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ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… Following the wave of independence which swept the African continent in the … Although this was one motivation for the establishment of the Organisation of…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… Portuguese expansion into Africa began with the desire of King John I to gain access to the gold-producing areas of West Africa. The trans-Saharan trade…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… played a major role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town. Origins The exploration of the African continent in the fifteenth century and the…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… minds as to why the government had allowed the Congress of the People in 1955, to take place. In 1956, their question … trial for high treason. The swoop…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… is fought and slavery is entrenched. Throughout the rest of the country Nguni and Sotho groups begin splitting, as a result of strengthening chiefdoms, into…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly … Kruger who wanted to maintain…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… united Democratic and non-racial society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
… laws for women a these had been relaxed after the success of earlier resistance to passes. In the light of these events, the Bantu Women's League (BWL) was…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… College. 1939 Huddleston joins the Anglican Order of the Community of Resurrection at Mirfield in West Yorkshire. 1939-1941 … 1943-1956 Huddleston is…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… King Ngqika and Prince Ndlambe led the Rharhabe people of the Amaxhosa in the early 19 th century. Their relationship is of significance regarding the effect…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Democratic Movement merged. Under the combined leadership of Zach de Beer , Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general…
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in this country. The …
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … missionary school, played a pivotal role…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… 1939 Govan Mbeki publishes "Transkei in the Making" a work of political analysis which is deeply critical of the system of local government in the Transkei…
Doing Oral History
… Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator was Dr…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… The cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far as … be privileged with the exclusive rights and enjoyment of prime…
Durban an Overview
… In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu , a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… Africa has produced a number of female authors who were, and still are, able to assert … scale. However, information on the lives and works of these authors…
Mission Stations - A-F
… as it was often called in the days when it was a station of the London Missionary Society. At this place, which is … in the annexed etching, there were a…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… Genocide in Nazi Germany Summary The Holocaust was a form of genocide, which refers to the intentional, systematic extermination of six million Jews by the…
ArticlePoqo
… sabotage campaign. Unlike other resistance organisations of the time, such as uMkhonto we Sizwe , Poqo made no effort to avoid loss of life and was the most…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… was still a cautious approach, with the limited objective of preparing young scholars for leadership in the Black … the country were experiencing an increase…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the … Mandela. It is, however, unlikely that most would think of the…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… occasionally trying to play a piano. Project: A biography of Michael Guthrie Scott Elizabeth Hudler Elizabeth Hudler … create, communicate, receive and…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their … a generally pro-British,…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their … a generally pro-British,…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of African descent have common interests and should be … Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape of a…
ArticleThe Basotho
… In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There were a number of conflicts…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… turning point in South African history when the discovery of diamonds at Kimberly and of gold on the Witwatersrand spurred the industrialisation and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… women get the vote. This means in effect that the weight of the black vote is decreased from 3.1% to 1.4%. The first restrictions against the urbanisation of…