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ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… was one of the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events, from … and progressive artistic community. The…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… our article ‘ Defining culture, heritage and identity .' History of Heritage Day In KwaZulu-Natal, 24 September has … of National Heritage Day (article)…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 79 … bring big changes in the life of the…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… port. The nine-day evacuation, the largest of its kind in history and an unexpected success, saved 338,000 Allied … provided air cover and escorts for…
Commemorating the 55th death anniversary of Suliman Saloojee
… was a legal clerk and a member of the renowned Transvaal Indian Congress and the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. He was also a prominent member of the …
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… was that it attempted to do what was never done in the history of South Africa, that is, to allow ordinary people, … composed of the principal political…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… the Cape. Muslim traders dominated the spice trade in the Indian Ocean in the medieval period. They shipped spices … the British and the French who also had…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… tribes Most politically conscious Blacks, Coloureds and Indian groups in South Africa believed that the defeat of the … franchise would be extended…
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 …
’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 … be vigorously repulsed. Our people -…
PlaceBelmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
… The History of the Mount Nelson Hotel is intertwined with the early History of the Cape. The estate on which the Hotel is built … hot berry compote served…
Chronology
… October , G.M. Naicker takes over leadership of the Natal Indian Congress 1946 Asian Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act Death of the J.L. Dube, Chief…
ArticleContemporary South African Artists
… the month of August 2016, in honor of women, South Africa History Online (SAHO) began collaborating with Artthrob in an …
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… like the African People's Organisation (APO) and the Natal Indian Congress, exclusivity along the lines of colour were …
ArchiveThis violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019
… In mid-January of that year a single incident between an Indian shopkeeper and a young African man sparked days of …
PlaceZimbali Coastal Resort, Ballito
… is a place where miles of deserted Beaches divide the warm Indian Ocean and the lush Coastal Vegetation. A place where … a unique experience where one can…
EventRylands Civic Association collectively rejects the proposed move to remove non
… to take in relation with the matter. The Coloured and Indian people in the Cape Province were only permitted to a … Hall, the Chairman of the association…
Grade 9 Archive
… it is important to avoid simple answers to complex history. The Holocaust raises difficult questions about human …
Cecile Mella
… in the south of France in 1983. After studying literature, history and philosophy, she switched to film studies and …
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… Johannesburg suburb of Fordsburg in the mid-1970s, when Indian traders from the vibrant 14th Street shopping precinct … 360 shops selling a wide variety of…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… ↵ [iv] http://www.polokwanecity.co.za/history-of-zion-christian-church-zcc/ ↵ [v] … ↵ [vi] www.sowetanlive.co.za/goodlife/2012/07/31/history-of-zion…
ArticleThe Nile river and its influence on settlement
… of Egyptian civilization, that we cannot separate the history of Egypt from its geography and other natural … that would otherwise be arid desert. Since…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… Vuren, Lani. “Buchuberg: Built on the Backs of Men”, Water History, (Vol 8), (No. 2), (2009), 27. ↵ [9]Van Vuren, Lani. “Buchuberg: Built on the Backs of Men…
South African and World leaders
… South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich history. Many different cultures and communities live side by … Gandhi is possibly the most…
PlaceBreede River Valley, Route 62
… near Ceres and flows through the Valley on route to; the Indian Ocean . This River serves as the main water source, … Pass and on through the Breede River…
PlaceLamu, Kenya
… a Port, City, an Island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately, 150 miles from Mombasa . Lamu Old … were the largest traditional wind…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… in the country, if not in the world, founding the Natal Indian Congress in 1894. The African People's Organisation … of Natal. That march evoked a massive…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… public by tracing it within the country’s publication history. Publication history includes texts that were published, the presses that … but also includes…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
… to distinguish analytically between them. In South African history a number of groups with varying cultures have come … preserve traditional cultures,…