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PlaceSomalia
… 19th century. In 1843 Yusuf Mahamud, Sultan of Geledi, led his forces to the religious settlement of Bardera Jama’a, … Mahamud was killed in a confrontation…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
… imposed by the whites. The black man is taught to reject his own skin and hair, to experience his own body as inferior. At school the child is given a … if…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… KwaZulu-Natal. Hodgson went a step further by linking the death of Mfunzelwa Nglongo (IFP Member of Parliament in … Nglongo were going to find ways and means…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… This is the obituary of Hermanus Loots, better known by his nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities … executed. In February 1984 Tambo sent…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… Rhodes already extremely wealthy from diamond mining, set his ambitions north of the Limpopo and tricked Lobengula, the King of the Ndebele into handing over…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… offence, July 21, 1952 Your Worship has just pronounced his verdict in a case in which I and fifty-one other … Government [Governor-General] with unbridled…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… next two days. By the end of February 1977 the official death toll stood at 575 - 75 coloured, 2 white, 2 Indian AND … land and would not easily join those…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… next two days. By the end of February 1977 the official death toll stood at 575 - 75 coloured, 2 white, 2 Indian AND … land and would not easily join those…
Document Center at UKZN. “Burning of the Passes” from the collection of Ela Gandhi, MP. Assention no. 1889-23
… also wrote to Sir George Farrar, as he considered it his duty to lay before the Leader of the Opposition the gravity of the situation and to set out his…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… Works Amendment Act No 27 of 1956 Albert Luthuli starts his education at the Groutville School 3 January, The … mine after one of their fellow-workers is…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… Bernstein who was present at that first meeting, noted in his autobiography that as he listened to Professor Z.K. Matthews expounding his ideas, “a small…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
… Last updated: July 2008 Patric Tariq Mellet has written his own biography for the SAHO archive. This memoir speaks of … of a black man, the son of an African…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… boycotts, etc... Molefe now discloses that behind his call lay much clandestine discussion. There had been an … in 1981 to about 39, while it suffered the…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… Libya received arrest warrants for Gadaffi and two of his upper-echelon leaders. Following the death of Gadaffi, Libya conflicted with the ICC over where ……
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… the latter day Gandhi Square. At the time of Babla's death I don't think John Vorster Square existed. Regards, … pretoria state prison where Robert Mcbride…
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
… became hugely popular for giving rides to children. But his was a tale of tragedy. The summer of 1913/14 was … had an effect, Bob turned rogue and took the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… , is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . The award recognised his unifying role in the fight against apartheid. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee made specific…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined … “At that stage nobody had really taken…
Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… They have, as yet, not attained their freedom from fear of death that would be brought about by the use of weapons of … violent strife on our Continent. We…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Bartholomew Diaz, a Portuguese explorer on his sail around the southernmost part of Africa, visits the … and Walvis Bay. Klaas Afrikaner…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… (the Table Cape) on account of its shape. 1510 1 March, On his way back to Portugal the Viceroy of Portuguese India, … An English admiral, Francis Drake,…
Tsonga
… have collected around a chief. Every man is welcome to air his views, but the chief's advisers are those who can speak … extended family community. It…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… Luthuli , a future ANC President, commented later: “with his ascendancy, the African National Congress shifted several … disturbances in Durban. 1932 Pixley…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… of a farmer, Henry Smith, on 17 January 1906 by one of his workers. When questioned during his trail, the worker admitted killing the farmer out of … to…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… Dr. Xuma should have sent such a letter. Since the end of his term as President he has shown no interest in Congress at … the Doctor, who is a Sophiatown…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… Diamond mine, after a fellow-worker is kicked to death by a White overseer. White employees join in brutally … for illicit liquor. They were stoned and…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… On 31 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma exercised his constitutional rights as the head of the executive branch … fiscal year. [4] The grounds on which the…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
… path pursued by the white minority has brought suffering, death and destruction to the people of South Africa, and to … served only to harden our resolve…
Concluding Remarks
… as SASO) and its publications, was banned. The violent death in detention of SASO's first president, Steve Biko, … Charles Nkosi's remarkable vision of…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… Roberts as a form of control of the families whose farms his forces had destroyed, began to degenerate rapidly as the … medical care, leading to rampant…