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ArticleNamibian Timeline
… first English-language publications in Namibia were South African government publications during the inter-war period. … [2] It was not until after World War…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… Frontline as publications that were part of the South African liberation movement but independent of any political … South Africa and also reprinted news…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… is defaced and painted with colors of the old South African flag used by the Apartheid government. 2015 26 March, … bottom part of the statue of Loius Botha,…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… previous leaders of the secondary-school based South African Students Movement. All four ex-BC leaders were now … penetration of some teacher-training…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… industry, mining. This task first fell to the South African Party that prevailed in the Union’s first general … Some of these socialist parties merged to…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the launch of the UNDP 2006 Human Development Report, Kirstenbosch, National Botanical Gardens: Cape Town, 09 November 2006
… ingredients for progress that are present in the South African case: a clear national plan with well-defined … exposed to numerous preventable diseases. As…
PlaceMarakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
… do so. The Dry season occurs from June to September. South African Parks and Reserves, maintain a very high standard … to South Africa. If you aren’t…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… activist Nelson Mandela was released by South African President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in … that resulted in giving equal rights to all South…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… when he resigned in 1986. Born in Pretoria to an Afrikaner family, van Zyl Slabbert grew up in Pietersburg (now known as … Kalley, J. A., 1999. Southern…
ArticleMcGill University Project
… completed an exciting online collaboration with South African History Online (SAHO). Over the course of two months, … their work. The student essays formed…
ArticleAfricanist News and Views (1968-1973)
… to Africanist News and Views, was to galvanise the African people into a revolutionary force with a clearly defined political philosophy of an African…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… him as “one of the most remarkable figures in recent South African history: a bomber and fighter pilot, art teacher, … visual evocation of the brutal…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… when the other black led political forces such as the African National Congress were moribund. 1881 December, The … at a De Beers Mine resulting in the death…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… to have been a member of the National High Command of the African National Congress and that he did not participate in … the other accused who were in more…
Chapter II - More of the same
… and the National Secretary of the Federation of South African Women, side by side in our restrictions, yet unable … police bought the house next door to me…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… or Bantustan), amid tense negotiations between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African government under President FW de Klerk. Prior to a ……
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… with, when you needed the most reassurance about your family, and over the years the authorities bowed to pressure … a particularly brilliant paper by…
References and links: Local History
… [Accessed: 9 January 2015]. Online links South African History Online, (2014), “Constructing heritage and heritage resources” from South African History…
Tools and weapons from iron and copper
… of labour: gender-based activity: men Work within the African societies was divided according to gender. The men … crop cultivation, which was the women’s…
PlaceHobeni
… Act. No. 117 of 1998 (as amended) and comprises the areas that previously formed the Elliotdale, Willowvale and … named after the Mbashe river that cuts…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… has also been promised by the Post-Apartheid ANC-led South African government under the Presidencies of President Nelson … education, including an…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… the first published book of photographs by a black South African]. Apartheid is violence. Violence is used to … years. A good starting point in the history…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the … as well as to recognize any potential threats to the South…
Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
… Bill, 1931 1 The above two measures weakened the Coloured, African and Indian vote in the Cape in relation to the White … see what lies inside it. The…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… an open recognition of the fact that this pioneer of the African revolutionary movement, the ANC, is and will be at … the banner of genuine national…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the cornerstone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the Hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… for Life And Times Of Michael K, about a young South African man trying to shield his mother from the country's … racist and colonial prejudices in Afrikaans…
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… a joint project between the Department of Education, South African History Online and the South African History Archive (SAHA). SAHA is assisting with the ……
PlaceSundays River, Mouth and Beach
… waters are just perfect, whether you are looking to have a family day in the water, a romantic picnic for two, or a …
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
… She passed away in the morning surrounded by her family and loved ones. Winnie is widely-known for the …