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ArticleWorld War I
This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main belligerent European…
The Mountain Committee
A vast popular movement of resistance arose amongst the people in March 1960, and although meetings were illegal, they were held just the same and attended by…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
Mandla Langa was born in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and developed by this program that killed,…
ArticleContemporary South African Artists
For the month of August 2016, in honor of women, South Africa History Online (SAHO) began collaborating with Artthrob in an effort to highlight women artists…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
Context In the early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution was to arrest key people and charge…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa 1. What is herding? 2. Who were the first herders in southern Africa? 3. By what other name can…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were still virtually restricted to the home, migrant labour had already begun to forge…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
South Africa's Constitution is the first in the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. It thereby guarantees equality…
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…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
An image showing the persecution of German Jews after the Nazi took powerImage Source Source 3A The source below shows how the Nuremberg laws affected…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
GRADE 5: INTERMEDIATE PHASE HISTORY - TERM 2 Topic: The first farmers in southern Africa Suggested…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
San hunter-gatherers The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the first people to live at the Cape…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
<< back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA? LIFE OF THE SAN CHANGES FOREVER: The arrival of the Europeans WHO…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
Shamar Abduraghman Maduna Abednego Chiloane Abel Sibene Abishayi Mkhonza Abner …
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
Vasco da Gama carried out 2 expeditions between 1497 and 1502. This feature focuses on the first, as it was during this expedition that Vasco da Gama's crew…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
By the time Harriet became General Secretary for the GWIU, Indian women started to enter the industry in significant numbers from 1960 while the number of…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle for freedom…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
The 1946 mine workers' strike was led by the African Mine Workers Union, whose president was J.B.Marks, he was also a leader in the South African Communist…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
"The past week will long be memorable amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the discussion of years and the extinction of hopes innumerable, the planters'…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
Early years The history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) can be traced to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652, he had with…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole MorganAbstractElizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. Organisation …
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
1974 February Botswana Abraham Onkgopotse Tiro SASO Parcel bomb. - Zambia John Dube ANC Parcel bomb. 1978 8 January Durban Dr. Rick Turner Banned…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
Landing page contentThis topic provides a brief introductory overview of the settlements in the Limpopo Valley before Mapungubwe, and a brief concluding…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of or regarding for the history of the nations,…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First Transvaal War of Independence because the conflict arose between the British colonizers…