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Zulu Community
… of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Zulu people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the … he had forged one of the mightiest empires…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 3: Democracy and the Constitution
… perse number of people and cultures, but we are all South African. National symbols such as a national flag, an anthem … a part of that country and all its…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 2: Learning from leaders
… follow the example of good leaders? Further reading 1. African Traditional leaders 2. For an A-Z of South African profiles visit www.sahistory.org.za/people …
ArticleNational Newspapers and News Sites
… News Sites: Independent Online - Union of several South African newspapers such as Cape Argus, Cape Times, The Star … - Main Newspaper for KwaZulu Natal…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… the population between Blacks from Whites in South African, and thereby, severely limit the movements of the black African populace, manage urbanization, and…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… segregationist legislation dating back to 1856, view South African History Online’s timeline on segregationist … became more and more discriminatory toward…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… Belafonte, Stokley Carmichae Miriam Makeba was a South African singer who dedicated her life to fighting for civil … In 1954 Makeba performed for the leaders…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… event has been seen by some as a turning point in South African history. Kgosana agreed to disperse the protestors in … This march is seen by many as a…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… other militants, the conference discusses the war and how African people could render support for the war effort of the … call for an increase in wages among…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… in South Africa. He was and still is a well-known South African writer who, while in exile in Botswana in 1977 and … Lesotho in 1980 and after, did not cease…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… and activist Omar Badsha who Curated the exhibition South African The Cordoned Heart what became a seminal travelling … Wilson, then head of the Department…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… branch of the Communist Party of South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Transvaal Indian … second son, Makgatho, was born. The ANC and the…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Act tightened influx control, making it an offence for any African (including women) to be in any urban area for more … townships were the wives and…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… 2010 19 January: ( Congress of South African Trade Unions ) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied … action such as rallies and marches at or near South…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… towards homosexuality and history of homosexuality within African society Most denominations of Christianity rejected … Christianity has played a role in…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Native Affairs Act was yet another spin-off of the South African Native Affairs Commission report of 1905. It paved … local authorities the power to…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… through, among other measures, eliminating independent African production and restricting access to land in small communal reserves designated solely for…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the … across the globe, it was never celebrated…
ArticleThe Homelands
… mechanism for the removal of Blacks from the South African political system under the many laws and policies … particular ethnic group. The Act did not give…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… of diamonds in 1869 and of gold in 1886 changed the South African economy significantly. European investment flowed in; … placed growing demands for land and…
ArticleThe New Group
… This was a group or collective of young South African artists who, upon their return from study in Europe … and oppose the conservative values propounded by…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1963 Becomes involved in NUSAS (National Union of South African Students) 1964 First marriage, to Barbara Hubbard … plants 1971 Workers’ Education Project…
ArticleWages Commission
… focus was, from the start, was to establish contact with African workers. From 1971, this core group of Durban National Union of South African Students …
Journals
… Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians launched a journal in … discipline of Cultural History and was named "The South…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the formation of South African Students Organisation (SASO) raised the political … between 3000 and 10 000 students…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Witwatersrand University Press. DANIELL, Samuel. 1820. African Scenery and Animals, 1804-1805. London: W Daniell. … Philip. DAVIES, Horton and SHEPHERD, RHW…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… apartheid, in 1943, women were officially allowed into the African National Congress (ANC). In 1948, they created a … the negotiations were successful in…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK … challenge to the white minority…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… 2000 January, The partnership is formalized by South African National Aids Council (SANAC) to review its two years … January 8th statement 2001 is declared…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… the central control of the white minority in the South African government as the proposed inclusion of other races … The position of Prime Minister created…