SAHO global search
4,586 records
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… Council. He acted as Chairman when Dr. Dadoo was in prison or on missions abroad. He led a large batch of ' United … of our times?" "It is for each and every…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… Front: ...it should be surrounded by an unclimbable fence or wall, in which all openings are guarded. Enclosure fences … outside the camps unless accompanied…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… 1971 Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th … Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-aligned…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic or Transvaal still maintained their desire for independence. … from Europe. The Transvalers saw these…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… Napoleon took control of the government in a coup d’etat or military takeover. He now had the power to make laws, … to prison for one month. State-funded…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic or Transvaal still maintained their desire for independence. … from Europe. The Transvalers saw these…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… to the Union considered unsuitable on economic grounds or on account of standard or habits of life. The Act, as amended in 1913 and 1937, … marriages not…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… labour (no one may be subjected to slavery, servitude or forced labour); section 17 - assembly, demonstration, … citizen has the right to choose their trade,…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… from the Greek word ‘a-phrike’, meaning ‘without cold’, or ‘without horror’. In a similar line of thought, other … may have derived the name from the Latin…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… word 'Aryan' to describe his idea of a 'pure German race' or Herrenvolk. The 'Aryan race' had a duty to control the … more children. In 1933 Hitler set up…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… kept secret and the White victims had no time to prepare or protect themselves. On 12 January several hundred mounted … Within the German borders every…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… How to find out about the present or the history of a local area? When investigating our past, … the British appeal to turn Cape Town into a convict colony…
BiographyJan Smiesing
… to become schoolteachers at the Slave Lodge school or to learn trades. Certainly the VOC Slave Lodge offered …
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… ideologies where the protagonists do not face each other, or fight, each other DIRECTLY. The Cold War was characteristics by different ideologies being…
Bloemfontein - segregation in education
… still did not attend school and preferred to work in shops or offices. To cater for these children, a so-called Armskool … opened on 17 January 1858, the so…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… part of what came to be known as the Nine Xhosa Wars or Frontier Wars that spanned a hundred year period and … The British administration imposed the Village…
ArticleActivity: Human evolution
… of the fittest" mean? b. Do some research on the internet or in the library on the other theories of evolution. Then … take place? What does it mean to…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… the South African Native Congress as a National Society or Union for all the Natives of South Africa. • To … adopt, the Constitution and Rules for the…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… in the accompanying etching, in which the Witte Bergen, or Quathlamba Mountains are seen in the distance on the left. … a fortification, composed of strong…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… border. A frontier can lie on a boundary, such as a river or a mountain range. The main difference between a border and … interior, these Dutch settlers,…
Danny van der Merwe
… for 18 years. My work as a photographer bears little or no relation to my job. …
Women at the start of the 20th century
… It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South … the achievements of men (often on their military exploits or…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… where these killings were made to look like accidents or suicide. On record, at least fifty opponents were killed … training for people in the intelligence…
ArticlePoverty and development
… mother, while many live with their grandmothers. Customs or traditions further contribute to the poverty of women. An … Grant is a grant payable to a primary…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… “treaties”, which colonists claimed were signed by chiefs or leaders of communities. African communities fought to … access to land - which before they had…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… in any activities, conferences, concerts, exhibitions or any other related field in the country which is being … as follows: “No cultural workers, artists,…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… while others have come to Marikana in search of spouses or work, and some have moved to Marikana from the nearby informal settlement, Wonderkop, or formed…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic manual machines. Industrialization marked a shift to … limited the right of black Africans to own…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… on the farm Swartrand and Bakubung ba Monnakgotla at Boons or Molote. This feature explores the history of Bakwena ba … the farm Swartrand. Located outside…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… The surviving Al-Shabaab fighters went into hiding or dispersed into Kenya. [i] Rise to Prominence The … of Al-Shabaab’s fighters had either been killed,…