SAHO global search
8,212 records
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… was replaced by Lionel Mtshali in 1999. In 2006 he ended his long-term relationship with the IFP when he resigned from …
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms …
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… Civic Organisation (PEBCO) activist Thozamile Botha broke his banning order and escaped to Lesotho. PEBCO was an …
EventTranskei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa
… Transkei Prime Minister Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces his government's decision to break all diplomatic ties with …
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, and his deputy, Andries Treurnicht. The Minister of Justice and …
EventTranskei Defense Force topples Transkei Bantustan leader George Matanzima, but denies coup
… and leader of the Transkei Bantustan, was toppled by his military and forced to flee from the Transkei after a …
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… harsh, as he was taken at gunpoint and in chains from his home. They were convicted in January 1989 despite …
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
… Africa by the South African government for reburial at his home in KwaZulu-Natal. The ceremony at Herry Gwala …
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… started walking northwards along the coast. The leader, his wife and most of the survivors from the wreck died on the …
EventThe National Anti-Corruption Forum is launched in Langa
… of the society within which corruption occurs. In his launching address, the Deputy President reiterated the …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… Click here to read President Thabo Mbeki's speech during his awarding of an Honorary Doctorate. …
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
… to Mozambique for an appeal hearing in December. Upon his release, he claimed that he had been arrested while …
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… president, Yasser Arafat, arrived in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of …
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… Party members, F.H.P. Creswell and Thomas Boydell to his Cabinet. …
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… regulations that restricted black people’s movement. In his statement he said that the curfew requiring blacks to …
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… battle the Republican forces were in retreat, defeated. His troops relieved British forces at Ladysmith in Natal on …
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… to be of poor quality. The house, which Kruger shared with his second wife, Gezina, was declared a national monument on …
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… of a heart attack. Prime Minister K.D. Matanzima announced his retirement from active politics, but would accept …
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… was born on 25 November 1980 in Boipatong Johannesburg. In his early career, he played for local teams such as Jomo …
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… In 1994, Dipico became Premier of the Northern Cape. His tenure ended in 2004. He is now the Provincial Chair of …
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
… 2 December 1977 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal. Nomvete began his professional soccer career in lower league clubs in …
EventThe Kingdom of Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Britain
… Coast management in 1897. Led by Osei Tutu together with his chief priest, Ashanti changed the constitution and the …
EventThe condition of Edwin Smith, the youngest baby in SA to undergo open-heart surgery, improves
… According to the hospital, the boy turned blue as soon as his mother delivered him. During the three-hour long …
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and he could escape going to gaol only by selling his labour to some white master. In 1913, the Native Land Act … subject to countless oppressive laws and…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… carbon-12 and carbon-14. Carbon-14 is unstable and, after death, decays. This means there is more carbon-12, which is … fuelling Europeans' prejudices about…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… a Black leader of a body could be appointed or relieved of his duties by the government of the time. This had drastic … and the government, an example of…
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… years old this year, had he lived. This selfless patriot his adult life to a tireless pursuit of the liberation of our … a lasting legacy for all South…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… in Man or to set a limit beyond which the human being in his black form might not strive to serve his Creator to the best of his ability. To remain neutral…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… her community and nation from her teenage years until her death and worked tirelessly to organize protests and push … with 622 other women after protesting…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… in the run-up to the election. According to Reg Rumney, in his three-part exploration of the parties’ policies: “The EFF … and stayed away from campaigns…