SAHO global search
22,820 records
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… of Southern Africa Africans who worked with copper and iron inhabited the area between 350AD to 600AD. Linguistic and archaeological evidence indicates that…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… held at the Durban Art Gallery before touring the country, and its judges included Michaelis School of Fine Art lecturer … Cecil Skotnes , Amadlozi Group…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… The three Basotho Wars (1858-68) and the formation of Lesotho The conflict between the Basotho people and White settlers in what is now the Free State/…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… half of the 1950s was the formative period of apartheid and the liberation movement fought simultaneously on four … measures that restricted education,…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… rally staged by students at the University of the North and the historic student uprising in Soweto on 16 June 1976 were inspired by BPC and its BC…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… Administration. My work pronged me on to study further and I obtained Master's Degrees in the adult education field as well as the Public and Development…
Conflict among civic organisations
… Town did not share the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major divisions was race. For … formation of CAHAC stimulated growth of…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… in 1945. Due to more militant protests, by the 1950s and 1960s several of the NIC?s leaders were in jail. Although … NIC itself was not banned, this…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1961. The … of sabotage campaigns across major cities in…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a decade later, on the 26 … one of Peter Johnson’s sisters,…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… Albertina has been described countless times as a caring and service-oriented individual who spent her life lifting up … by her conversion to Roman…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… It embodies the protection of culture, traditions, customs and values. During the pre-colonial era, the institution of traditional leadership was a political…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… but will give you good basic training. Examine the sources and then answer the questions that follow. Source A "The Cold War was a state of political tension…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… 1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - … dockworkers were not implemented, stevedores in Cape Town and Durban stopped work…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… from the Treason Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of … times, not knowing from day to day who would be…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… help of Bishop Henry Turner, she decides to stay behind and study further, and duly enrolls at the Wilberforce University in Cleveland. … Black female parole…
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… Sheila Weinberg Obituary by Raymond Suttner in The Mail and Guardian, 19-25 November 2004, p.36 Sheila Weinberg has … for decades. Growing up with politics,…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… to hear cases - is restricted to constitutional matters and issues connected with decisions on constitutional … Chapter 8 of the final Constitution, entitled…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… into laws concerning the right of Asiatics to trade and acquire fixed property in the Union. 12 May, the Asiatic … into laws concerning the right of Asiatics…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were unbanned,…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response of the state saw thousands of activists detained and…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… In May 1918 a group of fourteen railway clerks, clergymen and policemen formed an organization, Jong Suid-Afrika (Young … AB was one specific organisational…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… of South Africa in response to evictions of farm workers and labour tenants from commercial farms. Formed as an … body, the LPM aimed to organise campaigns…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26 and 27 June 1955, it was clear that the government intended … clearer in the minds of the Special…
Polokwane an Overview
… to several groupings: the Pedi, the Tsonga, the Venda, and the Ndzundza, among others. These groups had various … vanquished by the Whites, either Boer or…
Khoisan Identity
… recognition of the Khoi-San communities, their leadership and structures’. He continued: ‘It is important to remember … brutalised by colonialists who tried…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… Racial segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South … the majority of Black South Africans to live in reserves and making it illegal…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… as the Transvaal but today incorporated into the Gauteng and Northern Provinces. Their highly colourful and intricately painted homesteads, their skilled and…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… The Suffolk departed from Madras on 17 January 1878 and arrived at Port Natal (Durban) on 7 March, an arduous … of 1887 records that breakfast was served…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… organizations in later years to struggle for freedom and justice in South Africa. Between 1908 and 1909, constitutional discussions towards Union took place …