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ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and … power. The negotiations were tense. Violence…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… some of the things that were used to construct a new South African identity, and a new heritage for a democratic nation … in international sport during the…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… Abstract The paper reviews the life of South African poet Mongane Wally Serote during apartheid South … the suffering and anger of the oppressed black South…
Alexia Webster
… Alexia is a South African photographer born in Johannesburg and currently based … next five years travelling through South Africa and the African continent…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Abstract Miriam Makeba was a South African singer, daughter, mother, and an antiapartheid … one can deny she played an even bigger part in the South African…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… preferred destination for migrants. 1899 - 1902 The South African War between the Afrikaaner Republics of the Transvaal … 09 Pedi chiefdoms, seeking to take…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Introduction Following British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 … Lesotho), SAHO is currently developing…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… cliché of “fusion”? Are Indian forms compatible with their African Counterparts? Can song and the spoken word in a … which began in 2010 as a conversation…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… common membership. The League took up issues on behalf of African women who were billeted with passes and suffered … leaving the magisterial area of Durban…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of diamonds at Kimberly … of the 1923 Act are not widely applied…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 23 April 1994 BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/ NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the … NOTE of the…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… 1952 The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime , which in the following years … at the United Nations…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African youth. This incident resulted in a wave of violence, … Durban to Pietermaritzburg. On 6…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… of gold at the Rand was the chief cause of the South African War. This is not completely true, as British … of the Treaty of Vereeniging. The result of the…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with … and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Gwala…
Article1956 Women Marchers
… of the Albertina and Walter Sisulu Foundation and South African History Online to gather the names and stories of the … who marched under the banner of the…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with … and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Gwala…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… in East London, Eastern Cape. 1961 Is recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) military wing Umkhonto we … , Chris Hani and Thabo Mbeki who meet…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… The forthcoming 2011 Census is part of the 2010 round of African censuses aimed at generating data about the … era is uneven and unreliable especially with…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… which went on to play on Broadway. Sarafina , a South African musical produced by Mbongeni Ngema depicted students … and heroines who followed the tradition…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… this continent that people may not readily know. Ten Great African Thinkers In the modern-day world the view people are … Prize for Literature , making him…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… in Brooklyn, in New York. August, Booker T Washington, an African-American leader, receives a letter from Dube … is opened at Ohlange during an annual…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… settlers and colonial companies like the British South African Company for farming and mining. This was also largely … in areas-like agriculture and the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… in South Africa . Not only did Luthuli become the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but it was also … even harsher measures of oppression…
ArticleFrontline States
… Africa was regionally supported by a group of southern African states called the Frontline States. These were … Whilst Botswana accepts that we are part of…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… During Apartheid, starting from the late 1950s the South African Government attempted to divide South Africa into a … instrumental to this effect and…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… all of you to the National Policy Conference of the African National Congress. The conference takes place during … account the need to deepen the…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… regime through the medium of music and assisted the African National Congress (ANC) by performing at events in … Words Johnny Dyani, jazz, music, double bass…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… the townships. Within four months of the Soweto revolt 160 African communities all over the country were involved in … of students left the country and went…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… that were taking place among the new urban Black South African – African, Indian and Coloured – communities. The magazine … next month. The magazine,…