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ArticleSAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue
… South African History Online (SAHO) is hosting an intergenerational …
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… South African war, will start here again. The town has a history steeped in bloody relations between the Afrikaners …
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
… Africa: It takes place between two major events in the history of our common struggle. The one event is the glorious … countries against liberation, making…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… 2003. This Co-operation Agreement makes provision for the establishment of a Joint Bilateral Commission, which should … land by foreigners. I am referring to…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… She wrote major articles and books that would aid anti-colonial and anti-apartheid campaigns with the struggle … government for what it was. According to…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
Anti-apartheid activist Adelaine Hain who was successively jailed, banned and exiled to Britain in Pretoria in the early 1960s died peacefully on 8 September,…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… a silk merchant on the East Rand. While his duties at this establishment were merely to ensure that the silk was kept …
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… encountered by the new arrivals. 16 July, The British Colonial Office announces the appointment of a Ladies … referring to the concentration camps, writes to…
ArticleTswana
… nineteenth century and most belong to a church today, pre-colonial beliefs retain strength among many Tswana. … facilitated the transition to migrant wage…
ArticleContemporary South African Artists
… the month of August 2016, in honor of women, South Africa History Online (SAHO) began collaborating with Artthrob in an …
PlaceTownship Tours of Cape Town
… township and a vibrant cultural hub known for its rich history, dynamic art scene, and warm community spirit. It …
EventNiger's Independence Day
… in July 1960 to dissolve the French West African colonial state and grant independence to the four regions … st/abstract.html?res…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… signaled an important phase in the struggle against colonial domination in the sub continent. Under his …
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… sovereignty of the British government in respect of its colonial possessions was violated by South African security. …
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… was annexed as three French departments. During the colonial period the traditional patterns of land ownership … Micro History and World timeline, Algeria…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. The aim of invading Ethiopia was … 27 September 2013]| Toynbee, A. 1946. A…
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British Colonial Army in Uganda in 1956. He distinguished himself as …
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… Madagascar came under the colonial French Protectorate in 1890. By the late 1940's, the … Available at: news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed 27 November 2013]|History…
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… in an attempt to regain Somali territory lost prior to the colonial period. Although the attack was suppressed the … Bobby-Evans, A., This day in African…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… were sent to the island; first by the Dutch, then British colonial officials. It was under the Apartheid regime that …
EventFirst postage stamp in Africa is issued in the Cape Colony
… on a rectangular stamp in sepia and vermillion. Related: Colonial Post and Telegraph Diary of the Cape of Good Hope …
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… `Berea Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as found, on the West Coast of North … Amalinde Heritage Trust. 2010. Durban :…
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… strongly reflected the interests of the indentured and colonial-born Indian. Together they resisted inroads, pleaded …
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 50 … the workers that only the overthrow of…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… a century ago, on January 8, 1912, was a landmark in the history of Africa, marking the beginning of the end of … attention at the time internationally or…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… its post office, inflicting extensive damage to its establishment. Five months later, on 25 November, Boer …
EventMohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa
… faced by people of colour. His response to this was the establishment of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in 1894. …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the establishment of these camps was to provide protection to the …
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… and the whole whitewashed. On 22 December 1787, the Colonial Secretary , Mr A. Barnard, gave orders that Mr Trail … of defects. On receipt of this…