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EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… [ii] She served under the African National Congress, ANC’s Women’s League and the South African Communist Party. [iii] …
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… Thomas Graham. After the ceremony, the Guild of Loyal Women (formed during the South Africa War ) planted …
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… made by several influential people and a procession of women to the Union Buildings, the Government granted him a …
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… remaining victims were Lesotho residents, including five women and two children. Their mission accomplished, the …
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… to complete the massacre. More than 600 Namibians, mostly women and children were massacred by the SADF airborne …
PlaceDarling, West Coast
… There’s something so interesting about having a piece of history displayed in front of you. (a trip is not complete, … Farmers’ Wives in,1978, to Preserve…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… . JON SOSKE is an assistant professor of modern African history at McGill University and the co-editor of One Hundred … Today . ACHILLE MBEMBE is a…
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… school in the heart of Pretoria has a diverse and proud history which spans a period of more than a hundred and … to have the school declared a National…
PlaceRustenburg
… has significance for many groups in South Africa, and its History is complex and rich in variety. The known History of Rustenburg spans from the 15th Century…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
… Church. The Board employed many qualified men and women to work in religious educational, publishing, … people the English language and his wife held…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
… Chiba and Shirish Nanabhai. Archived by South African History Online with acknowledgement to the original creators. …
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… fulfilment of the requirements for B.A.(Honours) Degree in History at the University of Cape Town. The aim of this essay …
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… dates from 1860 and is closely associated with the history and development of Durbanville. It was declared a …
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… 17 October 2011]South African History Online, ‘4 November’, [online] Available at …
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new …
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa’s longest wage strike
… increases for mineworkers. Click here to read our Labour history project … Prehistory - 2000, unpublished papers part of SA History Online's archive.|…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… Mtshali expressed the view that the proper function of history and museums is to convey to those safe from war and …
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… political arena removed a pivotal figure in the country's history. Click here to read African National Congress Kwazulu … 2011. ‘ Organisations-National…
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… century Cape Colony to the early 1950s covering the family history or the Gools, Rassools, and Abdurahmans. The context …
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… where she obtained a LLB degree and later a doctorate in history from the Oxford University. On her return to South …
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with his name known only by …
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… Africa and in the rest of Africa. The number of men and women persecuted for the political faith and stand by the … it came into power in 1948, is the…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… The Bantu Authorities Act sought to replace direct colonial rule in the African reserves with a system of … period will require analysis. Patriarchy ensured…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
… coming out of the shadows of traditional working class women’s obscurity, to play a leading role. They said they had … questions. One of the great moments in…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… now passing through a crisis, which even in her chequered history, is fraught with unprecedented and from all present … seal for the edification of a select…
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Botanical Society until 1969, when it was…
PlaceTouwsrivier
… https://www.karoo-southafrica.com/koup/touws-river/history-of-touws-river/ …
PlaceBethal
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
… Peter Delius and colleagues to discover some of the pre colonial trading routes and sites that enriched central … /en/destinations/kruger-national-park/facts…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… school initiates a teacher training course primarily for women. 1918 Ohlange begins to offer the Cape Junior …