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Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… powerhouse of Africa. It led to a scramble by the British colonial administration to expand their political control …
The Afrikaner Bond
… stance would run throughout the organisation’s history and take different forms in each of the states. … Toit published an editorial in the Patriot calling…
PlaceCabo Verde
… and African fishermen has only been related through oral history, and remains a part of the mythological stories of … could be considered as the starting…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… a widely felt need for a united struggle against colonial domination in Africa, Pixley Seme invited the … become part of the people`s political life,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… minority rule galvanized the party. As a result of the establishment of apartheid, its aversion to dissent by Black …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 82nd Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1994.
… by the adoption of the transitional constitution and the establishment of the Transitional Executive Council as well … for the elections. TRIBUTE TO MARTYRS…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… for his close identification with Zulu tradition and history, had his ancestral home outside Zululand. 2 Gumede … like teaching, interpreting, policing,…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a … not be as widely known, but are just as integral to the…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… dissidents, striking mineworkers, those deemed “anti-establishment” and those who simply violated the pass laws of … It was centrally situated and boasted a…
PlaceThesen Island
… Colony’s need for wood. Thesen Islands is steeped in the History of the Southern Cape . It is situated in the midst of … Thesen Islands is steeped in the…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… the Rhode House Museum presents a wide variety of local History exhibits depicting formative activities of the Area … River, is Rosetta. Rosetta was an…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
… whose potential has largely been untapped because of our history of colonialism and apartheid - we can help each other … as a whole. Honourable members; In…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… collection. This is its first online publication by SA History Online. Herein may be a found a memory of the early … evolving and adapting to the shifting…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… Freedom, a memoir. 1955 Abrahams is sent to Jamaica by the Colonial Office to write a popular history of the Island. 1956 A Wreath for Udomo is published, …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… for contesting, negotiating, and shaping capitalist and colonial attempts to impose strict controls over workers' … force. Reference: Article written for…
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie? Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock
… and Khoi peoples and confronts the harsh legacy of Dutch colonial slavery through poetic reenactments, asking: WHAT …
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… groups in Namibia and Zambia. While the Sotho people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, their history had an important…
ArchiveSpeech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela to members of the British parliament House of Commons, London, 5 May 1993
… the buildings where we are today represent a political history which reaches back through many centuries. They … this historic enclave, because, hidden by…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… and settler-communities on the other. Generations of history-writers and -teachers have with only a few exceptions … to be made to revisit and probably…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… reviewed by Comrade DG Wolton, who stressed the growth of colonial liberation movements and the colonial workers' growing unity with the workers of the home …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… regarding trading rights for Indians 1911 13 March, Colonial Born Indian Association formed due to the … October, Albert Christopher, Ruben Joseph and three…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… experienced one of its most turbulent years in its recent history, characterized by the deadly Ebola outbreak, … between traditional tribal beliefs and the…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… As I am watching another milestone in our young democratic history, the right to hostthe World Cup Soccer Championships …
BiographySonja Schlesin
… (Gandhi) has spoken volumes about Miss Schlesin in his History of Satyagraha in South Africa”¦ She could not stay …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… to establish a tramway system network. June, The first postal pillar box is erected in Johannesburg. 1890 17 March, … plague of locusts. November, The first…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… created one of the enduring landmarks of our country's history. They declared that women would insist on their role in making history. Then, they vowed to a…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… surrounded by friends. But he was swept away on a tide of history which he thought he controlled but which finally … Indiana and Chicago he graduated in…
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
From one of South Africa’s oldest Churches to the delight of wine tasting and delightful Cape cuisine, sample the best of everything on this Heritage drive. …
PlaceAlgeria
… the coast but joined to the mainland in 1525. Algerian History spans; thousands of Years some of it being under the … Then in 1848, in a move…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… and Smallholding Irrigation Schemes in South Africa: A History and New Institutional Challenges, University of … and Smallholding Irrigation Schemes in South…