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ArticlePan-Africanism
… career, Du Bois was an advocate for the study of African history and culture. In the early twentieth century, he was …
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… been remembered, commemorated, and memorialised as public history. There have been different ways and forms through …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… of North Ndebele Identity, 1957-1986 . Johannesburg: History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand. LOUBSER, …
ArticleThe Basotho
… his people the Suthu, Basotho or Basuto? In cultures where history and tradition are orally transferred from generation …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… it attempted to do what had never been done before in the history of South Africa – it allowed ordinary people, …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… of Egyptian civilization, that we cannot separate the history of Egypt from its geography and other natural … Map of the Nile River Image source Since before…
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
… 21 million wounded, the war was the bloodiest in European history until that second conflagration on the continent … one predominant but highly ideological…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… results in the exams ”” he passed in English and American history, but failed the mathematics test – Xuma was admitted … Matthews , Bram Fischer , and…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … on behalf of the S.A.I.C.: ‘ . . . from first to last [the…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the A.N.C. was banned. 'We are at a turning-point in the…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… go the credit for building the only trade union in the history of South Africa whose members enjoy a 40-hour week. … Union Movement- Historical Background…
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
… Writer. The Grey Street area is a prominent part of Indian history in Durban , and included important political sites … like Red Square. The area also has a…
EventJody Scheckter
… for being the cause of one of the biggest accidents in the history of Formula One.[iv] End Notes [i] Jody Scheckter: …
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… This Day in History: 10 June 1990 Miriam Makeba returned to South Africa …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.1 Oct-Dec 1960
… Kawawa. Nigeria and Tomorrow’s Africa, Akin Mabogunje. History in Africa, Basil Davidson. Rebellion Against …
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… Anon, (n.d.), ‘Defiance Campaign 1952,’from South African History Online, [online] Available at www.sahistory.org.za, …
After Apartheid – Culture in the New South Africa Vol. 2
… volume is a fist step in rewriting the cultural history of the country, towards a more unified Cultural and …
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… subsequently established, for the first time in Liberia’s history, military rule over the country. On 26 April 2012, …
EventThe British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation
… in South Africa or other neighbouring countries. The history of the British High Commissioner for Basutoland, … A. and Schoeman E. (1999 ), Southern African…
EventSA joins World War II
… p. 512. Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, …
EventNational Party wins national elections
… rule difficult. References: This week in African history: Key events from the 20th century. About.com …
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… Source: http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/history/919551.htm …
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… honour and the seventh woman laureate in the near-century history of the Nobel Prize. Gordimer is the author of ten … 27 September 2013]| africanhistory,…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… on the floor by Richardson. Related previous This Day in History archives Click here to read Winnie Madikizela-Mandela …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… This day in history, an armed mob and riot police disrupted a rally …
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency entered its …
EventNP holds federal congress
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… to read our feature on the Rand Revolt. Read more about History of Labour struggles and organisation in South Africa. … Muller, C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five…
EventThe Cape Times appears for the first time
… has been in continuous daily production ever since. The history of newspapers in South Africa was closely linked to …