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Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
Five people were killed and many others injured at the University of Zululand (Ongoye) after the outbreak of political violence at the institution on 29…
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
Steve Biko, who died at the hands of apartheid security police on September 12, 1977, is widely seen as the greatest martyr of the anti-apartheid movement. He…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
“We cannot keep digressing and hiding behind the truth, saying ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such thing. If we have to change things, let’s change them…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… regional regrouping as outlined in the recent speeches and writings of Field Marshal Smuts. We hope that the mistakes of …
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…
Die Eerste Vryswartes Van Stellenbosch - 1679-1720 by Prof. J.L. Hattingh, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 1981
… many references were made to Louis of Bengal in previous writings. Dr. Boeseken, in her book "Slaves and Free Blacks …
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… into mind-liberated action. In Biko’s articulation and writings, he foresees a role for white people in the Black …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), King George Hotel, Athens, 24 February 2005.
… hundreds of years; a relationship which is noted in the writings of such great philosophers as Plato and Aristotle …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
Ben Forstate Ben Forstate is a U3 Student at McGill University studying Political Science and Geography. He enjoys basketball, reading, writing and…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… ANC and the liberation struggle in South Africa essential writings. Google Books. Accessed April 20, 2020. London, UK: … ANC and the liberation struggle in…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
QUESTION 1: HOW WAS AFRIKANER NATIONALISM PROMOTED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s TO 1940s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
F. D. Tothill Even now, almost half a century after it collapsed, any conclusions about the working of Fusion and its chances of long-term success if…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to another developed soon after the invention of writing, however, the creation of a formal…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… He also predicted that if Grendon’s epics and other writings ever surfaced, they would “put him in the same …
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
St. Peter's Mission 16-6-50 My dear Chief; I am writing you a private letter. The national executive has agreed on the sit down strike on June the 26th…
PlaceVan Reenen's Pass, KwaZulu Natal
Named after the little Town of Van Reenen, which seems to stand guard at the top of this majestic Pass which winds its way through the Drakensberg Mountains…
ArchiveHighlights on successes and experienced challenges during the 25 years of freedom and democracy.
Union Buildings Government Avenue, Private Bag X1000 PRETORIA, 0001 Dear President, Ramaphosa I am Mnguni Bulelani, 14 years old and doing Grade 9 at…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
Dr David Nthubu Koloane, who was born in South Africa in 1938, was an extraordinary pioneer in the visual arts who fiercely defied any form of categorisation…
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… five year ban confining him to his home in Groutville. No writings or speeches of Luthuli could be quoted at the time. …
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… armed struggle advocated by Che Guevara. We read from his writings too because the victory of the Cuban revolution …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… a music, a poetic language. Many early Afrikaans writings were found in the Arabic script of the slaves. This …
From retirement to parliament
… regional regrouping as outlined in the recent speeches and writings of Field Marshal Smuts. We hope that the mistakes of …
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
1928 December 26, Derrick John McBride, Robert McBride's father, is born in his parent's home in Rockey Street, Johannesburg. He is the darkest complexioned…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli tomorrow, 21 July 2007, the ANC is publishing a special edition of the…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
Preface I am hereby sharing some letters Ismail Mohamed wrote to me in 1980/81/87. But first I give a snapshot of his life, achievement and involvement in…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… the earliest forms of literacy in the world, hieroglyphic writings of ancient Egypt are invented. 3000 BC – 2000 BC …
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
The contacts between black South Africans and the African American community in the United States played an important part in the development of the South…
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
An appeal to appeal to students and scholars - April 1961 by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing this letter on the instructions of the All-in African…