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EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
Britain imposed an embargo on Rhodesian trade. The ban came just two months after Southern Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith,…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
John Koenakeefe Mohl was born in Zeerust in the Noth West province. He began drawing at a very young age and would often get in trouble in school for not…
EventSouth Africa is criticised for its foreign policy and deliberate interference in the SADC region
The third Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and representatives of donor countries and…
EventSouth African Cricketer, Dave Nourse ,is born in England
Arthur William “Dave” Nourse was born in Croydo, England on 26 January 1878. Nourse went to South Africa as a drummer for the West Riding Regiment and decided…
Clip on TRC hearing on the murder of Chris Hani, Part 2
Clip on TRC hearing on the murder of Chris Hani, Part 1
Clip on the assassination of Chris Hani
Clip on Chris Hani addressing SACP rally
Murder Most Horrible
Chris Hani - Day of Mourning Poster
Chris Hani article in NUM News
Notes of a meeting with Chris Hani and Steve Tshwete
Interview with Chris Hani by John Battersby, 21 January 1990
Chris Hani : 1942 - 1993 Hamba Kahle
The demand of the time
Chris Hani - a drawing by a political activist
Article in journal Dawn Souvenir Issue 1986 pages 38 to 39
Letter from Ian Phillips to Chris Hani
Latest in the SAHO archive: 24 January 2013 -6 February 2013
Police Dogs and the Indian Community by The Black Sash, December 1963 - February 1964, Pretoria
Indian Women and Liberation Struggle
Norman Moabi’s resignation letter to Judge Willie Seriti
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
THIS month forty years ago, South Africa learned an important truth which shaped our future – that people without power can challenge those who have it, but…
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
Sixty African National Congress (ANC) refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa's threat of a blockade against that country. A year before…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg, Orange Free State, caved in…
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
David Frost is a South African golfer who turned professional in 1981. In 1983, he had his first professional win. He has won several tournaments throughout…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
At the annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and to…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown. She was one of six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood and…
EventThe Minister of the Interior warns that re-registration of the Post newspapers would be banned
The Minister of Interior informed the Argus Printing and Publishing Company that if it applied for re-registration of the Post newspapers these would be banned…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of Kwa Zulu met President Kaizer Matanzima of Transkei in Tongaat, north of Durban, where they declared they were opposed to the…