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ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… produced resilient cultural fusions and disjunctions”. [2] South Africa’s history as a point of commerce between East and West … effects of colonialism on…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… Worker during Apartheid Nobengazi Mary Kota is a South African domestic worker for a wealthy family in Cape Town; when asked in 2004 about the world that…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 28 May 1957 The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, At a time … of democratic values: values…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… Very little is known about the languages of South Africa's San people, as most of these beautiful, ancient … rock art is one of the great archaeological…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… National Congress (ANC) who goes into exile following the South African government’s banning of the organisation. She … Conference on Health and Apartheid…
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… and most Orthodox churches, is a public holiday in South Africa. On this day Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus … only remaining Christian event which…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… of members of the Co-ordinating Bureau, namely Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, … Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone Somalia,…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… by the Centre for Curating the Archive, will be part of South Africa History Online's film festival programme later … are no longer in France by Allison Drew…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… and finance, to allow international participation of South Africa in global affairs and to elect a constituent assembly … South Africa (CODESA) began on…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of second part of the first … the Members of the United…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the … fire on unarmed demonstrators were flashed…
ArticleSouth African Film
… of Rand – although low budget features are possible, like South African Akin Omotso’s G-d is African (released in … Faso and Senegal have produced (relative…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… South African Indian Council (SAIC) In 1961, Indians were … (Nats) to accept the presence of Indians in South Africa as a permanent reality, albeit as second…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… struggles in their countries of origin, as well as in South Africa. They belonged to the old school of trade … factories in the Transvaal started during the…
ArticleAmbassador Lindiwe Mabuza and her connection with Scotland: An Appreciation by Brian Filling
… Born in South Africa in 1938, she spent much of her life in exile from … Burns, a white man, jumping out of his privileged white world and white skin to…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? Abstract This … violence. Accused of being the ‘rape capital of…
Chapter 3: The Pitfalls of National Consciousness by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… has shown itself incapable of extending its vision of the world sufficiently, we observe a falling back towards old … a state, and Albert Kalondji gets…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. It begins with two million years old hominid fossils. … some of the best…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… the first session of CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa) was held. There were 19 political groups at this … for South Africa. On 15 May 1992…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one of South Africa’s most important revolutionaries that fought against … liberation movement in South…
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… talks would take place on 29 and 30 November at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, … Gauteng Province, and the Convention for a…
ArticleOFFICIAL LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO ANC PRESIDENT
… Brother Nelson Mandela President of the ANC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Greetings, It was with great appreciation I received … This was reiterated in our…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… Who were the hunter-gatherers? Many societies all over the world survived by hunting and gathering for most of the last 100 000 years. In southern Africa the…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… Its formation was precipitated by dynamics within the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). There was a general … a number of oppressive laws against Black…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… QUESTION 1: HOW WAS AFRIKANER NATIONALISM PROMOTED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s TO 1940s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C … Afrikaner Nationalism. QUESTION 2:…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… the consequences and the repercussions this would have for South African and world politics. An article entitled "PAC Campaign will be … "Forward to…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… through stories, a tradition that is still used in South Africa. Many South African cultures have storytellers who … but also teach us values, morals and how…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… (2004). Every Step of the Way: The Journey to Freedom in South Africa, Cape Town: HSRC Press, pp 43-44, (Commissioned by the … in 1660, which brought to a…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… unrest in Soweto witnessed thousands of students leaving South Africa to join liberation organisations (primarily the ANC … from the International University…