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ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, … in South Africa was marked by centuries…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… of the meeting is ‘ANC – People’s Revolutionary Movement and Agent for Change’. To read the reports of the National … Arusha Peace Process. 30 November,…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… long history of the struggle against racial discrimination and social injustice. Some of the earlier struggles against … as armed conflicts, firstly against…
ArticleProvincial histories
… In this topic we will look at the heritage and identity of South Africa’s different provinces, including each one’s government and symbols. We will also look…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… District Magistrate of Surat under Regulation XXXV of 1827 and removed to Yeravda Prison. There was no trial, no … at night in Bombay under Bombay Regulation…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… 1954 by 61 unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and Indian workers. Initially, unions represented in TUCSA were members of…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… was an obstacle to good governance in a multicultural and plural society like South Africa as it caused political conflict and cultural dominance by one…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… contrast, there has been a great emphasis on the recording and preservation of the history of educational institutions … this imbalance, this article focuses…
Alexia Webster
… Alexia is a South African photographer born in Johannesburg and currently based in Cape Town. After completing a … spent the next five years travelling…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… to the Court, asking it to sit as a court of first and last instance because of the urgency of the matter; as … is where an Act has already been declared…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… Letters between Albertina and Walter Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: … a marriage that went on to stand the test of pain, time and 26 years…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… as a permanent part of the South African population and the Department of Indian Affairs was established with a … But the Indian community’s resistance to…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… World War I. 1920 The post WWI crisis shaped the conduct and outcome of this election. The National Party of Hertzog, … South African Party into a Fusion…
The Children’s Charter
… Children’s rights and responsibilities In any society, it is very important that children are protected and cared for. Children are vulnerable members of…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… Congress (ANC) Youth League including Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo . Dr. James Moroka elected as President of … which abandons traditional moderate…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… intellectual vehicle to mobilise students at universities and high schools, as well as young workers. The slogan of … draw sustenance from it, expand their…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… investigating our past, we need to look at various things and resource information that helps us understand who we are. … at different sources such as…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… political interests, the English colonial territories and recently defeated Afrikaner republics agreed to create a new white minority state in which blacks…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, … in South Africa was marked by centuries…
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… issues surrounding the discipline of art history and art criticism, the latter being a field still strongly underdeveloped in South Africa and particularly…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (UKZN) and the National Institute…
Article1956 Women Marchers
… # 1956 Women Marchers is an initiative of the Albertina and Walter Sisulu Foundation and South African History Online to gather the names and stories of the…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (UKZN) and the National Institute…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… outpost, called Fort Frederick, to overlook the harbour and to provide military support to the Landdrost at … wishing to travel into the southern African…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… on the life on Lefifi Tladi. Tladi is an artist, poet, and jazz singer that went into exile in South Africa because … Selborne, Pretoria in 1949 [i] . Tladi…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… 1972 Tshabalala-Msimang receives a diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Dar es Salaam in … Deputy Secretary in charge of human resource…
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… art historians in this country. Its aim is to advance art and architectural history in South Africa, and to promote and uphold the status of the profession…
ArticleThe Transkei
… progress. Emergency Proclamation 400 was gazetted in 1960 and according to the official figures, 4,769 men and women were held in custody for indefinite…
Gallery
… the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900-present day. It … been published decade by decade. The…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… January 4, Govan Mbeki marries Ma Mofokeng. 1941 Govan and Ma Mofokeng have their first-born child Linda. 1942 June … in the Transkei.Thabo is the second…