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close Document 4 'Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering': report in the South African Worker 31 January 1929 The Seventh…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic had now been achieved…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
SAHO has commenced their very first Graduate Development Programme, a skills development intervention that was made possible through a partnership with the…
Address on disturbances in Bloemfontein location, by I. J. Nthatisi, March 4, 1919
At the request of the leaders of the location, the Resident Magistrate, Mr. J. Ashburnham, and the Mayor of Bloemfontein Mr. D. A. Thomson, motored out to…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
The South African Police Service (SAPS) that we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the fact that people from these agencies do not want their stories…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
1 September 1983, London We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted…
PlaceMkhambathi Nature Reserve
Situated on the coast of north-eastern Pondoland, the Mkhambathi Nature Reserve,, offers visitors 7 720ha of open grasslands, dotted with indigenous forest…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
Figure 1 Image source Abdullah Ibrahim is a profoundly influential South African jazz musician who was frequently oppressed by the apartheid regime in South…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 90 "Hertzog's Native Bill Passed: Only 11…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First Transvaal War of Independence because the conflict arose between the British colonizers…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, argued that the Germans was superior to all other races. Hitler became obsessed with 'racial purity' and used the…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
The student movement Rhodes Must Fall (#RhodesMustFall, #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a…
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
First published by Spotlight.Africa Winnie Madikizela Mandela was not a safe pair of hands. True, life was far easier, calmer and less frightening and…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. At least 15 000 Blacks were used as combatants by the…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R Mandela, at the presentation of the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour Johannesburg, 29 September, 1992
Mr. Joseph, Distinguished Visitors, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a singular honour to be with you this evening, and a unique privilege to receive the Miami…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which encouraged a resurgent Zulu nationalism…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
On 17 March 1992, President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced the results of a referendum in which only white people were allowed to participate. The aim of…
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 1 Dr Abdurahman rose to deliver his…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge of mass political…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
1902 31 May, The Peace Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Anglo-Boer War that began in 1899. The Treaty is signed between Boer and British leaders. 1908 12…
The Pioneers
The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had their historical beginnings in the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. These beginnings took place in…
ArticleCosatu timeline
2010 19 January: (Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) entered their third week of striking…
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Chapter 9. The Struggle against Sweating - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
All South African labour laws have objectionable features which cause bitter resentment among the workers, and nearly all of them are punitive in character. …
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the times of apartheid,…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and South Africa generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and…