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ArchiveInterview with Herby Govinden
Oral interview with Herby Govinden, on his experiences as a student and lecturer at Fort Hare in the 1950s
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
Professor Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was 81…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in the first non-racial elections and approved by the…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
Finance Minister Barend du Plesis presented in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to business, with emphasis directed to the Growth Domestic…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
Fifty people were killed over three days in battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South Africa,…
ArchiveInterview with Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Oral interview, conducted in Bloemfontein, with Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, on her experiences as a student at Fort Hare in the late 1950s
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
For each individual photographer, there was the struggle to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised apartheid ideology. To see what had not…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
Documentary Photography is not encouraged because I think it threatens the core of what this country is about. It’s a very powerful medium, it touches on…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
1930 Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light, both of whom came to South Africa as children with their…
Black Consciousness
Background to the Black Consciousness Movement and an overview of the development of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). Prepared for defence in…
ArchiveBlack Consciousness
Background to the Black Consciousness Movement and an overview of the development of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). Prepared for defence in…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a…
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
An example of a reference entry in APA style, highlighting key elements (Author, Date, Title, Source, URL). Mastering such referencing formats is essential for…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
INTRODUCTION No significant change has occurred in South Africa in the last decade. Apartheid and racism continue their tyranny and the South African society…
EventBram Fischer is released from prison on health grounds
Abram “Bram” Fischer was a lawyer, chairman of the South African Communist Party and an anti-Apartheid activist. He joined the SACP, a close ally of the…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
Artist Proof Studio (APS) offers a three-year printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the NIHSS, on researching the role of the arts under apartheid. We hope that our work will…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of missionaries…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
Early years The history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) can be traced to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652, he had with…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
This bibliography includes all books, articles and primary material referred to in the text and footnotes, as well as a few additional works which were…
ArchiveMemorandum: a study in political heresy
Unauthored memorandum on the history of the Peoples Struggles and strategy and the tactics of the National Liberation Movement and the South African Communist…
CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION
Operation Vula, with whose destruction I began this dissertation and with whose genesis I have just ended the tenth and final chapter, is the climax of our…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
Ottilie Abrahams was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable personalities of contemporary Namibia. She led through example as a political leader,grassroots…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
While the tricameral parliament was designed to co-opt Coloureds and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Apartheid regime, developments in the…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1918 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born at Mvezo in the Transkei 1939 He enrols at the University College of Fort Hare. 1940 He is expelled…
EventThe State of Emergency is declared in thirty six magisterial districts.
The increasing popular resistance and violent township protests amid the 1980s forced the South African government to declare a State of Emergency. On 20 July…
The strangulation of activity
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The classical freedoms of association, assembly and…
EventGana Makabeni dies
Gana Makabeni, trade union leader and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s, died in the Western…
EventDr Stanley Mogoba is born in Polokwane
Dr. Stanley Mogoba, future president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1997, was born in Polokwane on this day. He was detained on Robben Island during…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …