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ArticleHuman rights issues during and after World War II
Colonialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (under construction)
The ANC and other Forces of Resistance after Union
Key players in the AZASO, SANSCO, and SASO organisations
ArticleArticles and documents pertaining to Football in South Africa
Becoming a Republic and withdrawal from the Commonwealth in 1961
ArticleTrade unionism blossoms and women become more assertive, 1930s
Working Life - Factories, Townships, and Popular Culture 1886-1940
Working Life - Factories, Townships, and Popular Culture 1886-1940
Thoughts on Bongiwe and the role of Revolutionary Art
ArticleLineages of Freedom: a Celebration of Culture and Shared Ties
A list of Books and Speeches pertaining to Robert Sobukwe
A list of archive items pertaining to Robert Sobukwe: Books: Time for Azania by Robert Sobukwe, 1976 (pdf) Speeches: Robert Sobukwe Inaugural…
Documents, Video and interviews relating to United Democratic Front
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
… a boat must sail before it can find a safe place to land. The Periplusis the first time the name Azania was used. …
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
ICC Origins In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945) the international community recognised the need to deal with mass atrocities – particularly…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
The Black Consciousness philosophy gained most of its support in the secondary schools and universities. The role played by the Black Consciousness Movement …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
While the tricameral parliament was designed to co-opt Coloureds and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Apartheid regime, developments in the…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
A number of interrelated factors led to the South African War. The factors that have been covered in the text below include; the conflicting political…
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
Trouble in Natal - 20 00 Women rioted in Cato Manor over living conditions and government beerhalls and passes for women. Photo by Drum photographer © Baileys…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Southern Methodist University Partnership Project
South African History Online annually hosts “virtual internships” with Southern Methodist University students enrolled in a “History of South Africa” course…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… were hired as cheap labour for settler farms. Many rented land from white farmers in return either for cash, labour … generally referred to as sharecroppers…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… entrenched through Acts such as the 1936 Native Trust and Land Act, which legally restricted the non-white population … stresses the unfairness of setting …
Archive...of slips and clues and kneeling Blacks, and little Transkei kings ...
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… needed encouragement. The wife of a Bishop helped Xuma land a job as a shipping clerk at a Methodist book concern … Africans in the rural areas, he…
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
Key terms with definitions for this topic Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… production changed dramatically. Production based on the land, from which the family mainly benefited, changed to paid … however, both black and white, had…
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
Poet Critical Writings and Interviews Publications Date Keorapetsi Kgositsile The word is Here: Poetry from Modern…
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… Namibia, found themselves steadily being pushed off their land by German settlers. The uprising against the Germans by …
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes Elliot. He was one of…