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EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… Melrose House, Pretoria. The treaty paved the way for the establishment of the Union of South Africa, which was … Evans, A.B., Union of South Africa , from…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… In May 1994, Justice Richard Goldstone called for the establishment of a "truth commission" on Apartheid atrocities …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… the post-apartheid ANC, but to contribute to South African history. However, it is evident that he is unhappy with the … to work towards equality by telling…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 24 … confusion of terms would not arise; for…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… that the Nats are a logical product of past South African history and that what they stand for is approved and … a condition that one knows cannot be…
PlaceTrevean House, 258 Wakesleigh Road, Bellair, Durban
… building is probably the best surviving example of a late Colonial Victorian building in Natal. It was declared a …
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… South African History Online believes that history is made every day and to that effect we have compiled … representation of women in leadership for the…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye Centre The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to locate … The 1973 strikes marked a decisive…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van …
Women at the start of the 20th century
… the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… peace and the brotherhood of man. In the upsurge of anti-colonial and freedom struggles that swept through Asia and … When reading his autobiography or…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… and appropriate sanitation infrastructure; • improved postal and telecommunications services; and • a broad social … of Europe generally during the…
EventBotha announces third naval base
… P.W. Botha, the then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern…
PlaceHarrismith, Free State
… like birding, biking, 4x4, hiking, climbing, golfing, History, water sport and lots more. The Town is well known … like birding, biking, 4x4, hiking,…
PlaceClarendon Circle, Johannesburg
… Today Clarendon Circle is NO more! The fingerprint of the History is captured in the name; Clarendon Place which is the … of South Africa, is a largely…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
… a bucket of feces onto a statue of Cecil John Rhodes, a colonial expansionist who provided the original endowment of … was a learning environment that…
EventPiet Retief's Great Trek manifesto is completed
… as growing resentment between the farmers and the British colonial authorities. The farmers argued that because the colonial government limited the…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… was the 18th general election since South Africa since the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999), Southern…
ArchiveOpen letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
… phasing out of hostels and labour compounds and the establishment of an Independent Commission of Inquiry to …
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… were not so good, the location was very convenient. The Colonial Office received the deputation with distinct … deputation of their eagerness to raise their…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… as growing resentment between the farmers and the British colonial authorities. The farmers argued that because the colonial government limited the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… the Bicentenary of one of the greatest revolutions in history. We bring you warm greetings and messages of support … France’s greatest colony in the world…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The … in 1963. Endnotes [i] Knappert, J. (1992)…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry Elliot , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , …
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
… Front. The merged Patriotic Front helped Mugabe defeat the colonial government of Ian Smith in 1980. Since then Mugabe …
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new district … South African History Online, Uitenhage…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… poignant accounts of the township's and South Africa's history in the last sixty years. Many of them were linked to … the authors themselves. The stories…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… use of technology or reflect important stages in human history. A place where humans settled and used the land in a … World Heritage Sites must show major…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… ask different questions about the past. Knowledge of history grows and broadens as more archaeologists find … school students in South Africa only learnt…