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ArticleSASO Bannings
… involvement in political activities during the first half of the 1970s. From 1973 until 1977 when SASO was banned, state repression increased. In 1974 it…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… October, Oliver Reginald Tambo (OR) is born in the village of Kantolo, Mbizana, in the Mpondoland (eQawukeni), region of … the first Black legal partnership…
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
… Distinguished President of the International Labour Conference, Director-General of … yesterday President de Klerk announced the lifting of the state of…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… , is the first black South African to win the Press Photo of the Year Award. Albert Newall re-establishes his … His boss , Jim Bailey , the owner of Drum ,…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG … Constitution to be a foundational value of our democratic state. [3] The challenge for…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa women – ranging from all backgrounds and … pass laws originated in the capital of the…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… bringing together 35 youth groups. It was the formation of CAYCO working with COSAS that spurred the development of … of the UDF started campaigns which…
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 … by the Pan African Congress (PAC)…
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the…
Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
… To: Mr. F. W. De Klerk State President of the Republic of South Africa 9th July, 1992 Dear Mr. De … complicity in violence.] In the statement of the…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Conference can be best understood as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa. This British coined the term … to organise what would become known as the…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force … Langa shootings in March 1960, it became evident that the state was intolerant…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… Africa itself. The Constitution was not a product solely of negotiation in the Constitutional Assembly. Experiences in … equal rights and opportunities; that…
Yesterday’s Poems and the Poets of Yesterday’s South Africa, and towards New Poems and Poets for the Unfinished and Continuing Struggle for a new South Africa by Saleem Badat
… Yesterday’s Poems and the Poets of Yesterday’s South Africa, and towards New Poems and Poets …
Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee on its tenth anniversary, New York, 2 April 1973
… Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee on its tenth anniversary, New York, …
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… into prominence in the 1970s. It aimed to create a Boer state based on the old Afrikaner republics. … 'On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of…
Political executions
… execution) Boesman, Mangena Jeffrey, 35 1989/09/29 Death of informer school teacher in Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape … Mini, Vuyisile 1964/11/06 Trade union…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS , Congress of South African Students COSATU , Congress of South African … members. 20 July, The Nationalist…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South African leaders who influenced … province of Natal. It…
ArticleRock Art
… albuminous binding media. The paintings consisted mainly of human figures, animals and some abstract figures with … trance dancing in which the medicine man …
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… Please note that this information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we … of government is totalitarian Property is owned by…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First … had some help from their neighbours in the Orange Free State. There were several causes…
Key terms and definitions Grade 12 topic 4
… a city, that is occupied by a minority group Imposed use of force to put something into acceptance Influx arrival or admission of a large number of people or…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… Organisation (SASO) was formed in 1968 after some members of the University of Natal’s Black Campus SRC (Student … on the grounds that White liberals had…
ArticlePoqo
… sabotage campaign. Unlike other resistance organisations of the time, such as uMkhonto we Sizwe , Poqo made no effort … government in order to replace it…
Article2016 in Review
… In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey … - 30th: The 26 th Ordinary Summit of…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
… Comrade President, Comrades, members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades … We have through our struggle stripped the apartheid state and…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were … the labour market, government officials in the Orange Free State declared that…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… During its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the … with that of the women of Mangaung in the Orange Free State, who had…
Province Activity
… number 1 ? Kwazulu-Natal Gauteng Northern Cape Free State North West Province Eastern Cape Limpopo Western Cape …