SAHO global search
6,480 records
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
Mr. Chairperson, Your Excellency, Distinguished Publishers and Proprietors, Ladies and Gentlemen. Permit me to express my profound appreciation of the…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education The transition from apartheid to democracy, from White…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer The riots broke out in Soweto on June 16, 1976 when police fired on a group of school children…
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
ANC Negotiations Bulletin, No.5, December 1991. Covers period of negotiations. Report of the All-Party Congress preparatory meeting, held 29-30 November 1991.
ArchiveKAGISO remembers June 16
Notice of meeting at Methodist Church, Sunday 16th. White poster with black lettering. Date in red lettering. Words - no peace under apartheid.
Cartoon
Black and white cartoon drawing. No title. Artwork of a black man sitting at a table, holding a microphone, plugged into a radio. Cat underneath the table.
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
Sons and Daughters of Afrika! We of the African National Congress meet once again to review South African and world events; our Congress policy of rights and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
1799-1802 Khoi-San rise up in an unsuccessful but protracted rebellion in the eastern districts of the Cape in what becomes known as the Third War of…
ArchiveAn open letter to the ‘Fakir’ of the “Leader’ and ‘Sadiq Alli’ of the “Graphic”
Strini Moodley examines the writings of journalists in Indian weekly newspapers who show no affiliation or sensitivity to the opressed persons of South Africa.
Address by President Mandela on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Geneva, 19 May 1998
Director-General; Your Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen, Today's auspicious occasion is rich with the ironies of this latter half of the Twentieth…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
Speech originally delivered in Afrikaans Mister Chancellor; Mister Vice-Chancellor; Members of the University; Honoured Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, …
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
On Thursday August 16, 34 striking miners were shot dead by police at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Rustenburg. It is not yet clear why the police were using live…
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
ANC Negotiation Bulletin, No.6, January 1992. Covers period of negotiations. Reports on the first meeting of Codesa, where a Declaration of Intent was adopted…
Prince James Mahlangu is elected as new chief minister of KwaNdebele
Prince James Mahlangu is elected as new chief minister of KwaNdebele after a motion of no confidence in Mr Mabena was passed in the legislative assembly.
ArchiveA possible negotiating concept
Confidential note on a possible negotiating concept. No author but possibly a memorandum submitted to the National Working Committee of the ANC by the…
ArchiveSydafrika invaderar Angola
Black and white poster. Photograph of a man holding up his arms to show that he has no hands. Small photograph of a tank with soldiers on it.
ArchiveMiners strike 84-85
Words "Ours is the labour - management is us - no pit closures". Blue, pink, yellow, black and white poster. Artwork of miners protestingand mines in the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 16 - 1 January 1977 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Monday, December 20 We were all a bit anxious about December 16, supposedly our Black…
ArchiveNational Detainees Day public meeting
A2 litho; red and black on white no image; text: National Detainees Day public meeting March 12, speakers Beyers Naude, Parent, Social worker, child; Free the…
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
ANC Negotiations Bulletin, No.33, July 1993. Covers period of negotiations. Focus on the Draft Constitution. Includes graphic representation of Interim…
Address to the Nation on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 22 July 1985
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in…
The Gambia: 50 years of independence, 20 years of terror by Fatou Diagne (Pambazuka News), 17 March 2015
He claimed to be a different kind of soldier and promised not to hang on to power, and never to install a dictatorship. Who said that power corrupts and that…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in…
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
Oral interview with Ms P Khosa, an art teacher who was residing at R740, Umlazi at the time and place of the interview. Please note that the times are for…
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
The school was founded in 1897 and is the oldest surviving school in Pretoria. The original portion of the building was probably designed by Kraan & Weijers,…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
The Natal Indian Organisation (NIO) was founded on May 4 1947 by A. I. Kajee and others who had left the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). The NIC had grown more…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
After a two week judicial inquest under presiding magistrate Mr. Marthinus Prins, it was found that no particular person could be blamed for the death of Steve…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
After becoming Prime Minister of South Africa in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the head of the South African Police Security Branch. At…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
Padeophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police. Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his…