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PlaceRosebank, Johannesburg
Situated in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rosebank is a vibrant multi-cultural district, business node and tourist attraction. Rosebank is one of a kind in that…
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
The Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Although South Africa was no longer a British colony, it was not an independent country either. Its…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
27 April commemorates the day in 1994 when the first democratic election was held in South Africa. Today, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
19317 October, Desmond Mpilo Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, in the then Transvaal province of South Africa.1961Desmond Tutu is ordained as a minister in the…
ArchiveANC galan: musik mot apartheid
White poster with black and grey lettering and drawing of a man with a stick holding another man around the neck. Notice of a concert on the 16-17 November, in…
ArchiveFrench cartoon
White cartoon poster by Wolinski, with black lettering and artwork. Drawing of a man wearing a T-shirt with words 42 Congres de la CGT, standing behind a man…
EventProf. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg
Raymond Dart was born in Queensland Australia in 1893. One of nine siblings, he grew up on a farm herding cattle. He won a scholarship to study at the…
ArchiveNCKPA
Blue, red and white poster. Artwork of a white star with a mans head on it in red.
ArticleHighlights for 2013
South African History Online believes that history is made every day and to that effect we have compiled what we feel are the key historical events of 2013. We…
Pretoria Socialist Society
The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, At a time when in many respects our country is passing…
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
Many of the obituaries of F.W. de Klerk were rather bad-tempered and some were downright spiteful. It seemed to stick in the throat of many people to have to…
PlaceOviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
The Oviston Nature Reserve lies is on the, Southern side of the Gariep Dam. The Reserve has an Area of 16 000 Hectares. This Dam, which is the largest Dam in…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise, Deputy Speaker of the National…
Jonas Gwangwa and Shakawe with Dennis Mpale
Brown, black and white poster. Artwork of a man blowing a trumpet and a man holding a saxophone. Notwane Football Club welcomes the Power Dynamos of Kitwe,…
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.1 1970
CONTENTS Why Read Bosman, John Vear. Poem, Laurence Lerner. Diary of a Man Reading Spenser, Peter Strauss. Two Poems, Doug Livingstone. The Man Behind the…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
Written by: FRANCO FRESCURA The exploitation of convict labour at the Cape during the Colonial era is closely connected with the work of John Montagu,…
ArchiveGlenmore pensions
Six summary cases of Glenmore residents who for many years have been unable to access their pension grants
PlaceHatfield Street 139, Gardens
Declared a Provinsial Heritage Site, like so many of the lovely old houses on Hatfield Street, in Cape Town!
ArchiveCreating a culture of debate
Article about political intolerance that has gripped many townships, published in Work in Progress, volume 73, March/April, 1991.
PlaceEgyptian Building, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 May 1969.... It contains a large libary and many rescources!
EventJeff Radebe is born
Jeffrey Thamsanqa (Jeff) Radebe, SA Minister of Transport (2004), was born in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).
PlaceSomalia
Somalia is the Eastern most Country on mainland Africa, situated at the tip of the Horn of Africa. It extends from just south of the Equator northward to the…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
By 1985 the struggle for democracy in South Africa had intensified, and the country found itself on the brink of a potentially devastating civil war. The…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Six months later, in August 1958, we came to trial. The government wanted us out of Johannesburg this time, to…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
Compatriots: Today we mark the 86th anniversary of the people's organisation, the African National Congress. As in previous years, we take advantage of this…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
Sol T Plaatje’s ground-breaking work Native Life in South Africa was published 100 years ago in 1916. Janet Remmington, Brian Willan and Bhekizizwe Peterson…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
Claremont, a Suburb in Cape Town, is situated North of Kenilworth, East of Bishopscourt and South of Newlands in the Western Cape Province. The name is French…
![”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/field/archiveimages/social_conditions_among_bantu_women_and_girls.jpg?itok=-8M0Ng6G)
Archive”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]
In speaking of Bantu women in urban areas, the first thing to be considered is the Home, around which and in which the whole activity of family life circulates…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaAn industrial revolution was affecting the lives of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or…
ArchiveDon listen to the evil talk of the troublema
Cream poster with light brown lettering. Artwork on left hand side with first half of title, showing man with snakes coming out of his mouth and boys listening…