SAHO global search
1,628 records
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… to Gilbert and Mary. He is the fifth of six children. 1950 Enrols in the Roman Catholic school (he grows up a …
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… of the ICU, keeps a section alive in East London until 1950. A. W. G. Champion is banned from Durban. A. W. G. …
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of History, University of the Western Cape Address to Conference on the Alternate…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole MorganAbstractElizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
South Africa's racial policy and the UNOSouth Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for the first time in 1946 by India regarding…
Insurrections: The Storming
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… almost on a war footing, against the unarmed workmen. 1950 27 March, 14 people are killed by South African police …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the period 1950-1953 had served to transform the former into a mass … The Industrial Legislation Commission…
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
Music is not a zero sum game with only one ‘best’. But if you seek to name one musician whose life embodies the South African people’s struggle for a national…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… of Underground Movements (London: Faber and Faber, 1950). Moss, G., The Wheels Turn. South African Political … Simons, J., and R., Class & Colour in South…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of History, Michigan State…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
Mobilise the world for sanctions against Apartheid We owe the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid a debt of deep gratitude for inviting me to…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
Mobilise the world for sanctions against apartheid! We owe the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid a debt of deep gratitude for inviting me to…
Black Reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973 - Address to the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association by O. R. Tambo, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, 1973
… were precipitated, however, by the killing on May 1, 1950, of a number of workers who were observing the day, … a national stay-at-home strike was called on…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago,…
Links & Partnerships
… the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994. Historical …
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Industrial Conciliation (Natives) …
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 34 - Letter from the Executive …
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
Introduction Apart from a prostate operation in 1985 and equally successful treatment for TB in 1988, Nelson's health had been good. At a time when the Press…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
By Sara We salute one of our best known heroines of South Africa, Albertina Nontsikelelo (Blessings) Sisulu, on her 70th birthday in October. Albertina…
A history of Soweto
… resources required to house the township population. In 1950, Ernest Oppenheimer visited Orlando. He was appalled by …
Pedi
[baPedi – People and sePedi – Language] The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April 1974 hailed a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique,…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… the organisation's non-collaboration with the AAC 1950 The All African Convention (AAC) slowly ceases to be an …
Zulu Community
… and ‘Asian’ suburbs, as a result of the Group Areas Act (1950). In terms of this act African Durban residents were to …
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
This article was written by Meghan Knapp and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract The African National…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer … 50s. Action for unity When I started my…