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ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
Following the wave of independence which swept the African continent in the 1960s, integration schemes became an increasingly important tool for facilitating…
The Atlantic slave trade
Causes and results of slavery A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. In America, for instance, which was…
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 Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin’s experiences in Nylstroom and Pretoria Central Prisons as a female political activist who was detained for her work in the underground…
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
Darters Pass is one of those official Passes that leaves you wondering if you're in the right place. The Pass has only one gentle curve towards it's Northern…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
Along the Western shores of South Africa there are many myriad fishing Villages which lie sleepily on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While Paternoster is…
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
The Town of Lydenburg, in Mpumalanga Province, was founded in 1850 by the company of Voortrekker leader Andries Potgieter who had abandoned their first…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa had its membership of the Football International Federation Association (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
Before 1856, Farmers in this Area attended the Church in Aliwal North. Primitive transport, bad Roads, Rivers and other obstacles made it an ordeal to go to;…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the Great Trek, between…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
An immigrant from Lithuania, the young Charles Back I, landed on these shores in 1902. With a strong work ethic and passion for wine, he soon built up a…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
David Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks for international success: a solo exhibition at New York’s…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
Introduction: I have just returned from Juba, South Sudan last night. I led an ANC delegation which attended Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence…
ANC Gauteng Centenary Month to celebrate Oliver Tambo, 18 October 2012
The ANC Gauteng will host the centenary flame for eleven days from the 21st October until November 2012. The ANC will celebrate the life and legacy of the ANC…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
World-renowned as the ultimate destination for diving with Great White Sharks and “game-viewing” of the Marine Big 5 from land, sea and air, the greater…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
Indian women join Gandhi's passive resistance campaign Before union, at the turn of the century, conditions for Indian families were very restricted. The…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
(In a speech to the fifth session of the OAU Ad Hoc Committee on Southern Africa, Nelson Mandela dealt with the wave of violence in South Africa, and said that…
Speech by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande at SAHO Graduate Internship Programme launch, 30 October, 2012
Launch SA History Online Internship Project. We have been giving lots of attention to getting practical experience for professionals such as engineers,…
Document 16 - F. W. de Klerk’s speech at the opening of Parliament
Draft Discussion Document COSATU Congress `99 continued labour market transformation and programmes to see to the implementation of new labour legislation,…
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
On December 2 this year, thousands of workers will gather in Durban, the birth place of COSATU, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Federation. This will…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Round about 1940 the propaganda committee of the Nationalist Party issued a pamphlet under the title, The Road to A New South Africa, in which the party's…
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC When the mass movement recovered at the end of the 1940s, the…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
I was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer holiday between school and university I…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Asa cultural and political phenomenon, a…
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
The struggle for freedom is a reckless, foolish and sacrosanct adventure—so believed Albert Luthuli, president of the African National Congress from 1952-1968…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGSs) were perceived as a life line the United Nations and the rest of the world were throwing to Africa in order to save…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the…
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
Botshabelo Mission Station can be found in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga Province. Originally a place of refuge for Christians, Botshabelo Mission Station grew…
PlaceKruger National Park
The Kruger National Park was proclaimed on 31 May 1926 under the newly formed National Parks Board of Trustees, which became the controlling body of the park,…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
Your Excellency President Paul Kagame, Your Excellency Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Brothers and Sisters of…