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Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… as a whole. As individuals we have been called upon by history to represent the collective aspirations of a people … National Congress and its allies, we…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… know anything at all about the Afrikaner people, their history and their national aspirations. Yet it is impossible … the life of the country. The Afrikaners…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… collection. This is its first online publication by SA History Online. Herein may be a found a memory of the early …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… an incredibly important but also brutal part of Namibia’s history. Since the early 1990s, the Herero and Nama people …
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… will influence how the society develops. In South African history there has always been the fight for ownership of land …
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… aggressive and self -confident. In short the colonial history of the Cape of Good Hope from its first occupation in …
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… whatsoever’. The TRC has allowed many people tied to the history of the Silverton Siege to take first steps towards …
ArticleBlack South African literature
… Avenue (1959) and William 'Bloke' Modisane's Blame Me on History (1963). Abrahams drew for his inspiration in his …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… sent to Jamaica by the Colonial Office to write a popular history of the Island. 1956 A Wreath for Udomo is published, …
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… South Africa’s Radical Tradition: A documentary history, Volume two 1943 – 1964. Edited by Alison Drew. Part …
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… GUIDE: Southern Africa hunter gatherers learnt from oral history/storytelling and archaeological research. 1. Have …
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… (As quoted in Feinstein, C. H, (2005), An Economic History of South Africa, p.15) The first Khoi-Dutch War …
The appointment of Judges
… http://www.constitutionalcourt.org.za/site /thecourt/history.htm#judges s …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… in the defeat of apartheid in Namibia in 1989. Although history is meant to be 100% factual, historians often differ …
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… has been largely ignored in the literature on the history of the liberation struggle. …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… force. Reference: Article written for South African History Online by Peter Alegi, 2004 …
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… found expression for the first time in the architectural history of the sub-region at Khami, and with it were … many of which are on display in the Museum of…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… and hierarchies. We would then be tested on school history and expected to follow local custom to a T. Over the … the names of all the prefects and captains…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
… in the project, and to my old comrade Omar Badsha at SA History Online, whose offer to assist with the electronic … Studies, as follows: From Maingard, …
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… its strength from a fascination with people as shapers of history. Her ability to relate to people from different … of Cape Town in South Africa in 1951,…
PlaceMamelodi
… reckless statements, give ourselves time to study the very history of Mamelodi, the origins of the many families that … lack of knowledge and understanding…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… One of the most curious realities of South Africa’s mining history is that the precise details relating to the discovery … is one of the most intriguing…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
… non-racial, non-sexist South Africa. Pakistan's proud history of solidarity with struggles in Africa against … Islamic heritage. That heritage is a vital…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
… It is one of the hallmarks of our continent's history that the celebration of our achievements should also … the limits of her capacity. Precisely because of…
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
… is almost 200 years old. Inside the museum you can see the history of the town laid out with displays of some of the … he was tragically killed in a motor…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… is easy to answer: Very obviously, it did not. The whole history of relations between foreigners and natives in South … of the Company by the sword and the…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… a single and common visible outcome - the shaping of the history of South Africa with all its twists and turns. … historical context - was an important…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… the “mineral revolution”. A more aggressive stage in the history of white supremacy was the result. What were the … 31 May 1910. What role did Africans play…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women … by thousands of South African women…
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
… This became a Village and was named Clarens after the History that President Paul Kruger was in voluntary exile for … of Clarens. The uniquely shaped rock…