SAHO global search
167 records
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal dressmaker. He is the second eldest son of eleven children. 1918 Kotane goes to … work at Driefontein farm, near…
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…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… is detailed and we have broken it up into 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction During the 1980s … action…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… Dhanamal, of Leopold Street, Durban. 1917-1926 - Attended the Carlisle Street Boys School, graduating from it with a … enrolled at Skerrys Tutorial College…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south-western Cape … passes…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial pieces of Apartheid legislation. It … attempt to control African labour. The Act…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… from one chimpanzee to one human, as early as 1908 in the southeastern corner of Cameroon. 1960s An HIV viral … mangabey monkeys in Guinea-Bissau. 1964…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the … Parliament, by prohibiting corporal punishment in all schools, had…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng ) areas. This was the … in…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source … of their political, economic, and social…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 A.K.M. Docrat , a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of Communism Act . He was jailed for thirty days during the 1952 Defiance Campaign…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism. Flagrantly … was a segregated education system…
ArticleSita’s story
… my grandfather’s farm, which was fifteen miles away from the city, and in those days around us were plantations of … 100 acres of land was called Phoenix…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive … by Colonial and successive governments since shortly after…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… Fischer, Brams grandfather, who was State Secretary of the Free State Republic and the only Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony in 1907, … lecturing to…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in … of various broadly leftist political tendencies. The ALSC launched Azania Worker and Azania…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worcester, Cape Province. While … named their son Zwelidumile, or “a…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 The Housing Act is passed. This Act made funds available for the government to house the poor. “The resultant estates were required to be racially …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… by non-vernacular-speaking friends. While noting this, the spelling on this site has not adhered to Chief Luthuli's … choice is in order to facilitate…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Overcoming Adversity from All…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… 1940 Mandela was elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After … low SRC poll, he followed his conscience and resigned. The head of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… 11 September, Gerrit Viljoen is born in Cape Town. 1920 The Native Affairs Act The ANC supports the militant strike by African mineworkers … (SAIC) calls for…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… and Lesotho in 1980 and after, did not cease to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid and write as well as encourage others to write…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its … such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… at Taylor Street Secondary School. 1935 Govan Mbeki joins the African National Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer from the…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… 1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee … sports and other bodies to unite and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both … incapacity and financial constraints. During this period, the party attempted to…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a Bachelor's degree. While on a choir trip to the United…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… [Accessed 25 February 2015] The above video resource provides useful hints / study tips … begin, and to clear any confusion, we must understand what the term…
Mission Stations - A-F
… by James Backhouse in February 1840 (p 561), who recorded the following: "After riding about twenty-five miles from the Amse River, we arrived, long after…