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Amathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
The Amatola Region is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the Eastern Cape. The Amathole's stretch into the hinterland just North of Grahamstown and West…
PlaceNqamakwe
In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. As refugees from the Mfacane wars further north, they had relatively few links to…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… Party (SACP), exploring the extent to which the ethnic origins, networks, values, and institutions that informed the … capacities as Jews, this paper found…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… the regime divides the population according to tribal origins under the system notoriously known as the bantustan …
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… path to freedom. I am highlighting some elements of the origins of our relationship so that you can see that our …
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… the regime divides the population according to tribal origins under the system notoriously known as the bantustan …
South Africa’s policy towards Zimbabwe: synopsis by Thabo Mbeki 22 February 2016
… without links to former colonial interests. My own origins are Irish and as you know, we were colonised not …
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified Apartheid as an "anti-poverty program for whites".[1] This poor…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
Note: All definitions are acquired through Google’s online English Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Source A: Source…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… paint” from the language and focused on its multiracial origins. In an interview with Kanja van der Merwe, a Masters …
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… It was in this setting that African nationalism had its origins. The Anglo Boer War which is correctly called the …
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
The Cape Town Suburb of Bothasig is known for the wonderful Christmas lights displays that residents have been putting up for the last few Years. Decorated…
PlaceSasolburg
Established in 1954, the Town was built by Sasol Ltd. The former South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd. used this Town to house employees at the…
Vredendal, Western Cape
As its name intended, the little town of Vredendal, which borders on the Southern tip of the Namaqualand region, is named after a; ''peaceful settlement', that…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… process that was accentuated by external factors. The origins of the process of political change that strengthened … pattern of black working with white…
Post-Election Political Violence
… 3 forms of violence which, while they had strong political origins, can now, in present circumstances, best be described … or as a combination of these…
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
Witwatersrand, ridge of gold-bearing rock mostly in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Its name means “Ridge of White Waters, in Afrikaans.” The highland, which…
PlaceDullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
Dullstroom dates back to the 1880’s and was name after its Dutch founder, Wolterus Dull, and the many Rivers found in the Area, hence the suffix- ‘stroom’,…
ArticleHow to undertake research?
South African History Online (SAHO) believes in empowering learners, educators, researchers, and independent web users with the tools they need to investigate…
PlaceTsolo
(prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 official languages. September is since…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh vegetables and…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 to develop the sugar industry in this…
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: …
PlaceTradouw Pass
"The Tradouw Pass, which means; "Women's Path", (in the old Khoi language). Is a 16 kilometer drive through an altitude range of 219 meters. This is…
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
Despite their defeats in battles with the Boers and the British during the nineteenth Century, the Zulus have remained an active force in South African…
Lady Frere, Eastern Cape
Originally named after the wife of; Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the then Governor of the Cape, Lady Frere serves as the centre for the Glen Grey farming district…
Somerset West, Cape Helderberg
Somerset West It is situated in the Hottentots Holland, mountians area, which is right in the heart of the Cape Winelands. Somerset West is situated in the…
Riviersonderend, Cape Overberg
Riviersonderend is a small farming Village with a peaceful rural atmosphere, situated on the main Garden Route between Cape Town and Mossel Bay on the N2 - 160…