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ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… 1646 : His father, Adrian van der Stel dies in the line of duty and the family moves to Batavia. 1659 : Maria Leviens … sons and sister in-law Cornelia Six…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… which called for ‘comprehensive segregation’. The effects of their protests were however, not far reaching, and their … became a mass movement most active in…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… were deplorable. The voyages were long, with the danger of disease breaking out, ever lurking. The Suffolk departed … at Port Natal (Durban) on 7 March, an…
Robben Island
… 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and stands some 30m above sea level. … outpost. Initially the island was…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… reports about what they had seen at the Cape – plenty of water, fertile land and lots of wild animals. The VOC was the wealthiest and most powerful … East…
Defining Black Consciousness
… is in essence the realization by the Black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the blackness of their…
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…
Glossary: Transport through time
… talk about the period before Christ and before the fall of Rome in the year 476. Archaeologist Somebody who studies … used for sails and tents. Cargo Goods…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… 1957 Honourable Mention in South African Best Picture of the Year Contest. 1960 Double page coverage on Sharpeville … was made to stand for 5 days and 5…
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…
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…
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…
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: …
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…