SAHO global search
779 records
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… invasion of the Transvaal from Bechuanaland (present day Botswana), by Dr Leander Starr Jameson . Rhodes wanted to … and armed forces crossed the border from…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… months. 24 July, Mandela returned to South Africa through Botswana and drove to Liliesleaf Farm . The ANC’s working … is banned. October, ANC conference…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… Anglo American had a controlling interest in mines in Botswana and Zambia. 1987 250,000 African mineworkers strike …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… South African Student Press Union, anti-apartheid, exile, Botswana, South African News Agency (SANA), Solidarity News … of prison. Heinz Klug fled apartheid…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… in Durban. October, ANC conference takes place in Lobatsi, Botswana. Chief Albert Luthuli is appointed rector by the … February, Michael Dingake leaves…
Mission Stations - I-L
… , also known as INHAMAXAFO , Mocambique: FMA 1921 INYATI , Botswana, but may have been in Zimbabwe: LMS 1860 INYATI , Zimbabwe, but may have been in Botswana…
ArchiveLetter from O Menyatso to Messrs Makiwane and Nkobi
… Letter from O Menyatso of the Botswana National Front to Messrs Makiwane and Nkobi regarding letters sent to the Botswana National Front by the ANC. States…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… Africa disputed compensation claims from the government of Botswana for damages caused by the July 1985 South African Defence Force raid on Gaborone, capital…
EventSeretse Khama is born
… in the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, now known as Botswana. He studied in South Africa and graduated from Fort … In 1966, he became the first…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… Head left South Africa on an exit permit and settled in Botswana. She was a refugee in Botswana for 15 years. Head was granted citizenship in Botswana in…
ArticleSALDRU Newspaper Clippings Archive 1974 - 2000
… Group Areas Act Health & Disease Homelands Angola General Botswana General Industrial General IR Workers Organizations …
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… Front (Mozambique), Angolan Front and the Western Front (Botswana) opened vital avenues for the infiltration of cadres … penetration into South Africa by…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… of them maintained contact with the ANC leadership in Botswana . The cell’s main activity was to help ANC members … Diseko was one of these new recruits who…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… person,” for fifteen years until she became a citizen in Botswana in 1979. She was reported to have left South Africa … of her marriage, the economic lure of…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… in 2010. Following Malema and the ANCYL’s attack on the Botswana government, he (and other leaders) were expelled …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… support. After he crossed the border into Bechuanaland (Botswana), Chief Albert Luthuli publicly burned his pass. The … as he crossed the border the next day…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… the role of the king, presidents from South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe spearheaded diplomatic efforts to … President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe and Quett…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Gabon at Odi Stadium
… Following a win over Botswana national team in a Cosafa Castle Cup earlier, Bafana … players who were missing in the match against Botswana were recalled…
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near the border of Zambia and Botswana. The operation became know as the Wankie Campaign. … guerrillas were killed or captured by…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee was born in Moruleng, … Krugersdorp in the east to Supingstad…
EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… academic, African National Congress (ANC) politician, and Botswana's first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, … , died in Washington, USA. He was…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… two warships to Maputo. 6 April, The Heads of State of Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland meet in Mbabane, … launch a cross border raid on ANC…
EventGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban
… her secondary schooling at Gaborone Secondary School in Botswana. She obtained a BA in History and English from the University of Botswana in 1977, later…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… with my wife Shirley via Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) and Tanzania to England. These personal memoirs …
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… rhyming with high), near the border between Namibia and Botswana. The !Kung were able to continue their ancient way …
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1976 Soweto riots 1978 8 January, his wife Foszia visits Botswana, and is searched and harassed at the border; …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… African National Congress’ (ANC) underground machinery in Botswana and as a member of the Regional Political Military … border. In 1983, Gilder began by…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… Following the 1982 Culture and Resistance conference in Botswana a new identity was adopted as a reflection of …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… NJ, African World Press, 1991. Denbow, James. Uncovering Botswana’s Past . Gabarone, The National Museum, n.d. Fage, …