SAHO global search

… Chancellor, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished members of the university council and senate, Members of the university staff and students, Friends. It is a great … This is not the place for me to detail possible bases for future cooperation. Already there is fruitful cooperation …

… Programme Director, The Premier of the Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela, Members … all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our freedom." All MK cadres were inspired and … within the ANC and unity in the Alliance. Unity is the rock upon which the ANC was founded and is our strongest …

… As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the  African National Congress (ANC)  and Pan Africanist … both for the immediate phase of the struggle and for the future of a liberated South Africa. For the ANC this … Women’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath …

… The beginning of 1974 was characterised by confusion and uncertainly in international relations. There was the Watergate scandal in which President Nixon of the USA was … satisfy most aspirations of Blacks for the foreseeable future." On another occasion lie went on to point out again …

… essential supports for Afrikaner nationalism, and from the 1870s onwards they were used to mobilise Afrikaners, and after 1914 to achieve political power. Writing about the press in the 20th century, Hachten and Giffard say: ‘The … from complete list, it will be more fully developed in the future. Early newspapers Dutch and Afrikaans newspapers …

… The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 … - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of people: The Xhosa, who had lived there for hundreds of years. The … Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth …

… Introduction European interest in Zimbabwe can be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1858, who befriended … and land grabbing settlers. Cecil John Rhodes who was the pioneer of the conquest of Zimbabwe, with his British …

… in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR's father was born in Mauritius and his mother … and brother, PA Pather immigrated to South Africa in 1903. The family moved to Elandslaagte, Northern Natal, the centre … colleagues held a public meeting to decide their political future. PR Pather addressed the meeting and stated that he …

… This Twenty-third Conference of the South African Indian Congress meets at a time when the Indian people of South Africa have completed a hundred … from the rest of the world or advance boldly to face the future as a democratic nation, holding its rightful position …

… The first Comrades Marathon was run by Vic Clapham, ex World … Clapham wanted to remember those who had fallen in the war by ultimate testing of body and mind, and triumphing. … race detracted from Youth Day celebrations, the date for future races was changed in 2006 to a Sunday nearest to the …

… Towards Union It is often assumed that the discovery of gold at the Rand was the chief cause of the South African War. This is not … The Union of South Africa 1910 …

… How cases reach the Constitutional Court A case can reach the Constitutional Court in a variety of ways: as the result of an appeal from a judgment of the High Court or … How cases reach the Constitutional Court …

… The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the … Youth and the National Liberation Struggle …

… By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised … The Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910 …

… The arrival of the British at the Cape changed the lives of the people that were already living there. … Britain takes control of the Cape …

… The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This 'separateness' … on their own paths in a partitioned system of development. The policy goal of separate development allowed the National … The Group Areas Act of 1950 …

… South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the … The South African Human Rights Commission …

… In September 1993, the South African legislature approved the setting up of a multiparty Transitional Executive Council … South Africa’s transition to democracy. Two months later, the Interim Constitution  under which South Africa was to be … The South African general elections: 1994 …

… On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The British forces thought that the war would be … The South African War 1899-1902 …

… CONTENT West Africa before the European slave trade A map depicting the three most well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West Africa had a rich and varied history and … Grade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade …

… In August 1906, the British administration in the Transvaal passed the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance (Black Act) to control … Gandhi and the burning of passes …

… The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening … 1951. Led by I. B. Tabata , SOYA was closely linked to the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM). Addressing the first conference , Tabata emphasised the critical need to … The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) …

… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic … Reactions to the formation of a republic …

… Defiance Campaign mass meeting 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 ANC Youth League, a new leadership came to … Background to the Freedom Charter 1955 …

… King Kong: An African Jazz , was the first all-Black South African musical which opened in 2 February 1959. The musical chronicles the rise and fall  of champion boxer Ezekiel ‘King Kong’ … King Kong the Musical 1959 -1961 …

… The Middle Ages in Europe, a feudal society Glossary Feudal Society : The stage of society that preceded capitalism, during which a small elite (the aristocracy) demanded recompense from a peasantry in … European Societies in the Middle Ages …

… Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and Makapansgat in the mountains to the … Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area …

… On 3 March 1999, the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela , announced to the National Assembly (Parliament) that the second non-racial … The South African general elections: 1999 …

… In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national … becoming apparent, security police detained Biko, the outspoken student leader, on 18 August 1977. He was … (now Gauteng). On 12 September, he died in detention - the 20th person to have died in detention in the preceding …