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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 …
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… A people can take only so much and no more. The history of your own people which I referred to earlier has … vehicles were the South African Students…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… A people can take only so much and no more. The history of your own people which I referred to earlier has … vehicles were the South African Students…
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…
Biography 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…
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)…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985. South African History Online (SAHO) is marking this anniversary by: … with the Durban University of Technology …
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 …
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…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… and P. van der Spuy. People of the Western Cape, A History for Schools . Cape Town, Juta, 2003. Beinart, William … 1987. Bonner, Philip and Noor Nieftagodien…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… that the Polokwane conference can be seen as a moment in history whereupon conflict within the ANC political party … factor for the first breakaway from the…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… political mobilisation was closely linked to its labour history. In order to understand how Port Elizabeth developed … into a politicised area, one has to…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Provincial Council. Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman. Source: New History of South Africa Cape Town) p231 In 1930, after a … is considered “one of the great…