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Schlebusch Commission
… Christian Institute of Southern Africa (CI) and the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). The Commission …
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… presents this history in two parts, namely; Emerging African Nationalism and Working-Class and Popular Resistance …
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… as follows: ‘Our efforts in this studio aim at encouraging African talent through bringing within reach of promising … contribution to the culture of our…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha … changes for all Black South Africans. In 1953, the…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… for 2015. It has been hard to say that this Indo-South African ensemble is larger than its parts because its parts … He had heard him talk of the proximity…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade … and gold that black miners extracted from…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
… in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South African artists, art historians and curators with their peers on the African continent. Since then…
The Afrikaner Bond
… their Fatherland, and only want to fill their pockets with African wealth in order to go and spend it in Europe’. He … British flag was an obstacle to a…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… fashion design, fiction writing, drawing, and African/African-American history and culture. Project: The Failure …
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… culture & society section of the site (Religion). South African History Online, in partnership with Franco Frescura, … various accounts provided by travelers…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
… Experts in Working Group 3] MR H.J. (Kobie) Coetsee [South African Government, CODESA 1 and 2] Professor H.M. Coovadia … Daily Management Committee]…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… on Robben Island, aside from former leader of the Pan African Congress (PAC), Robert Sobukwe . In order to begin an … over Peter Johnson’s final resting…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… Bourne from the London Dance Umbrella. Subsequently, South African choreographers have been invited to present their … included Adam Benjamin who…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… respond to the call and within a few days some 5 000 African workers in the railway yards, in factories and on … affiliation on the basis of 20 000…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
… these goods for enslaved inhabitants from Africa at the African ports. These ships would then travel across the … from the Bible. Due to the Portuguese…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… held its first democratic elections in April 1994 and the African National Congress (ANC) won with a majority vote to … (RDP) which was part of the election…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… value of South Africa as the industrial powerhouse of the African continent, the guardian of the sea lanes around the … J.V. van der Merwe, former…
The girl child
… Fund (UNICEF) is working with partners such as the South African Girl Child Alliance and the Girls Education Movement … enrolled in schools than boys, a…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… about it. The below example uses an article from South African History Online, however, a recently written piece can … shirt and cap, presented the Webb…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
… 1980s was a decade which became a turning point in South African history. Popular protest by masses of ordinary South …
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… Award to learners who most effectively promoted South African heritage. Patricia Vangile Simon, ‘the history of the …
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… Apartheid Struggle" by Norman Levy and "Alex Hepple South African Socialist" by Bob Hepple. Both are part of SAHO's …
ArticleA White Referendum
… Party opposed the measures, arguing that the exclusion of African people from the new system would exacerbate tensions, …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… was meant to dislodge the two groups from an alliance with African nationalists and other anti-Apartheid forces that …
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… the Coloured Labour Party , Black Sash , and the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). NIC and SASO …
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… left untouched the fundamental cleavages in White South African society. The manner of the country's entry into the … at various stages between 1910 and…
ArticleHistory of Photography in South Africa
… dispensation. It is against this backdrop that South African History Online (SAHO) is showcasing the different … who have contributed and continue to add to…
ArticleTswana
… form of voluntary work is known as letsema . The South African government has presently adopted the word letsema … were the ancestors, Badimo . Most…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… challenged the beliefs, policies, or actions of the South African government. Such a general definition functions … support apartheid. Television networks…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… (State Girls School) building. 1899 Outbreak of South African War. Timeline: Pretoria 1900-1999 1900 Pedestal … 31 May, Treaty of Vereeniging signed, ending…