SAHO global search
27,221 records
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… administration has decided not to publish the findings of Mr Justice E.A.T. Smith, one-man commission of inquiry into the shootings at Winterveld on 26 March…
EventThe Opening Ceremony of 2000 Olympic Games takes place
… The opening ceremony began with a tribute to the heritage of the Australian Stock Horse. The ceremony was attended by 199 nations, including South Africa,…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, … were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of free Muslims and…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… Africa between 2 000 and 1 700 years ago. The study of Iron Age archaeology provides a history for the majority of present-day southern African and South…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… Bar Council struck Abram Fischer's name off the roll of advocates for his role in the struggle against apartheid. … 1964 Fischer was arrested for…
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… commissioner to South Africa in 1879 to realise the policy of confederation (policy to bring the various British … under common control, with a view to…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… When the system of apartheid was implemented in South Africa in 1948, certain … put in place to maintain white domination in all aspects of South African…
Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
… to all, does not only mean being just to the black man of Africa, but also to be just to the white man of Africa. We call ourselves European, but actually we…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1954 and 1955 and includes chapters on: Policies and attitudes; The role of the SA Institute of Race Relations;…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
… Alan Charles Rusbridger is an English journalist and editor of The Guardian newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia … as a reporter. Since 1995 Rusbridger…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… to minister in Hermanus, and later Cape Town, and because of his interest in church history, he was appointed the first full-time archivist of the Cape N.G…
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… magistrate ruled that no one was to blame for the death of a young dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died in police … It was ruled that he had committed…
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
… for a thirty-minute work stoppage in protest the death of Dr Neil Aggett , who allegedly committed suicide while in … young physician had worked. A spokesman…
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… 1917 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields of the East Rand, announced that it intended to transfer its … from which to access capital markets…
Sita - Memoirs of Sita Gandhi by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
… My Childhood at Phoenix Settlement I was born on 19th of October 1928 on my grandfather’s farm, which was fifteen … the city, and in those days around us…
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of the new Headmaster who had just returned from military … college…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… The seat of government of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), or the old … capital, it marked the end to Boers’ settlement movements of the Great Trek…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was formed during an Inaugural … non-racial trade union co-coordinating body, and ally of the African…
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
… 123 White ministers and theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) (Nederduitse Gereformeerde … Scriptural grounds. This was contrary to the official…
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… Thomas Bugeaud defeated the Moroccan army in the battle of Isly. The battle was a result of the French government’s pursuit of Algerian resistance leader,…
ArchiveThe Higher education of Blacks in the United States
… delivered by Alan Pifer, and discusses the "experience of Black Americans with higher education, or, perhaps, the American experience with the higher…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, was banished to the Cape by the Dutch East India … his memory lives on and Zandvliet is a…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… City Hall's original foundations were laid at the turn of the 20th Century. The mayor of Cape Town , Thomas Ball, laid the corner stone of the City Hall on…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… phenomenon swept through the shebeens and music festivals of South Africa. Based on the artist's name and song title, … After all, these coloured communities…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… On 28 March 1960, Natives began making bonfires of their reference books in Johannesburg. Their action was the latest gesture of defiance against the pass…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Between 1976 and 1978 Desmond Tutu served as Bishop of the Anglican Church in Lesotho and as Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches. On…
The road to democracy: celebrating 20 years of diversity
… Making 20 years of democracy, Iziko Museums of South Africa's Education and Public Programmes department is proudly celebrating the first generation of our…
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… The German colonisation of Namibia, then German South West Africa, took place in … taken from local groups such as the Herero. A system of forced labour was…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Pachai The Vagrant Law prevented Muslims in the borough of…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… 1984 the United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups, organised highly successful boycotts of the Coloured and Indian elections…