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Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… membership alter our understanding of the more general history of which it is party? For Stephen Ellis it suggests … in the latter camp and under his…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… according to these categories, it is impossible to write a history of South Africa without using racial labels. The … well-known today but also played an…
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… On 12 September 2008 South Africa nominated Minty for the post of Director-General of the International Atomic Energy …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… English at the Government College Umuahia. He took up a post as a Civil Administrator during the Nigerian Civil War …
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… from a shortage of water.Consequently he relocated the post to a new site closer to the river, about a kilometre …
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… Veterinary laboratory, she had to record in detail the post mortem appearance of various animal diseases and …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… South African Indians through them," says the statement. Diary of India visit New Delhi: Dr Y.M. Dadoo and Dr G.M. … as human beings, states a report in the…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… Hani matriculatess at Lovedale with English, Xhosa, Latin, History, Mathematics and Hygiene as his final subjects. 28 … able to carry out his official duties…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… of the University gave him a choice: either he accepts the post or he leaves the university. He was given until the end … The Bloemfontein conference was a…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… and P. van der Spuy. People of the Western Cape, A History for Schools . Cape Town, Juta, 2003. Beinart, William … 1987. Bonner, Philip and Noor Nieftagodien…
EventBelgium annexes the Congo Free State
… and Portuguese had been relatively successful in their colonial expeditions. Belgium, on the other hand, had been …
PlacePhillipton
… in 1828, antagonised both Dutch settlers and British colonial administrators. Philipton's first missionary was …
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… and heemraden when they were abolished by the British colonial government. In 1846 the government sold the Drostdy …
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… culture' or 'Coloured culture,' for instance? Throughout history, various people and institutions have attempted to … a cave dwelling or anything important…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… in Songhai Trade significantly influenced the course of history in West Africa. The wealth made through trade was … and for their “middleman” skills in…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… the fact that a people who lost their independence to a colonial Power in 1884 and who were cast in the fascist grip … stability, peace and progress by…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… the fact that a people who lost their independence to a colonial Power in 1884 and who were cast in the fascist grip … stability, peace and progress by…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… Official housing policy From the earliest years of colonial government, it was customary to keep the housing of … powerful force of change was beginning to…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… word ‘Africa’ are contentious, but there is much about its history that is known. We know that the word ‘Africa’ was … as Libya. Image source: www.mlahanas…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… emerged. Also see: National Senior Certificate Grd 12, History Paper 1, November 2014 and National Senior Certificate Grd 12, History Paper 2, November 2014 …
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… 18 banned groups. In 1971 she completed her first year of post-secondary education at the University of Natal. However … positions in various organizations” …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… committee member of the SACP, MK Chief of Staff and post apartheid’s first Minister of Housing is born in …
Claremont Histories
… exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015 Harfield Village Carnival. … memories and stories from a lost community…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… the “#MeToo” hashtag by encouraging those who saw the post to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse … into one of the largest protests in…
PlaceOudekraal Beach, Bakoven
… it was a refuge for slaves who had escaped from the colonial authorities and their masters. Among them were … it was a refuge for slaves who had escaped from…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… of World Christianity at Union Theological Seminary, a post which was to continue for one year. I made contact very … not even attend a church service. A so…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… of World Christianity at Union Theological Seminary, a post which was to continue for one year. I made contact very … not even attend a church service. A so…
The Sweet Workers’ Union
… Burford admitted to things going back to their old ways post-strike. However, certain cooperative behaviours …
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … to an anti-Asiatic agitation on an organized scale and the…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… Helen, Women, Gender and Colonialism: Rethinking the History of the British Cape Colony and its Frontier Zones c. 1806-1870 , Journal of African History,…