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Presidential Address to the Extended Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, April 1975
… representing a rapid process of demolition of a colonial system, was characterised by a breathless succession … the hardest task that has faced any people in…
PlaceDurban Harbour and Port
… shores of the Bay of Natal in 1824 to establish a Trading Post. This Harbour is also a popular Tourist Attraction too, …
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… the Ou Raadsaal (the Old Chambers) and the General Post Office, designed by William Hawke. Market- Produce was … arguably the most famous political trial…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… a New Asia-Africa Partnership', we reflect briefly on the history of the colonial mentality, which drove colonialists to act in highly … about 1950 and 1980,…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… by Field-Marshal Smuts, who has announced that the post war world will be based upon the principles enunciated … to Africa in particular and the place of the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… Now it is one of the is one of the many falsification of history to obscure the true nature of events behind … what was called the religious welfare of…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 58 … the national struggle and the Congress…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
… our country to remember this epoch-making chapter in the history of our struggle for freedom. Indeed, we have once … they unlocked a wave of human energy…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… ideology. The theme of the congress covers an end to colonial rule and political independence. 1946 18 December, … students are expelled. Tiro eventually…
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
… Cape in 1859 is a great visit if you are interested in the History of medicine, particularly as it emphasises both …
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… on during this complex and chaotic time in the nation’s history. After a 27-year ban on Mandela’s picture, Hallett’s … the first democratic elections in…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… He also worked at Drum magazine and Golden City Post in Johannesburg. Lewin at the launch of Stones Against … before returning to South Africa in 1992. He…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… Distinguished Guests; Citizens of Bloemfontein, The history of South Africa would have been very different … the fact that this region has been a crossroads…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… Cetshwayo's ruled the Zulu nation at a time when British colonial penetration of the South African hinterland was gaining momentum. Successive British…
ArticleSouth African Film
… which derive from the continent’s rich tradition of oral history and indigenous modes of communication. Since the end of the colonial era, films have been…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… does not benefit their communities. More so, there is a history of disciplines treating and depicting amaXhosa … as an exotic other and ahistorical – largely…
Griqua
… Introduction The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, denied … causes of tension was between wanting to be…
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… Market Photo Workshop began operating in the old Newtown Post Office on Bree street. It has since moved to a location …
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… is under construction. Please use the contribute link to post any biography suggestion. …
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… battle marked Herero resistance against expanding German colonial rule and land grab. The Herero people are pastoral people who store cattle as wealth. Since…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… Town (UCT). Part of this endeavour involved exploring the history of student/community organizer/liberation icon … was that these ‘subsets‘ of humanity share…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… in 1679, the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa and one of the most … trees, Arderne Gardens is an overlooked…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… most heavily oppressed areas. Unionswere a big part of the history of the 1970s in South Africa; overall, they are noted … they register the union with the…
Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… marks one of the greatest turning points in South African history by the advent of European settlers in this country, followed by colonial and imperialist…
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
… of international recognition, the new SAFA organised a post isolation match with the Cameroonian national team. On … Pietermaritzburg: University of Kwazulu…
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… intervention was designed to move the economy rapidly from colonial extractive industries, rubber and tin, to an … authority is necessary to shake the…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… was in South Africa inthe 1940's, came to the attention of colonial authorities as one of the rising stars of Rhodesia's … African nationalist movements…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… has thoroughly enjoyed deeply learning about South African history. Project: The 1956 Women’s March Reid Arnold Reid … University. He plays for the SMU…