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ArticlePoetry and Resistance in the 1970’s
… A multitude of African poetics has populated the constantly shifting maps of Africa throughout the twentieth-century and has inhabited the history of South…
ArticleSS Mendi
… The sinking of the SS Mendi was caused by the reckless action of the captain of the SS Darro. It remains the greatest wartime maritime …
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… renewable energy sector and the now highly visible effects of pollution and climate change, as seen in the recent … swept through Southern Africa and left…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West … seriously injured. Following the open…
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… and the biggest and most representative organization of Africans. For many years we have addressed protest, … Frankly, we are by no means satisfied with this…
The War
… The flag of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an … the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The first phase of the…
ArticleSouthern African Development Community (SADC)
… 17 August 1992. The primary focus was economic integration of the region. Before 1992, the aim of SADCC was to forge close economic co-operation with ……
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…
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…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… as a medical physician. Moroka marries Maggy, daughter of Chief Fenyani. Moroka sets up a medical practice in a … 1936 Moroka sets up a medical practice in…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… European ships had to travel around the southern tip of Africa to reach their destination. Source: top image, … This growth was partly possible due to the…
Polokwane an Overview
… © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of settlements long before the arrival of the Voortrekkers. The region was home to several …
TCOE Online Exhibition
… and Land dispossession history The text and gallery of images within this feature are concerned with the crucial issue of land rights in South Africa. They…
Schlebusch Commission
… In 1973, the Government appointed a select committee of parliament, the Schlebusch Commission, to investigate the objects, organisation, financing and…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… project examines the Freedom Struggle from the beginning of the 20th century up until South Africa's first democratic … is subjective and in this case,…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… but also called themselves the Khoikhoi, meaning “men of men” or “the real people” because they were proud of their past and culture. Where did they come…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the … them is Antoinette Sithole. Image source The challenge of Black…
Tsonga
… The Tsonga are a group of the Bantu-speaking population who live in areas extending … in the Lydenburg, Soutpansberg, and Waterberg districts of the Northern…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… , which was accepted by the ANC in 1955, and the years of harassment that followed. The Africanists found the … Leballo as secretary and decided to follow…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… Gelderland, that is diverted from sea by Queen Wilhelmina of Holland. 22 November, Paul Kruger reaches Marseilles and … Wilhelmina, dies in Pretoria . 1902…
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… school teachers and learners in Grades 8 to 11. The aim of the competition is to increase the interest in history and … aims to acknowledge - in a…
ArticleSAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue
… since the Soweto Student Uprising . The dialogue consists of a series of open letters between the generation of student activists from 1976 and the current…
Protest Art
… The formation of the United Democratic Movement (UDF) in 1983 amalgamated … under one banner. Some organisations consisted of cultural workers who…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes. 6 August, The Hewat Training College in…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… in the Transkei 1939 He enrols at the University College of Fort Hare. 1940 He is expelled for participating in a … 1942 He completes a BA degree through the…
ArticleContemporary South African Artists
… For the month of August 2016, in honor of women, South Africa History Online (SAHO) began … the resistance as well as those currently pushing notions of…
Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigning (FAK)
… The English translation of this organization is Federation of Afrikaner Cultural Organisations. The Federasie of Afrikaanse Kultuur Vereniginge (FAK) was…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Southern Methodist University Partnership Project
… Methodist University students enrolled in a “History of South Africa” course with Dr. Jill Kelly. The project was … McGill University-SAHO partnership. Over…
ArticleAll African Convention, 1958
… ' The All-African Convention: The Awakening of a people ' - By I.B. Tabata Bloemfontein also played host … religious groups; the convention was opened by the…