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BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael Guthrie Scott was born on 30 July 1907 in the village…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a…
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
We are currently in the continent of Africa. The country located furthest south is called South Africa. It is the year 1948. A law promoting Apartheid has just…
ArchiveThe politics of nonracialism: White opposition to apartheid, 1945-1960
Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This thesis is concerned with the development…
ArchiveFor freedom without hunger: aspects of the South African Congress of Trade Unions with reference to the Western Cape
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of BA Honours in Economic History at the University of Cape Town by Barbara Sudano,…
EventSamuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg
Sammy Marks was a diamond buyer of Kimberley, founder of the African and European Investment Company and Senator in the Parliament of the Union of South Africa…
The Eye of the Needle by Rick Turner
Contents Preface Chapter 1 - The Necessity of Utopian Thinking Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
Dear Student Movements of 1976, (Dear ex-student behind the movement, who made personal sacrifices that affected your own future- without media coverage-…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
Your Worship, Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, Honourable Ministers, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to meet with the…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
Public lecture by Hermann Giliomee in honour of Richard Elphick given at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn, USA, May 4 2015 Nelson Mandela and the last…
ArchiveAn address by the General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party
Address by Moses Mabhida to miliant partisans at Luanda on 26th July 1981 to mark the 60th anniversary of the SACP. Discusses the statement by the government…
So truth be in the field
A study of the history of South Africa, from an anthropologists point. With emphasis on the moral elements of social action including the injustice of racial…
ArchiveSo truth be in the field
A study of the history of South Africa, from an anthropologists point. With emphasis on the moral elements of social action including the injustice of racial…
EventColdest day in Pretoria
The Coldest day in Pretoria in recent history was on 12 June 1963. The temperatures plummeted to a minimum of -3, 6 and a maximum of 7, 5 degrees Centigrade…
Document 20 - F. Carneson, “The Franchise Action Committee”, Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 20 - F. Carneson, "The Franchise Action…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Mrs Motlana and family, The President of the Republic of South Africa, Cde Kgalema Motlanthe, Former President Thabo Mbeki, Leadership of the ANC and other…
Preface
This study of "protest art" in South Africa for the period 1968 to 1976 presented me with several difficulties of research in relation to decisions regarding…
EventDF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time
This day in history marks the first time the term Apartheid was mentioned in Parliament by Dr Malan. For Dr Malan, Apartheid was a practice and an ideology to…
ArchiveWorking in the apartheid city: worker struggles in Durban, 1959-1979
Thesis has been submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal, Durban, 1994. According to the author, his study…
ArchiveWestern Cape Region - Regional Conference: Problems and challenges of the Western Cape
Report by Reg September on the problems and challenges of the Western Cape, presented to the African National Congress Western Cape Region Conference, 29 and…
EventManilal Gandhi leads a resistance group across the Natal
Certificate given to active supporters of the Passive Resistance Campaign During the Defiance Campaign, Manilal Gandhi leads a batch of Passive Resistors…
EventSiamese twins are separated in Cape Town
Siamese twins have successfully been separated in the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The operation, which was conducted by surgeon Syd Cywes, was…
PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
The Campanile was erected to commemorate the landing of the 1820 Settlers and is situated at the entrance to the railway station and docks in Strand Street,…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
On 20 June 2016, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria will host a colloquium on South Africa’s ‘long 1970s’, defined…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
Parts of it have been referred to as the "Imperial Ghetto" (Badsha: 2001) or the "Duchene" and "Casbah" (Hassim: 2009) or simply "town" by the many who have…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
The Amatola Region is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the Eastern Cape. The Amathole's stretch into the hinterland just North of Grahamstown and West…
PlaceMill House and Water Mill, farm Naauwpoort, District of Marico
Click on image to enlarge The mill was probably erected during the early 20th century. Its water wheel and cast-iron machinery drove a set of millstones, and…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a…