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ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and the second natural heritage. Cultural sites Cultural heritage … This exchange…
Activity: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… For the student Discussion Questions Who was the founder of the Mali Empire? Which city was considered a centre of …
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… Thembinkosi Goniwe and Riason Naidoo has awarded the following photographers with a prize of R20 000.00 Chris … , Sabelo Mlangeni, Men only , Jabulani…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South … History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal …
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South … History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal …
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the…
Glossary: Transport through time
… When we talk about ancient times, we usually talk about the period before Christ and before the fall of Rome in the year 476. Archaeologist Somebody who…
ArticleMads Nørgaard
… he emerged top of his class. Whether he is documenting the opening of parliament or the night train to Khayelitsha, the inevitable awkwardness that comes…
ArticleEarly civilisations
… In various parts of the world, different civilizations arose. Many of these major … of these civilizations may be found in Africa, Asia and the Americas. The…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… wealthy from diamond mining, set his ambitions north of the Limpopo and tricked Lobengula, the King of the Ndebele into handing over his land. Ndebele…
Grade 8 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. The French Revolution: On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women … and to make them fully…
Glossary: Local History
… Account A record or description of past events. Archaeology The study of pre-historic people and their culture. Banished … Colonialist Someone who believes…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… over time and how many forms of communication have stayed the same. We first learn about the oldest forms of communication, using the San people as an…
Assessment task: Fascism and Nazism
… (Deutsches Historisches Museum) Question 1: Refer to the photographs of Hitler in Source A. These photographs were used in anti-Hitler propaganda leaflets…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was the first South African trade union federation that organised … Black trade union movements. It…
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… 1971 Closure of The Classic , by Nat Nakasa , editor. Publication of ‘ Sounds … is published,illustrated with his own woodcuts. 1974 The Writer’s and Artist…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations … among various political parties,…
Glossary: Learning from Leaders
… certain goal. Character Strong personal qualities such as the ability to deal with difficult or dangerous situations. … A prison camp for civilians (those…
ArticleInqaba ya basebenzi
… Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for national…
Indian South Africans timeline 1990-1999
… nine others but granted indemnity from prosecution. When the South African Communist Party (SACP) was relaunched as a legal body on 29 July 1990, Nair was…
ArticleAfricanist News and Views (1968-1973)
… Africanist News and Views, published by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania (South Africa), expressed the Pan-Africanist viewpoint in the struggle…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 3: Transport through time
… in all its forms, namely; land, water and air. It looks at the earliest to the most modern forms of transport. The focus in the classroom should be on how…
Grade 9 Archive
… features classroom material that is no longer required in the curriculum. Human rights issues during and after World War II: When reading about the Holocaust…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project
… with McGill and Southern Methodist Universities. The project involved students undertaking individual … with SAHO researchers who supported this project. …
CAPS Grade 4: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… One term/15 hours This content must be integrated with the historical aims and skills and the associated concepts listed in Section 2 Background information:…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… I was born on the 11th of September 1965. I grew up in Johannesburg in an Afrikaans family. I went to the University Of Pretoria where I obtained a BA Degree…
Provincial government and symbols
… Go to the places section of the SAHO site, and read about the South Africa’s nine provinces. Also visit SAHO feature on …
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way out of town, on … and attractive. He bought 237 acres of…
ArticleDISA Archive
… a freely accessible online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during the…