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ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… around to find different plant foods at different times of the year, as well as good water resources. They believed … and stone and clothing from animal…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… 70 000 platinum mine workers went on strike. The majority of workers were from major platinum producers such as Impala … and Lonmin Platinum Mines based in…
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…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, … the…
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…
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… South Africa 1899 He organizes an Indian ambulance corps of 1100 men during his service in the Boer War 1906 He … Gandhi introduces the non-violent protest…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project
… on African women writers and resistance. The majority of these writers belong to the canon, to the first generation of African writers post-independence, in…
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… By late February 1973, the spread of the strikes was the most significant development since … and the GFWBF was able to garner support from a network of…