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ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the…
ArchiveSpeech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
… was struggling to be born amidst the death throes of the colonial and apartheid order. And we grieved with all who … to found SADC. This monument is a…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… weaponry. Questions I will pose include; how has the colonial state employed photographic imagery to construct and … 14 Photographs have an intimate…
Work and education
… girls, more girls matriculate than boys. Higher Education Women students have been the majority at universities since … technikons. Although there has since…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… National Congress (ANC), was formed in order to challenge colonial domination and oppression on this premise. After the … documents of the ANC, notably:…
PlaceNqamakwe
… missionaries. Realising the need for an education in the colonial economy they were now attempting to enter, they … ways of life, with the men herding cattle…
PlaceCabo Verde
… and African fishermen has only been related through oral history, and remains a part of the mythological stories of … could be considered as the starting…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… brutality. Against this backdrop, we briefly chart the pre-history of the clash between wilful states, market logics, … they were groomed to maintain. Fast…
’UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!’
… BY THE GUN! The gun has played an important part in our history. The resistance of the black man to white colonial intrusion was crushed by the gun. Our…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… at the RDM until 1980. Sam Haskins book, Silver Images: A history of photography in South Africa , by Dr A. Bensusan , is published by Howard Timmins. Silver…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… that Mandela had affairs or relations with other women. One such reference was with the secretary of the law …
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… was of marginal significance especially after only white women were enfranchised in 1930. While he had little success …
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… were not so good, the location was very convenient. The Colonial Office received the deputation with distinct … Gumede on his visit to England in 1907…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… they could be tied onto the backs of the cattle." From History Alive Std S by J.Nisbet et al, p 114 ”¦cattle are a … When possible, the men killed wild…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… and settler-communities on the other. Generations of history-writers and -teachers have with only a few exceptions … to be made to revisit and probably…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… Britain would facilitate change in South Africa and in the colonial world. Ismail and Ellen Mohamed in London in 1959, …
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… was of marginal significance especially after only white women were enfranchised in 1930. While he had little success …
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… 1928 by Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs , this was a union of women factory workers that transcended barriers of colour and … of the Transvaal Garment Workers…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… at South African universities. He warns that colonial and racial discourses (and we can add patriarchy) … academics. Despite the presence of many more black…
Safety and security issues
… to female members of the family, statistics show that women are most affected by this form of violence. In many domestic violence cases women and girls are…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… will influence how the society develops. In South African history there has always been the fight for ownership of land … families were disrupted farms were…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… GUIDE: Southern Africa hunter gatherers learnt from oral history/storytelling and archaeological research. 1. Have … also know which plants to use as…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… began on 17 June 1959, when a demonstration of African women forced their way into a beer hall, destroying beer and … utensils and beating men who were…
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 … evolving and adapting to the shifting…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… expanding, aggressive and self -confident. In short the colonial history of the Cape of Good Hope from its first occupation in …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… Freedom, a memoir. 1955 Abrahams is sent to Jamaica by the Colonial Office to write a popular history of the Island. 1956 A Wreath for Udomo is published, …
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… and did not try to control land in the interior. As the colonial trade became more competitive, trading stations grew … of settlement. Colonies of settlement…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… 29, Leads deputation to Sir John Robinson, Premier and Colonial Secretary, Colony of Natal July 1, Writes circular … Gandhi advised the people to send a…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… ● Federation of South African Women The Defiance Campaign of 1952 would catapult the ANC Women’s League into a new era of action and multi-party … of those…
The Sweet Workers’ Union
… Union (SWU) originated as an offshoot of the short-lived Women Workers’ Union, founded by Fanny Klenerman in the … Sweet workers were divided equally between…