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Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… (2011) Bibliography Anon, 2011. Letta Mbulu. South African History Online. Available at: … 20, 2016]. Anon, 2011. Hugh Masekela. South African History Online…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… Southeastern cluster. According to well-established oral history, these people were BaFokeng. Although the climate was … Johannesburg area during the last…
South African Constitution 1996
… on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in this country. The …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… country around the world. This feature deals with the history of the international anti-Apartheid movement. …
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… included similarly influenced campaigns in South African history. Non violent mass campaigns forged a new form of …
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… is. They say they actually feel the vibration of the rich history that fills these walls. I have given 19 years of my … Museum in Simon’s Town is a treasure…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… it today is deeply informed by two vital documents in the history of fight for human justice: the Universal Declaration … for equality and justice to have…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… Moor Park type first developed in KwaZulu-Natal ( see pre history of Durban ). Using this pattern, Ndebele specifically … near the hill Ntsuanatsatsi in the…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… Written documents are very important sources of history. Letters, diaries, and even old shopping lists can … people thought that something could only be…
BiographyRick Turner
… strangleholds within which they had been locked by a long history of oppression. But the BC intervention was clouded by …
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… the significance of Dinizulu and his place in Zulu history. Dube publicised Dinizulu's arrest. The Natal … 22 November 2011]|Giliomee, H & Mbenga, B., (2007)…
ArticleBiography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… 134. ↵ [25] Ibid., 135, 138. ↵ [26] South African History Online, “Diplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is Bombed,” South African History Online,…
ArticleThe missionaries
… by missionaries. Well-known leaders in South African history such as Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , Mangaliso Robert … education from mission schools. As the…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… of its kind in South Africa; census taking has a long history dating back to the 18th century. Census surveys were … other things. The 1996 census was path…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… and 1933. It was the worst economic disaster in American history. Farm prices fell so drastically that many farmers … Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… in time, which archaeologists can study to understand our history. Ships have had an immeasurable impact on how we live … ships is important when trying to…
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 … those involved in a largely intellectual pursuit such as History. In this…
Links & Partnerships
… (and uses) for further research about South African History. Please inform us if links are no longer working or … - This website is a joint project between…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the way for a new democratic order. The …
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fosatu), gave the keynote address at the second Fosatu…
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's history project concerned with the presentation of a …
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… of an alliance between Holland and Napoleon (South Africa History). Later, governors of the Cape Colony encouraged … land and were forced to serve the…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… well as motifs of violence linked back to South Africa’s history. This essay explores these issues in direct response … alongside a constant reminder of…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… experienced one of its most turbulent years in its recent history, characterized by the deadly Ebola outbreak, … carats. [13] The Cullinan diamond, the…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… Thoughts on Dithakong and Mbolompo. Journal of African History, Volume 29 : 487-519, 1988. Cobbing, Julian. Ousting … Steven Feierman, Leonard Thompson and…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… culture' or 'Coloured culture,' for instance? Throughout history, various people and institutions have attempted to … a cave dwelling or anything important…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… During her infant years her father, Columbus, was a local history teacher. In later years he was the minister of the … remains an enigmatic figure in South…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… as a beacon light, that would blaze down through ages of history, indicating the commencement of peace and prosperity … " no man could have awakened the…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… word ‘Africa’ are contentious, but there is much about its history that is known. We know that the word ‘Africa’ was … as Libya. Image source: www.mlahanas…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… knowledge of these highly complex patterns predate written history and were preserved through story-telling among male … male experts, the akwa kuta sona,…