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ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… Who were the hunter-gatherers? Many societies all over the world survived by hunting and gathering for most of the last 100 000 years. In southern Africa the…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… 2004 The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) organised a ‘No Land, No Vote’ campaign to coincide with the 2004 South African General Elections . [1] The…
ArticleActivity: Human evolution
… by formulating arguments based on evidence from the sources in a debate and by producing pieces of historical … where available and appropriate Evolution a…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… his parent's home in Rockey Street, Johannesburg . He is the darkest complexioned middle child in a Coloured family of … her dislike of him because of his…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… see, in die eiland stemertjie every time they incurred the wrath of their insatiable masters. As island-prison you were too small to hold Autshumato …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT . 1958. The Art of Africa . Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian . Undated. The Popular Art of Africa …
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was an ultra-right … Eugene Terreblanche , that first came into prominence in the 1970s. It aimed to create a Boer…
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 …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… outside of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, destroyed the homes and property of suspected undocumented migrants and marched the individuals down to the local…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 5: Colonial expansion in South Africa after 1750
… In this topic we study the impact that British colonisation of the Cape and Natal had on the people that were living there. We focus on the Khoikhoi, …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 4: World War I (1914 - 1918)
… This major event came to be known as the Great War which was the first war to be fought along modern industrial lines and it lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… WEBSITE FEEDBACK SEND US AN EMAIL WITH YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE SITE... This page is dedicated to your feedback about our website. We have received numerous…
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 for … in a student…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… Hugh Masekela is recognized as one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time from … his role in spreading awareness about his country during…
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… Siphiwe Nyanda tells his parents about his plan to leave the country. February, Jacob Zuma came back from Swaziland to … has people he would like to be…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… As population in the freehold townships swelled, overcrowding and rack renting became the order of the day. Black property owners in Sophiatown were…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… by hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The women usually gathered food while the men hunted. Source: museums.ncl.ac.uk The Iron Age Before…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… Background Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day … are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… in Southern Africa 1. What is herding? 2. Who were the first herders in southern Africa? 3. By what other … herders? 4. Where did they come…
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… It can be concluded that the death of Biko left a vacuum similar to the one created by the banning of the ANC and the PAC after Sharpeville. On the …
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… workers that transcended barriers of colour and class. In the late 1920s and 1930s, most of the tailors and dressmakers in South Africa had come from … a…
ArticleTransport on water
… Transport on water Ships and boats are as old as the desire to travel over and across water, and to fish. … with a setting pole. Others might have sails, so…
ArticleBalfour Declaration
… At the Imperial Conference in London in 1926, Hertzog (with … India) decided to form a committee to discuss and clarify the status of dominions. They would…
Schlebusch Commission
… In 1973, the Government appointed a select committee of parliament, the Schlebusch Commission, to investigate the objects, organisation, financing and…
Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC)
… NAPAC was founded on 25 July 1963 under Chris Lombard as the first director. The first office premises were two small offices in Acutt Street, Durban. They…
Lerato Maduna
… Soweto in 1985. Studied various courses in photography at The Market Photo Workshop including the yearlong Photojournalism and Documentary Programme(PDP) in…
ArticleGreater St. Lucia Wetland
… The Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park is South Africa's first … park. It stretches from Mapelane, or Cape St. Lucia, in the South to Kozi Bay in the North. The…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from the USA, where Black American women were moved by the problems faced by Black South African women…
Fictional Cape Town
… South Africa, thanks to the 2010 World Cup, has been topical lately. But what I have … companies selling everything from chewing gum to yoghurt (the…
ArticleHostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
… The idea of forming an association was discussed in the Nyanga hostel. The discussion were given impetus by the 1981 decision by the …