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ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… Apartheid . James la Guma and Reggie September were two of the SACPO’s founding members, and served as President and … subjected Coloureds to repressive…
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…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West Africa had a rich and varied history and culture long … European slaver traders arrived…
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…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… appointed by the Union Government in 1933, some members of the NIC resigned and formed a body called the Colonial … in here, he convened and presided over a…
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…
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…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… To understand what effects WW2 had on the nature of the fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa we … from African people and giving it to the…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… The global pervasiveness of racism and segregation in the 1920s and 1930s During the … there were discriminatory policies in different parts of the world…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… 18 February The German colony of Cameroon falls to French and British forces after 17 months of fighting. 21 February–19 December The Battle of Verdun begins…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… 1902 At the cessation of hostilities, Sir Alfred Milner , the former British High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape and now administrator of the two…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… When Mapungubwe was abandoned, it was to the benefit of Great Zimbabwe. The cultural, political and economic power … area shifted to Great Zimbabwe and this…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s … faced low prices and heavy debt. The lingering effects of…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… In the modern-day world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 … Thinkers In the modern-day world the view…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… South Africa: The Cordoned Heart is considered as one of the seminal photographic exhibitions and books of the 1980’s. The exhibition and book was a product…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 25 April, Proclamation issued creating the…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… is evacuated and the area burned to the ground. July, Most of the evacuees start moving back into the urban centre, mostly into the ‘Malay Location’, one of…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony. During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… " We are in danger of losing our history" A recent report on history and … in schools offers compelling reasons for the teaching of these disciplines to be…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our…
ArticleThe Western Front
… At the outbreak of the First World War, Germany put into operation the … Plan . This plan was based on the assumption that in case of a war breaking out,…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… to a flourishing industrial economy with the development of many new secondary industries in its aftermath. By this … (1991:71) quotes 1940 statistics…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… Can you create music that can find a home on both sides of the Indian Ocean beyond the cliché of “fusion”? Are Indian forms compatible with their African ……
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. David Hemson , Halton Cheadle … Turner lead the collective thinking…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… ship repairs companies also came out on strike. By the end of March 1973, close on 100,000 mainly African workers, approximately half of the entire African…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… African World Heritage Sites Land dispossession history of South Africa 19th century South Africa South Africa … Govan Mbeki publishes Transkei in the…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … the Bantu Women’s League in 1931. This…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… South Africa for more than 100 000 years. As a matter of fact, the Cradle of Humankind, or what is believed to be the birthplace of humans, is close to…