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ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
This article was written by Jarvis Pruitt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project In order to stand up straight,…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
The passive resistance campaigns led by MK Gandhi in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in…
References and links: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
Documents, and articles pertaining to National Party
Cape Town Mayors and other city officials
Cape Town Civic and Community Organisations, 1980s
Articles and documents pertaining to Yusuf Dadoo
Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa,
All My Life and All My Strength
Documents, and articles relating to Thami Mnyele
Thembisile Chris Hani References and further readings
Building Construction And Allied Workers Union (BCAWU)
The introduction of new administration and laws
References and links: Organisation of African societies
Articles and documents pertaining to Sicelo Shiceka
An Educational Tool for educators and learners
How and why did the Holocaust happen?
Books, publications and documents relating to Afrapix
Focus on decolonisation and challenges in Ghana
References and further reading pertaining to SACTU
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Documents, Articles and Papers
All our archival material on this subject are found here:Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) Archive
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 official languages. September is since…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
- This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a name that has been left out, please email SAHO Niel Barnard [SA Government, replaced Fanie…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individuals of various broadly leftist political…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
The birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa necessitated a critical review of the system of National Orders. The previous system…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh and cry, who love and hate, who enjoy…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
South Africa's racial policy and the UNOSouth Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for the first time in 1946 by India regarding…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
Since the early 1990s, June 16, now known as Youth Day, has been remembered, commemorated, and memorialised as public history. There have been different ways…