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Glossary: Local History
… of pre-historic people and their culture. Banished Forced to leave a place as a punishment. Colonialist Someone who … use of a weaker country's resources by…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… organisations in the Congress Alliance, with the view to form a Congress of Democrats (COD). The ANC played a major … of Whites only. At this stage, ANC…
ArticleEarly civilisations
… We will examine each civilization individually and try to answer these questions. We have split this topic into two … grade 5 sections are under construction…
ArticleBizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962
… rejected the system of Black authorities because it aimed to restore the tribal system and the power of the headmen, … stock farmers who did not like the…
Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912
… The topic is under development. To conduct your research follow the links to SAHO features and external sites relating to content in and around the topic…
Fictional Cape Town
… South Africa, thanks to the 2010 World Cup, has been topical lately. But what I have to offer is not a football story, but an unusual reportage … for foreign…
ArticleHostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
… given impetus by the 1981 decision by the local authority to grant as permit to a resident to convert a disused ablution facility into a dry cleaning …
The Performing Arts Councils (PACs)
… The Performing Arts Councils (PACs) were conceived in 1961 to replace the NTO, and in 1963 then Minister of Education, … of the four performing PACs. The…
Grade 8 Archive
… and angry that the higher classes would never be fair to them. They decided to challenge the ruling order to force change. …
ArticleSASO Bannings
… were banned. In 1977, nine SASO members were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years for their involvement in political activities … meant…
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… candidates at the tail end of apartheid, as opposed to early in the twentieth century. The main parties in the … formations that were significant in the…
Tsonga
… from St Lucia Bay on the northern KwaZulu Natal coast, up to the Sabie River, which flows through Zimbabwe and … live in the Delagoa Bay area, Inhambane, and…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… the hall. Rather than cause confrontation, they decided to break away, and in March 1959 the Pan Africanist Congress … chairman and Potlako Leballo as…
The War
… Free State On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was … than 200 million pounds and more than 22…
The National Flower
… southern areas of the Western Cape, from the Cederberg up to just east of Grahamstown. The artichoke-like appearance of the flower-heads of the King Protea…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 4: World War I (1914 - 1918)
… This major event came to be known as the Great War which was the first war to be fought along modern industrial lines and it lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was…
Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB)
… CAPAB was instituted to promote the performing arts in the Cape Province . … play, The Guise, by David Mowat. It was staged as an ode to the closing down of…
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… Act on 1 February 1974. Harriet organised a meeting to protest the bannings at the Currie’s Fountain Stadium on 9 … her public criticism of TUCSA. As the new…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… World opposition to Apartheid Enforced racial segregation in South Africa … an ever increasing plethora of oppressive laws, designed to suppress the majority…
ArticleSouth African Council of Churches (SACC)
… and history of the SACC ... read on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The role of the Church and the 'Healing of … of Churches Conference by Fr. Michael…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… led the march that the police fired on and came to be known as the famous Soweto Revolt of June 16. The SSRC had mobilised students to protest the…
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… Centre of the Free State , which allowed the organisation to retain its acronym PACOFS. Today PACOFS is a playhouse and … as Lesotho . They offer artists and…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… all its peoples are celebrated and due recognition given to the men and women who have contributed to the heritage and culture of the nation. Freedom of ……
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… the country. They made their contributions (from positive to destructive) leading up to the day, on the day itself, and through the tumultuous … so the…
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
… This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens for distinguished service. The … other things its vitality, and magical and symbolic value to…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… archaeological data from such places as wells and cellars to understand domestic life in early Cape Town. They study … Memorial, celebrates the contribution…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… for his safety, the church recalls Huddleston and he moves to England 1956 Huddleston’s book Naught for your Comfort is … 1994. 1983 Huddleston retires from…
Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)
… the Orange Free State (PACOFS) other three organisations to serve what was known then as the Transvaal Province which … served as their first office building…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… white people up there go away’, he said, ‘There’s going to be shooting here. I give everybody else two minutes to disperse.’ He orders his men to cock their…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… whose life and work played a leading role in giving form to the debate about ‘a people’s culture’ in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The primary aim of these…