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ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime is under way amid high security … the longest running criminal trials in South African…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
… World War II (1939 to 1945) was the most devastating war in history, accounting for between 50 million to 80 million … World War was the most widespread and…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the … destruction of Sophiatown is extensively documented in the…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… to children as a teacher. She taught geography and history at a local White school and spent every day with … effort of the Black Sash when trying to help re…
Insurrections: The Storming
… all too clearly our powerlessness at this moment in history, with the forces of aggressive capitalism and ethnic … musicality and technical facility that…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… all too clearly our powerlessness at this moment in history, with the forces of aggressive capitalism and ethnic … musicality and technical facility that…
PlacePotchefstroom
… This Building represents an important milestone in the History of the development of the Potchefstroom 'Universiteit …
Excavations: Shirts, Placards, Posters and the Remnants of Spectacular Protest in the LRS’s Collections by Lebogang Mokwena
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South Africa has a long and rich scholarly tradition on the labour…
PlaceElands Bay Cave
… and sheep of agriculture on hunter-gatherer communities. History of Research by renowned archaeologist, John …
PlaceFort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
… displaying military items and exhibiting a wealth of history. Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve , just 25 kilometers …
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…
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…
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…
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
Early Life and Teaching Career Matsie Angelina Motshekga (popularly known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as…
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 …
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… magazine. Biko’s brutal death made him a martyr in the history of Black resistance to White hegemony. It inflamed …
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… has been largely ignored in the literature on the history of the liberation struggle. …
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 …
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… GUIDE: Southern Africa hunter gatherers learnt from oral history/storytelling and archaeological research. 1. Have …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… force. Reference: Article written for South African History Online by Peter Alegi, 2004 …
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 …