SAHO global search
27,910 records
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
… Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference … resistance of the Africans to the three…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… known as South West Africa). However, there were a number of workers’ strikes during this period. Poor wages, bad … and the contract system had been a…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in … Early beginnings In the 1920s and 1930s the urban culture of…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… as well as encourage others to write to show the strength of individuals in the face of struggle. He still holds an important spot in South today ……
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… Introduction The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is South Africa's second largest … 400 000 members. Its largest affiliate is the Association of…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… A Brief Overview The People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was an armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), the major…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… were introduced to trade unionism by the early struggles of white British workers who had begun to form trade unions from 1880 onwards. During the first…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… outside the country, by contributing to the advancement of Black filmmaking, and after apartheid he continued that … During his life Ngakane sought to expose…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 … unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the … Students Organisation (SASCO) continued the tradition of militant…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum) New identities: Human Rights for all The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)…
ArticleBiography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and United States of America, South African Ambassador to Germany Abstract … Mabuza had a childhood no different from…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles the … and the subsequent aftermath. The…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… successive governments since shortly after the founding of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal and the Boer Republics. The … impact on the Coloured population…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… Hugh Masekela is recognized as one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time from South Africa due to his role in spreading awareness about…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… she used her success to shine a light on the ugly truths of apartheid government. She utilised her voice to sing … government; her songs and success proved…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a Rhodes statue on the Upper Campus of the University of…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and … sites Cultural heritage sites have to show a masterpiece of human creativity…
Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)
… Arts Council (NAPAC) and the Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS) other three organisations … culture administration, that remained the…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… << back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA? LIFE OF THE SAN CHANGES FOREVER: The arrival of the Europeans WHO ARE THE SAN…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… any claim they make to "owning" the land. For an unpacking of this mystification of the history of exploration. The First Expedition The Portuguese … Vasco…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… was nurtured from an early age when she had to take care of her siblings for her sickly mother (who had been greatly weakened by the Spanish flu of 1918). It…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… place was in the home and that politics was the domain of men. A small group of suffragists met in Durban in 1911 and formed the Women's Enfranchisement…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… The day of the Massacre, mourning the dead and getting over the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life…
BiographyAbraham Barnett Secchoareng
… in 1924. Resigned as a teacher when the Bantu Education Act was introduced. Active in the Kimberley ANC . …
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was the first South … It came into being after the South African Congress of Trade Unions ( SACTU ) and…
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. Washington, D.C., June 26, 1990
… Mr. Speaker, Mr. President; Esteemed Members of the United States Congress; Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished…
BiographyJack Madikane
… Robben Island prisoner Banned person. Dimbaza. Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) Issued Period(s) [30 June 1972 …
BiographyNobuhle Hilary Mohapi
… Nobuhle Hillary Mohapi, the widow of Mapetla Mohapi who died in detention, was banned for five years, in 1979, under the Internal Security Act . …