
In 1900 British troops occupied Utrecht during South African War of 1899 - 1902 as their headquarters. The British were wary of having to camp in high altitude…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
Completed on 4 September 1897 by the Krupps firm, Von Dewitz and Weiner, the fort cost £49 000 and had the same type of entrance as Fort Schanskop. Ramparts…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 5 November 1976. St Margaret's was built in 1905 and is not visible from the road, but what a…
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Japanese planes struck just before 8AM on a Sunday morning. Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
The Canadian government offered a second contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British troops in the South…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
On 21 March, South Africa celebrates Human Rights Day. This day is a commemoration of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and how far the nation has come in the…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
The late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis strike and boycott, Saldanha Bay fish…
Post-Election Political Violence
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994,…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the…
Mawanda Isaac Mbongela
Born: Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape, 1986. Resides in Vereeniging and is in his third year of study at the Vaal University of Technology. Exhibition: VUT…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA: ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPACT[1] All national movements for freedom and justice spread ripples beyond their national boundaries…
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
Emily Chinea became the first woman in the Free State and South Africa to be officially executed after being found guilty of murdering her husband. The Star of…
EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
The Girl Guide movement shares its roots with the Boy Scout movement that was founded by Baden-Powell during the South African War of 1899-1902. During the war…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Zarina Maharaj Biography …
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on foot. He was part of a flow of “discontented young men”…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
I am Albertina Sisulu. Metetiwe. Born in the Transkei, in the district of Tsomo on twenty-first October 1918. Educated in a lower primary school in my district…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… The crushing of the Bambatha Rebellion in Natal in 1906 signalled the end of an era of military and violent …
Gender and deviance in South African industrial schools and reformatories for girls, 1911-1934 by Linda Chisholm
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Between 1926 and 1934 waves of 'insubordination', 'defiance' and 'riots'…
A list of Books and Speeches pertaining to Robert Sobukwe
A list of archive items pertaining to Robert Sobukwe: Books: Time for Azania by Robert Sobukwe, 1976 (pdf) Speeches: Robert Sobukwe Inaugural…
Oupa Nkosi
Born: Johannesburg, 1976. Attended the Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg and the World Press Photo Foundation. Has participated in the Kiyosato Museum of…
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
The National Theatre Organisation (NTO) was a state funded institution, which was founded to promote and produce Afrikaans and English theatre in South Africa…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
Travelling conditions on the ships transporting workers from India were deplorable. The voyages were long, with the danger of disease breaking out, ever…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
1994 27 April,South Africa's interim constitution which was adopted in November 1993 came into effect on 27th April 1994 to administer South Africa’s first…
PlaceNgoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay
"Community Engagement at the University of Zululand is rooted within the African philosophy of Ubuntu which is guided by the principles of reciprocity,…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
Winnie Mandela and Fatima Meer were in prison together and became close friends. Winnie wrote an introduction to the book "Fatima Meer: Memories of Struggle,"…