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PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
… poem, “On Cookhouse Station”. Cookhouse has much for the History buff; the Slachter’s Nek Monument, on the site of the … Struggle, and the Fairworld Fine…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior … would not have occurred. By highlighting…
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Democratic Party officially came … E. & Andor, L.E.(eds)(1999). Southern African Political History:…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… Junction Avenue theatre group was titled The Fantastical History of a Useless Man. Inspired by the 1976 Soweto … in these days of injustices and crisis, and…
The Battle of Square Hill
… the coloured races thereof, and the greatest day in the history of the 1st Battalion Cape Corps’. [lx] The homecoming … 2014) p.139. ↵ [iv]A. A. Sutherland…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… all over it”, claimed Mda. Therefore, there is no proper history of the youth movement of the ANC without mentioning … National Union of African Youth. And…
Copyright, Disclaimer & Privacy policy
… This policy supports a ‘share-alike’ system. South African History Online (SAHO) is an educational resource and for this … 1. Articles and images produced or…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… 'The South African Government is fighting against history and they are bound to lose. We know that the … a symposium and exhibition recording the highlights…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… man, that his was the biggest contribution to Cape slave history research by a single historian and that there is not a history book about Cape slavery…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Congress Youth League Activities
… we publish below. Mr. Lembede started by outlining the history and achievements of the Congress Youth League and … lies ahead. There has been no intensive…
Griqua community
… The Griqua people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, however their history had an important influence on the history and…
ArchiveThe National Committee for Liberation (ARM), 1960-1964: sabotage and the question of the ideological subject
… in fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in History at the the University of Cape Town by Andries du Toit. The dissertation gives an account of…
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in South African history. Far more than diamonds, this changed South Africa … nature into a magnificent crystal…
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Two years after the formation of Poqo … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History…
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… Sources: Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn page 3 Article: Response to a Crisis
… combatant of MK, discuss the November white referendum The history of the Nationalist Party is pock-marked with the … seriously threatened they adopt stern…
Bibliographical Data
… that are available from CAMP. A popular and sympathetic history of the African National Congress is Mary Benson's … South Africa (London: Faber &faber, 1963)…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… they must learn to hate whites. Ranger later recalled - "A history student sitting next to me was shouting ‘I do hate … curious about little known incidents…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… period in South African economic, political and social history began. At the parliamentary level the National Party … which were often left, unresolved until…
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… carved out a unique position for himself within the local History. Have a look at the cameras he used and browse … the fascinating first few years of the…
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
… held each year. The School is rich in tradition and has a History of fine academic progress with high standards being … Set amongst well-established trees in…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… topics is featured in the museum, which focuses on local history. Displays reflect the cultural diversity of Pinetown, … Zulu material culture alongside…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… Baden-Powell is an important figure in the military history of South Africa, as he is also credited with founding … I.B. "The Battle of Silkaatsnek- 11 July…
Tsonga
… with the Pedi dialect. Little is known of their early history. Some Tsonga think they came from the north in remote …
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… we recall this epic event in South African working class history. Hull, Lewis and Long who went to the gallows singing …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… emerged. Source: Nasson, B. (ed). Turning Points in History: Book 1: Ancient Civilisations and Global Trade. …
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
… Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop papers couldn’t in terms of the detail that captured the texture of life and the…
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
… Heyns was part of Team South Africa in Atlanta. She made history by winning both the 100m and 200m events at the games. She remains the only woman in the…
PlaceCameroon
… Cameroon can in many ways be considered a microcosm of the history of the African continent. Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural … under the structural adjustment programs …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… and direction during the most decisive moments in our history. In 1944, when the time came to infuse some life into … people. The M Plan should serve as an…