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EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… war with black nationalists, his government gave way to a new administration in 1979, leading to the creation of …
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… elections. Along with Transkei, it became part of the new Eastern Cape Province. Its capital became the capital of …
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… the the Orange Free State after the government introduced new legislation that requiring women to carry passes. The …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… 88th birthday celebrations have kicked off with a new round of honours for this anti-apartheid icon, including …
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… BBC News article about N'Dour's presidential bid. Online New York Times article about Youssou N'Dour's presidential …
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… Immigrant, in 1874. He used some rather different and new Farming Methods, such as erecting outbuildings for his …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… 2017. The president is confident that Malusi Gigaba , the new minister of finance is fit for the task. When the … the mining industry (Jeff Rudin, 2017. Mail…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… Archaic humans were clearly making fire by this time, but new research shows that the concentrations were not hearths …
A growing urban African population
… here, it was Sophiatown that absorbed the majority of the new arrivals. By 1950, the population of the Western Areas as …
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… by the SACP after the expulsion ). Clements Kadalie A new membership drive into rural areas of Natal, Transvaal, … Group, pg 118.|Giliomee, H. and Mbenga, B…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… for AIDS to develop. Statistics: On 21 November 2007, a new UN report said more than three-quarters of Aids-related … 2008 Global Report on the HIV and AIDS…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… A patient visiting a sangoma. Image source Inyangas New words Definition Inyanga This is a healer who uses herbs …
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… and how old are they? SAHO is continuously developing new content for this section. Please contribute any content …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth League, a new leadership came to power in the ANC. Walter Sisulu was …
Steve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… their history. Fans queued simply to get a look at their new star, but their interest had less to do with his … coming; 13 years earlier Mokone had been…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… Paris. For the source’s online origin, see footnote [5] 4. What were natural rights that are highlighted in the … the oppressive Ancien Regime. During the…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President's Council a chance
… The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party …
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission's report is tabled in parliament
… itself from the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1964, The New York Times reported that the South African Press …
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… The elections resulted in the establishment of the new Government of National Unity (GNU) led by the African …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… sword and the laws of war (Oxford History of South Africa [New York: Oxford University Press, 1969], p. 65). Occupation … clergy" (L. Stone," The…
Chapter 5
… the country, putting before the people the idea of this new form of organisation. Let us suppose that it had been in … would be rather different. He would…
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… the blocks let us strive to develop this democracy. A New Pattern of Democracy It is often suggested, quite … diversities of colour and race, we will show…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… naughty dishonest person! They had offered me money, new identification documents and help to settle anywhere in … Looksmart Ngudle, the first to be murdered…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… resistance of the Blacks by military means. It opened a new chapter with new forms of struggle, the political form of struggle. This … organisation is the…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… the blocks let us strive to develop this democracy. A New Pattern of Democracy It is often suggested, quite … diversities of colour and race, we will show…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… our continent will regain its strength and march on to new victories. As people fighting for their liberation, we … repression and violence. Such is the…
PlaceKenya
… searching for economic opportunities brought with them new technologies and skills, as well as new customs and beliefs. This helped to create a varied and ……
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Session of the Parliament of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 30 October 2007
… of the African Union and its development programme, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad). Honourable … and honourable members, We live during…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… poverty stricken, but by which we specifically demand "a new division of the land in accordance with the whole … leadership has skillfully sought to build up…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… home", workers moved on the city centres. On 25 March some 5,000 Africans demonstrated at Caledon Square police … meantime the government also introduced…