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ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, argued that the Germans was superior to … purity' and used the word 'Aryan' to describe his idea of a 'pure…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… In 1887 Zululand was annexed by the colony of Natal and the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable land. There was widespread poverty, made …
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could … Khoina. First contact with Blacks would…
France in 1789
… or society. A political revolution happens when a group of people rebel against the existing government and attempt … An economic revolution takes place when…
Independent Electoral Commission
… INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IEC) Residents of Soweto queue up to cast their votes in South Africa's … strengthen constitutional democracy through the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… Cape Town. The Sharpeville massacre “signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa.” 28 March, The ANC calls for a nation-wide strike in protest of…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… pretended to be a labourer and investigated the conditions of farm workers in Bethal. He wrote the story 'Bethal Today' … Snyman, on whose farm he had worked…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… links on this site which deal with the depth and breadth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. This Grade 12 classroom section gives a broad…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution' Serialisation of The Soul of a…
Article2016 in Review
… In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… Union Government offered to raise an infantry battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection process was decided upon…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC…
ArticleKora
… a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the Gorachouqua (`-qua’ meaning ‘people of’). This leader detached himself from this group with…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the African National Congress. 1866 The first attempt to … when Mfengu chiefs unsuccessfully…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… respectively) who helped establish the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). 1939 First becomes a member of the Young Left Wing Book Club. 1942 After…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives across the world. Thousands of African people are converted to Christianity every day and …
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 3: Democracy and the Constitution
… Symbols since 1994 In South Africa, we have a perse number of people and cultures, but we are all South African. … symbols such as a national flag, an anthem…
Indian Community
… 2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the …
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… particularly in the late 1970s after the Soweto uprising of 1976, there was increasing pressure, both internal and … The riots also played an important role…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under colonial … rule. Today, African countries are…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … impact on the South African community,…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… will be conducting its third census since the advent of democracy in 1994. Undertaking a census is a massive … census is usually held every five years…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… The Landless People's Movement (LPM) was formed by leaders of various landless people of South Africa in response to evictions of farm workers and labour…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… The region of the Western Cape which includes the Table Bay area (where the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi … for their cattle…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be … uncertainty. During 2014 the continent…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… UNO South Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for the first time in 1946 by India regarding the treatment of people of Indian…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… was born in the village Camama in the Tsomo district of the Transkei to a very large family. Circa 1926 Albertina … friend Evelyn (at the time married to…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British Indian Association, explains…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
… amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the discussion of years and the extinction of hopes innumerable, the planters' pet project has been … so much said in…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… Publishers.|African National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the Struggle against apartheid, 15 July. … African Publishing Group.|Berger, I., (1992)…