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ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
The Mughal India 1526-1858 The Mughal Empire: government and society The Moghuls were a powerful Muslim family who came from lands that are today part of…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s…
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
During Apartheid, South Africa was expelled from many international sporting bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - the…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
There were lengthy deliberations around the restoration of citizenship to the residents of Transkei, Bophutatswana, Venda and Ciskei. A Transitional Executive…
PlaceMkhambathi Nature Reserve
Situated on the coast of north-eastern Pondoland, the Mkhambathi Nature Reserve,, offers visitors 7 720ha of open grasslands, dotted with indigenous forest…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 5 November 1976. St Margaret's was built in 1905 and is not visible from the road, but what a…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial pieces of Apartheid legislation. It prohibited adultery, attempted…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
This article was written by Peter LaNasa and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract: This essay discusses…
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
The land, which included the whole of Green Point, was granted in 1814 to David Kuuhle. Construction of the house probably began almost immediately and for…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
1990 2 February, President F. W. de Klerk makes a speech at the opening of Parliament, announcing the lifting of a 30-year ban on the ANC, the Pan African…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
CONTENT West Africa before the European slave trade A map depicting the three most well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
Event12 people are killed after Kenyan jets bombed Somali town
At least 12 people were killed when two Kenyan jets bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib. This was an attempt by east African nation to rid Somalia of the…
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
Twelve people (eleven men and one woman) appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court after being accused of smuggling military recruits out of the country. It…
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
Gift Of The Givers Foundation logo Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, national co-ordinator of the Gift Of The Givers Foundation, announced in Johannesburg that the…
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
In providing reasons for the decision of the Pretoria High Court to set the investigation of the Browde Commission into South African Rugby Football Union …
PlaceLittle Chelsea, 18 Windermere Road, Durban
This Victorian double-storey building with cast-iron verandah was designed by architects Reid & Hurst in 1897 and was built for L Evans, for use as a shop,…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew CALL TO A NON-EUROPEAN UNITED FRONT! TO ALL ASIATICS,…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
In 1948 the Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was established by Anton Rupert. The first cigarettes were manufactured in an old flour mill in Paarl on 12 June 1948…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was later renamed Progressive Federal Party (PFP) launched a nationwide protest campaign against the…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
INTRODUCTION. Unomsa, by Guybon Sinxo, is a coming of age story about a gothic heroine, Nomsa Ntobeko, who migrates from the Eastern Cape to work as a teacher…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
ICC Origins In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945) the international community recognised the need to deal with mass atrocities – particularly…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
A message from Dr. Y. M. Dadoo to the Indian people Brothers and Sisters The struggle against apartheid and for Freedom has entered a newdecisive phase…
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
Housed in an 1890 Dutch Reformed Church in Polokwane, is the Hugh Eksteen Photographic Museum. Browse through over 23000 negatives and original photographs…
EventInauguration ceremony of the South African College School (SACS) takes place
The South African College School (SACS) was inaugurated at the Groote Kerk, giving impetus to the formation of the first school in Cape Town. The idea of…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
What is heritage and identity? Questions of heritage and identity are not as straightforward as they might first appear. Perhaps the first and best place to…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
It was a struggle to survive in the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread line. …
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
The first white inhabitantsBetween 1820 and 1826, Afrikaner trekboer (migratory farmer) J.N. Brits trekked from the Cape Colony, crossed the Orange River and…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
The Boer Republics, and the Basotho kingdom (a case study) Moshoeshoe moves to Thaba Bosiu The 1820s and 1830s were a time of great upheaval. There were many…
ArticleZulu
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…