SAHO global search
8,212 records
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… India Company fleet of England , rounds the Cape again on his way to the East. 1602 20 March , The Vereenigde Landsche … (Herry) asks passing sailors to…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… consciousness after fainting, he was afraid to open his eyes for fear of being beaten again.”18 Despite pleas for … reportedly presented a warder with…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… areas. Yet it is striking that Gumede was allowed to voice his protests at numerous political rallies. This phenomenon … on the historical developments and…
PlaceTranskei
… " cattle killing " led to the starvation, and ultimate death of some 70 000 Xhosa people. In a brief period of 6 … politics of the homeland. Although chief…
The diary of Maria Tholo - November 2 - December 1 by Carol Hermer
… was so cross. She was telling me how much Jeff had enjoyed his trip to the Transkei while she was panicking about him … wanted him to know. After all, she…
Mission Stations - A-F
… this with fortitude. He took the precaution to cover in his house with a terrace, instead of an ordinary roof, in order to be safe from fire, and to secure a…
Opening Statement at the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, 16 June, 1985
… these excellent conditions, thanks to a decision taken by His Excellency Comrade President Kenneth Kaunda and the … moment we should extend our heartfelt…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… first president. The same aircraft which had bombed his followers in neighbouring states did a fly-past to honour … And next to the new president stood one…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… Missionary Society in Southern Africa, in building up his reputation as the "defender" first of the Khoikhoin and … Acts was imprisonment without trial, or…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… justice with slogans such as “Enough is enough” and “Death penalty” (for the accused). What was even more … shock-waves across South Africa. [11] The…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… Island , Diedericks stepped in and helped take care of his son. She did this for many other families. In 2014, …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1869-1948
… if the events. This timeline covers the major events of his life and his struggle. …
A new total strategy emerges July 1990 -June 1991
… the HRC has become aware of 2 major effects. Firstly, death and injury caused to the community primarily in the … in activities falling outside the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… All were members of the African National Congress. The death of Xolo came after a series of killings and arson. …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… typhoid fever, diphtheria and dysentery resulted in the death of 1 in every 5 people. 26 370 Boer women and children …
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… miners were suffocated by methane gas and crushed to death by rockfall. No machine capable of drilling holes large …
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… hypocrisy and no more than cheap politicking on life-and-death issues. Buthelezi's statement came out despite the four …
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
… fathers of our continental organisation. Prior to that his vision of a liberated Africa had led him to establish … PAFMECSA - the forerunner to the present…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… acres of land, laid out the streets, and named them after his children and family - Edith, Gerty, Bertha, Toby, Sol - and called the suburb-to-be Sophiatown…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… Leopold ideas reflected the racist ideas of most of his European counterparts at the time. He thought that Africa was "stagnant, primitive and dark", and…
The Legal Veneer
… a State of Emergency in part or all of South Africa, if in his opinion 'it appears that circumstances have arisen which … in the country was by no means…
ArticleKey sites
… was one of Nelson Mandela’s favourite restaurants before his incarceration in jail. Kapitan Balcony Hotel closed in … W. MacDonald was paid a salary of 25…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… executions. Under the democratic dispensation, the death penalty was completely abolished, bringing an end to a …
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne following the death of her half-sister, Mary. The Queen of England, who was …
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… ties with Moscow. In the entire discourse on the death of Lumumba, the role of the United Nations is seldom …
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… of African National Congress(ANC) members sentenced to death, and mobilised support for their families, as well as …
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… was then forced to eat their oxen and walk back, or face death. They eventually returned to the Cape on 22 January …
Event18 mineworkers die in Carletonville
… Another corpse was found later, bringing the total death toll to nineteen. The explosion did not disrupt mining, …
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… conditions, malnutrition, diseases and in many instances, death. The scorched earth policy had been implemented by …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… children and 1 676 elderly men, died in these camps. The death toll in Black concentration camps, housing Africans who …