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Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
A couple of days back I had a dream where I visited the renovated premises of my once favourite shop as a kid in Salt River just around the corner from where I…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
(And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to President Nelson Mandela)…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the General Assembly of the African Ombudsman Association (AOA): Misty Hills Conference Centre, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg: 11 April 2005.
Deputy President of the Association, Ombudsman of Malawi, Enoch Chibwana, The Executive Secretary of the Association and Public Protector of the Republic of…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE COMING of the missionaries to Southern Africa at the end of the 18th century…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two organisations are inextricably linked…
SAHO Milestones
2000 June - Registration of SAHO as an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
Director of Ceremonies, Veteran volunteer organisers of the Congress of the People, Deputy President of the Republic, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Our dear…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
(Extract) The special conference on southern Africa, convened by the Socialist International in Harare earlier this year, took place against a favourable…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
(Extract) The special conference on southern Africa, convened by the Socialist International in Harare earlier this year, took place against a favourable…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
Unit 731. Sound familiar? Probably not. Until recently, I didn’t know what they were. Or what they did. Unit 731 was a Japanese military unit responsible for…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central…
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
Programme Director, Cde. Nelvis Qekema, Jwarra!!! Pastors who are present; Pastor Letshelega, Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
Introduction Discriminatory, separate and oppressive, these are words that were used to explain South Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially lasted from…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
1869 April, Kasturba Kapadia is born in Porbandar, in present-day Gujarat. 1876 Kasturba Kapadia and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi are betrothed by their…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
Contents Introduction The concept of segregation Discriminatory legislation up to 1924 Political Legislation Economic Legislation Legislation regarding…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
This period began with the intensification of the anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
During this period the ANC cooperated with other organisations such as the APO and the NIC to fight increasing segregation imposed by the white minority…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
Who are the hunter gatherers of Southern Africa? You may be under the impression that there are no more hunter gatherers living today. But there are! All over…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both organisation incapacity and financial constraints. During this period, the party attempted to…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
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…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
Legal instruments through legislation, resolutions, proclamations and ordinances played a key role in legitimizing systematic land dispossession and…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country Eleanor Evans…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
Abstract Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
1960 1 January, Minister of Bantu Education assumes control of University College of Fort Hare.African students are prohibited from attending formerly "open…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
Fellow South Africans, The African National Congress turns 106 years this year. We are in the Eastern Cape, the home of legends. As the newly elected…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
We are academics raised and educated in various parts of the world, and now living and working in South Africa. The predicaments of its higher education…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
Honourable Minister of the National Intelligence Services, Ronnie Kasrils, Honourable Deputy Ministers, Chairperson and members of the Parliamentary Joint…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Although I had been active in the labour movement since the days of my youth, my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely fortuitous…