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Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Magubane, Peter. 1960. "Sharpeville Massacre." BAHA. Baileys African History Archive. Sharpeville, … Mbete Magubane, Peter. 1960. "Sharpeville Massacre."…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… opposite the Sharpeville police station. (Photograph © BAHA) Much of the art produced during Apartheid that in some …
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life Struggle', Ravan …
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition is a national competition that has taken place annually since 2006. Each year it is open to secondary school…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
Amphitheatre Stadium Area of Masakeng* Area of Mochanaeng* Arthur Ashe Bara Hospital* Beerhalls Blue Fountain Diepkloof Convent* Diepkloof…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
Shamar Abduraghman Maduna Abednego Chiloane Abel Sibene Abishayi Mkhonza Abner …
List of Speakers: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa conference
Name OrganisationAyanda Dlodlo Barry GilderMISTRADumiso Dabengwa ZAPUGraca Machel TBC Janet CherryUniversity of the Western…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history, being a day of commemoration and celebration of the…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng) areas. This was the first…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
With the ANC now legal, mass demands were made for a constitutional assembly to create a new non-racial, democratic, and unitary South Africa. The UDF had…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
The Mali Empire (c. 1235-1600 CE)At its height, the Mali Empire stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
Before the establishment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA), there were many controversial and unequal positions regarding the…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
Vasco da Gama carried out 2 expeditions between 1497 and 1502. This feature focuses on the first, as it was during this expedition that Vasco da Gama's crew…
ArticleAreas indentured Indians came from
Finding the area ones ancestors came from is a daunting task. To assist the searcher, the table below has been created. The table distinguishes between the…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
The Pondo people fiercely resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and re-engineer Pondoland and to co-opt their Chiefs. Violence…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… 13 March, Members of APLA attack worshippers at the Baha'i Faith Mission at NU2 resulting in the death of …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… the shock of the event. © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA). Image source Early in 1960 both the ANC and PAC …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
Introduction The Tricameral Parliament, a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
Introduction A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British…
Indian Community
2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
South Africa, Johannesburg, Poert Mzwakhe Mbuli, UDF concert 1989 The State of Emergency's continued bannings and repression only led to reveal the fact that…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
1700 The first "placaat" (ordinance or statute) restricting the importation of Asian slaves is promulgated. Dlamini chiefdoms move south from Delagoa Bay…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in June 1979 as a national organization to represent the interests of Black school students in…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
This timeline is NOT complete. Any omissions are unintentional as this timeline is a work in progress that will be added to over time. Please click on the…
ArticleSita’s story
My Childhood at Phoenix Settlement I was born on 19th of October 1928 on my grandfather’s farm, which was fifteen miles away from the city, and in those days…
Pedi
[baPedi – People and sePedi – Language] The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by abolitionists like Granville Scott and William Wilberforce,[i] for the…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
In the 1980s the National Party witnessed a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and instituted apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being…