SAHO global search
6,784 records
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
Letter addressed to the Minister of Justice from Robben Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
No equality under the Union Jack, 1900-1910 Gumede’s hopes that the British victory in the Anglo-Boer war would result in the removal of the oppressive…
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… first revolutionary act occurred in the English class in 1946. The classroom was in the corner of a quadrangle of … of the Party from the days of the…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress of the People was over. We had come down from the mountain, down to our daily lives. The delegates…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin Mr. A.B. Moosa, partner of "A.I." in Avalon Associated Cinemas…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
I would have been fourteen years old when Nelson Mandela was first arrested for leaving South Africa ‘illegally`. Although a regular reader of the Manchester…
ArchiveRecollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells
My Background When I look back at those activities of 1980, I think of it as the time when I got introduced to the realm of political activism. I had first…
Address by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the ANC delegation to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa Addis Ababa, January 1962
The delegation of the African National Congress, and I particularly, feel specially honoured by the invitation addressed to our organisation by the PAFMECA to…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Brian Bunting, "Problems of the Multi…
PlaceCalvinia
Calvinia was founded on the Farm-'Hoogekraal', in 1845. This property was purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church in order to establish a parish for the Town-…
PlaceTrafalgar High School
In the time of Education and its opposition to the Apartheid system, (when many students and teachers were jailed or banned). The School was nominated to the…
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
The tight zig-zagging curves of Sani Pass make it, one of the most magnificent Mountain Passes in South Africa! It ascends through the sheer cliffs of the…
PlaceMount Currie Nature Reserve, KZN-Kokstad
The Crystal Spring Dam located in the Mount Currie Nature Reserve allows boating and skiing on the dam. Bring your own boat! Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is the…
PlaceAddington Hospital, Durban
The first functional Hospital in Durban: "The Bayside Hospital", was situated on the Victoria Embankment at the site now occupied by the Supreme Court. In 1879…
PlaceKamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape
In 2007, an estimated 12,117 people lived in Kamiesberg Municipality. The Kamiesberg Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
Mrs. Gertrude Shope On behalf of the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rohihlala Mandela between 1977 to 1982 I got to know…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE HIGH COURT OF…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after nearly three decades of democracy, we set out to establish how much of the country’s recent…
PlaceCape Winelands Airport, Fisantekraal
Nestled beautifully in the Western Cape winelands, Cape Winelands Airport (formerly Fisantekraal Airfield) is an ex-South African Airforce airfield now…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
"South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the Secretariat, to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party…
PlaceThe Space
In 1970 Brian Astbury, a Professional Photographer, was hired to take rehearsal photos of Athol Fugard, Yvonne Bryceland, Val Donal and Wilson Dunster who were…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
This Saturday, former District Six residents and their descendants will campaign for the area to become a National Heritage site. District Six was declared a…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
In the last few years we have walked this road with greater frequency, marching in the procession to bid farewell to the veterans of our movement, paying our…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
The Cape Dutch Homestead known as Stellenberg has played many roles during its long and interesting History – Farm dwelling, manor House, Country Retreat,…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
This Building has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 September…
Place(The) Gambia
Gambia is a Western African country, situated on the Atlantic coast and is entirely surrounded by the neighbouring country, Senegal. It is a long narrow strip…
Quotes by Steve Biko
"The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
Your Worship, Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, Honourable Ministers, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to meet with the…