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South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
Based on a speech at the University of Connecticut under the Auspices of UNESCO Chair and Institute of Comparative Human Rights The tenth anniversary of the…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
The discovery of a diamond on a farm in the British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic…
Writer’s of The Constitution
President Thabo Mbeki addresses the nation at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town Constitutional Assembly After the elections in 1994 the new Parliament …
CAPS Grade 6: The Transatlantic Slave Trade - term 2
Focus: The nature and impact of the slave trade between West Africa and the American South Content and concepts · West Africa…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Deputations 1946 First Deputation to India Messrs…
ArticleThe San
The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. The San were also known as 'Bushmen', a term…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
Race and ethnicity have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since the European colonisation. South Africa…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
1948 26 May, DF Malan's National Party government follows up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
Though first publicized as a respected medium for the liberation struggle in 1967, poetry and literary expression had been popularized throughout the 1950s and…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 February 2012
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
The concepts of a nation state and a plural society are often seen to be at odds with one another. Jon Soske states, in his essay ‘The Impossible Concept:…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa These are the indisputed facts concerning the treatment of Mr. Biko. Mr. Biko was…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
Activity: Learning about the farmers Archaeologists found a lot of information from their research surrounding Suikerbosrand and Hartebeespoort Dam near…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
YearDateNameAffiliationPlace of deathDescription198415 JulyNgalo, Johannes (26) ParysFound dead in cell due to serious internal injuries. 29 September …
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
Social structure in ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptians are the inventors of another feature of civilization still existing today - the complete dictator! Social…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
ArticleAfrapix
Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography Collective Afrapix, a progressive photographers'…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
Artist Proof Studio (APS) offers a three-year printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo ja Toivo…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin One of the immediate effects of the split over Sir Raza Ali's…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
The largest and fastest-growing of the African independent churches in the 1990s is the Zion Christian Church[i] . Its members, estimated to number between 2…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, which means that fought for those who were…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg reach 'De Zoutpansbergen' 1838 Trichardt…
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
1862 23 August, Canon George Oglivie organizes first recorded rugby match in South Africa at Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape between the Army and the…
ArticleEOAN Group
The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and cultural association that offered music…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
ENEMIES DEPEND UPON EACH OTHER to sustain their wars and, if neither is a clear-cut winner in that process, no less so if they make peace. This was so on…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
In 1893 the first 'locations' were established under the Kruger government - essentially non-white' areas. Three existed at the time, namely the 'Coolie…