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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
Premier of the Western Cape, Ebrahim Rasool, Honourable Minister and Chairperson of the Timbuktu Manuscripts Trust, Essop Pahad, Honourable Minister of Arts…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
AbstractThrough the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has enshrined gender equality within the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism. Flagrantly authoritarian figures like Donald…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land,…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
IntroductionThe 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa. Events that…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
- Prioritising armed struggle, January 1974 - June 1976 A struggle is made up of failures essentially. It’s true. You only win once, and that’s at the end. -…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
The Mughals were a powerful Turkic-Mongol tribe that originated from Central Asia.[1] The Mughal Empire controlled most of Northern India from the 16th to the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source The…
PlaceRwanda
Rwanda is a land-locked Country located in the Eastern part of Africa. People began settling in the area as early as 10.000BCE[i]. After several successive…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
1919 Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa, immigrants from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge of mass political…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
This article was written by Alexandra Larkin and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract This essay sheds…
ANC National Disciplinary Committee, 29 February 2012, Luthuli House, Johannesburg
Public Announcement on the Disciplinary hearings of: FLOYD SHIVAMBU Respondent SINDISO MAGAQA Respondent JULIUS MALEMA Respondent 29 February 2012, Luthuli…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
Mr President, I hope that Ministers Kobie Coetseeand Gerrit Viljoen have informed you that I deeply appreciate your decision in terms of which eight fellow…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
Introduction Introduction Part 1 - Building The National Movement Document 1 - Harry Snitcher , Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943] …
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
The Empire of Mali was one of the largest empires in West African History, and at its height, it spanned from the Atlantic Coast to central parts of the Sahara…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. The formation of the Union of…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
1908 23 April, Abram (Bram) Fischer is born in Orange Free State to an auspicious family that includes Abraham Fischer, Brams grandfather, who was State…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. Also associated with Brahmin class. www.boards…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath In the early months of 1960 the PAC leadership launched…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Peace and Stability, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Noting: 1. That defeating crime is in the best interests of the National Democratic Revolution. 2. That community policing is the best form of policing 3…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
Introduction Nelson's letters reflect the volumes that remain unsaid because of the censorship rules that prescribe and proscribe the thoughts of a prisoner…
PlaceVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
Victoria Falls is known locally as 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', which translates to “The Smoke that Thunders”. This nickname is iconic and discribes the sounds of the…
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
The basis of South African national policy for the last sixty years has been the maintenance of a vast reservoir of cheap African labour for the farms and…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
1890 - 1899 1890 January 13-18, Gandhi took Matriculation examination. January 23-30, Attended Vegetarian Congress at Ventor. February 19, Result of…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Overcoming Adversity from All…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
In the mid-1920s African protest escalated throughout the Transvaal countryside. African labour tenants and farm workers, chafing under poor wages and working…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This 'separateness' put South Africans of different racial groups on their…