SAHO global search
567 records
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… Grade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… General South African History Timeline: 1940s …
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… The 1940s opened with the devastating Second World War in full … areas were living below the bread line. Politically, the 1940s were also ‘schizophrenic' …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… 1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps … earlier in the 1930s, others claim it was later than the 1940s. 1959 In Kinshasa, Democratic…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s …
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been emphasised by both Cheryl Walker and Tom … ‘“We First for Food”: Women and the Food Crisis…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more inclined to action than passive deputation, but very little was…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
GRADE 12 Topic 3: Civil society protests 1950s to 1970s Online Resource: http://learn.mindset.co.za/resources/history/grade-12/civil-society-protests-1950s…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to neutralise political dissent was the State of Emergency (SOE). In periods when the government…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world. Therefore, what…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
The independence of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zuma recalls that when Angola and…
ArticleHow uhuru was realised in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
The early 1980s There was little change in the situation from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the crisis of the early and mid-70s,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more … Two significant developments took place in the ANC in the 1940s: for the first time women…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
During the early 1960s, civil society was disempowered and social movements were repressed. Although the capacity for social movements to impose change…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were still virtually restricted to the home, migrant labour had already begun to forge…
1980s: Women organise
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
Marcus Garvey, preaching the unity of all blacks, claimed that liberty would come about only through the return of all Afro-Americans to their ancestral homes…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
Teachers and learners should note that there are many links on this site which deal with the depth and breadth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… The 1940s were characterised by changes that had a profound …
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the 1960s and the 1980s South Africa was ruled by the National Party. The NP…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
A turning point in the struggle against apartheid came about in the 1960s. This change was the result of combined elements, including the formation of the PAC,…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… by the 1920s (and the increased rapidly in the 1930s and 1940s), with women such as Ray Alexander , Hetty McLeod, …
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
The Day Our Kids Lost Faith. 1976. © Bailey's African History Archives During the 1970s, and particularly in the late 1970s after the Soweto uprising of 1976,…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both announced plans to tackle the pass laws for…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
Introduction It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s…