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Kingdoms of southern Africa: Activities | Grade 6
Nasson, B. (ed). Turning Points in History: Book 1: Ancient Civilisations and Global Trade. Johannesburg: STE. Randles, W. G. L. (1975). The Empire of…
David Lurie
Born: Cape Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has held over 20 exhibitions locally…
David Lurie
Born: Cape Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has held over 20 exhibitions locally…
South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
Whatever the virtues of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) – we are assured it still has a few – it was never any good at armed struggle…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
In David Goldblatt’s second exhibition at the galería elba benítez the artist presents his “In the time of AIDS” suite, which features medium sized colour…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
Abstract The paper reviews the life of South African poet Mongane Wally Serote during apartheid South Africa in the mid to late 20th century. During this time…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
George Hallett—More than Mandela Abstract George Hallett, a South African photographer is an artist who spent several decades living in exile. He left the…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to…
Bantu Education boycott
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner - 'The Bantu Education Act will make African mothers like fowls who lay eggs for…
Bathandwa Ndondo
As a young child, Ndondo’s maternal grandmother raised himwhile his mother, Lulama Sidumo (nee Ndondo),worked. Following the death of his grandmother, his…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu…
SAHO Milestones
2000 June - Registration of SAHO as an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
The fall of the ANC: what caused it by Chris Kanyane (News24), 11 December 2016
It used to be that the ANC was set up much more like the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), the biggest, the largest and the strongest African initiated church in…
Bibliographical note and further reading
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai For the serious researcher investigating any aspect…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
Women at the start of the 20th centuryIt is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been…
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
Poet Critical Writings and Interviews Publications Date Keorapetsi Kgositsile The word is Here: Poetry from Modern…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for the clarification of the real issues facing the Black masses of South Africa…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first…
Review Essay: Crisis, History and the Challenge of Reinvention in the Postcolonial: The African National Congress after Apartheid by Laurence Piper
Susan Booysen. 2011. The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Political Power. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. Anthony Butler. 2012. The…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 as a reaction to inequalities and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
Trevor Grundy writes on the life of the historian and political activist At a dinner party in Salisbury (Harare) in the late1950s when white rule in Rhodesia…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President on 10 May 1994. All over the world the ANC closed the offices of its Representatives and new Ambassadors replaced…
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
Key terms with definitions for this topic Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah …
ArticleKey terms with definitions for this topic
Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah Kingdom: an area controlled by a particular…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
Dambisa Moyo is a well renowned global economist. Born in Zambia she was exposed to the harsh economic realities that Africa faces early in her life. At…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason Trial victory…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
1824 The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the Tyume valley in 1824. 1877 The first biography ever written…