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Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… journalist, politician, talented sportsman and grandson of a famous Herero leader, Robert Grendon is one of the most … ANC’s newspaper, Abantu Batho , but…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… museum, the Old Fort in Johannesburg has served a variety of unique purposes since its creation in 1893. [1] In an … prison complex practiced abuse and…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of … Cato Manor and Springfield to accommodate…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… watch movies during my free time. Project: Biography of Buchi Emecheta Emily Coolidge Emily Coolidge is a … studying Theatre and English. Project: …
The turn to armed struggle
… Act . Severe state repression, the detention and banning of leading political activists, forced the ANC to discuss … consider the turn to the armed struggle…
PlaceBoskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
… Reserve is located in the Mooi River Valley 20 km North of the Town of Potchefstroom a short distance from the R501 Carletonville … disclosed a nearly…
PlaceBallito, Dolphin Coast- KZN
… In the heart of the Dolphin Coast lies Ballito, nestled between the sugar-cane fields of KwaZulu Natal's famous 'Green & Gold' and is flanked to … Willard…
PlaceBarrydale, Cape Overberg
… The little Town of Barrydale lies nestled at the foot of the beautiful Langeberge in the heart of the Tradouw … walk through Barrydale’s Heritage Garden, to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Chairperson and Deputy … people. As government, we are confident of the progress being…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… Ruth First: An Ally of the Struggle Throughout the history of apartheid, freedom fighters were subjects of legal … both black and white, operated with the…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… Adopted at the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women Johannesburg, 17 April 1954. The … growth of towns and industries, and the rise…
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… Office of Serious Economic Offences Report The Scandinavian donors … ANC did not want to do this. The next step was the release of the Bell, Dewar & Hall…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… Apartheid . James la Guma and Reggie September were two of the SACPO’s founding members, and served as President and … subjected Coloureds to repressive…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … Women’s Rights Abstract : This paper…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the … Indeed, the employers preferred to deal…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… King Ngqika and Prince Ndlambe led the Rharhabe people of the Amaxhosa in the early 19 th century. Their relationship is of significance regarding the effect…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… as the non racial political party, IFP. The headquarters of the IFP were in Ulundi, the former capital of the apartheid era KwaZulu homeland. Inkatha …
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … oppressions in the workplace during the…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the usefulness of such a system. It was labelled a puppet body,…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a … However, over time men and women resisted the imposition of passes as it…
ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… People as historical sources People can be great sources of information. By speaking to people we can learn about the past. Learners are also sources of…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… influenza pandemic broke out, that led to the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. The pandemic spread … America over a twelve-month period between the…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… After the State of Emergency in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for … women in 1953 marched in protest against the pass laws being imposed on them…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… follows up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter application of existing discriminatory legislation such…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… letters reflect the volumes that remain unsaid because of the censorship rules that prescribe and proscribe the … It was hard and old with a crust on top…
Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, “Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference”, Edendale, 14 to 16 December 1958
… to address the delegates and visitors to the Conference of the All African Convention, 1958. When at our last … In order to fill up the yawning gap which is…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… Labour is a neglected aspect in published accounts of the history of the Jewish community in South Africa. … colonists converted to Christianity, the most…
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… ‘After being a man of the world, I have discovered there is no Zulu, … to the woven grass coil which contained the insila (body-dirt or spiritual essence) of…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… campaigns against the government, as evidenced by a series of passive resistance campaigns such as the Alexandra bus … the Lawrence Committee is ratified by…