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BiographyStella Nyanzi
… who has written about sexuality, HIV/AIDS and women’s health. She is also a political activist who campaigns for women and girls rights, as well as the…
BiographyCharlotte Maxeke
… Maxeke is said to have attended suffragette speeches by women such as Emmeline Pankhurst. With hopes of pursuing an … founded in South Africa. She became the…
BiographyMary Agard Pocock
… However, at this point Cambridge did not award degrees to women, so she obtained her Honours degree in 1921 from the … During World War II she was a member…
BiographyZubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet
… was appointed Deputy Chief Sub-Editor — a first for black women journalists. Mayet’s writing reflected her concern for … was the first recipient of the…
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
… arranged a mass meeting in London in June 1900 where women protested against the actions of the British army in … Africa. Three months later she founded the…
BiographyFrances Baard
… Mhlaba and Ray Alexander . She was a trade unionist and a women's leader from the late 1940s to the 1980s. She moved in … and met the dynamic Florence…
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
… social circles, she headed the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) from 1943 until 1948. She was born … Xuma and came to South Africa, where she…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… of the local branch of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL). As elsewhere in South Africa, African women in the Western Cape were galvanised…
BiographyEulalie Doreen Stott
… build her personal and professional profile since not many women held such positions at the time. This led to her being … president of the Cape Town Business…
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… was a founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)- the first non-racial women's organisation in South Africa. She was one of the…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
… became a participating member of the National Council of Women for Women in Athlone, the Congress of Democrats , the Federation of South African Women and…
BiographyAnna Tempo
… her welfare work among blacks. She focused on visiting women in prison and hospital, and paid special attention to young girls and women who had turned to…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… & society section of the site (Religion). South African History Online, in partnership with Franco Frescura, has … and conference papers, graphic work, South…
BiographyNorman Levy
… led to the formation of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). When the Bantu Education Act came into effect … College of Technology and in 1972…
The Settler Economies: Studies in the Economic History of Kenya and Southern Rhodesia 1900-1963 (African Studies) by Paul Mosley
… The Settler Economies: Studies in the Economic History of Kenya and Southern Rhodesia 1900-1963 (African … The Settler Economies: Studies in the Economic…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Ian Hamilton is appointed as Kitchener’s chief-of-staff. (SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Ang
… chief-of-staff. (SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Ang …
The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest in SA history, starts. All the accused plead not guilty.
… The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest in SA history, starts. All the accused plead not guilty. …
The Minister of Education, Prof. Kader Asmal, launches the South African History Project at the Old Fort in Johannesburg, aimin
… Education, Prof. Kader Asmal, launches the South African History Project at the Old Fort in Johannesburg, aimin …
The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary. The celebration is the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with
… celebration is the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with …
The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria
… for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria …
Prof. W.S. Logemann, professor in Dutch, French, German and history at the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, is born in Haarl
… W.S. Logemann, professor in Dutch, French, German and history at the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, is born in …
The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria
… for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria …
Gen. R.C. Hiemstra opens the Castle of Good Hope military museum in Cape Town, reflecting various aspects of military history s
… in Cape Town, reflecting various aspects of military history s …
President Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation speech coincides with another great moment in South Africa’s history the freeing of
… coincides with another great moment in South Africa’s history the freeing of …
Cetewayo’s impis wipe out British troops at Isandhlwana in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127
… in one of the worst disasters in British military history, stabbing 127 …
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
… Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed …
Remembering the voices of the women of 1956 by Romaana Naidoo (Media Club South Africa), 19 August 2014
… Remembering the voices of the women of 1956 by Romaana Naidoo (Media Club South Africa), 19 …
Archive“We Shall Resist” - The Role of Indian Women in the Passive Resistance Campaign 1946-1948 by Kalpana Hiralal
… “We Shall Resist” - The Role of Indian Women in the Passive Resistance Campaign 1946-1948 by Kalpana …
SA’s Constitutional Court orders President Mbeki to provide the antiretroviral drug Nevirapine to pregnant women in state hospi
… to provide the antiretroviral drug Nevirapine to pregnant women in state hospi …
Henriëtte Ester Carolina Oberholzer, co-founder of the South African Women’s Federation and the Langlaagte Orphanage and membe
… Ester Carolina Oberholzer, co-founder of the South African Women’s Federation and the Langlaagte Orphanage and membe …