SAHO global search
1,304 records
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… to repeat state harassment, he left South Africa in 1963. In London he edited African Communist and published … often taken as classical examples of…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to another developed soon after the invention of writing, however, the creation of a formal…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… Board were all bombed. Between December 1961 and June 1963 more than 200 installations were attacked with a … Looksmart Ngudle, who died in police detention…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… National Union (TANU), the country's ruling party. In May 1963 the Organization of African Unity was founded, and … with Nyerere at State House, Dar-es…
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… the headquarters of MK. When the police raided the farm in 1963 several leading members of MK were arrested. Kantor was arrested later on 21 August 1963 in…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Abraham, Peter. Tell Freedom: Memories of Africa. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Basner,…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
The HIV/AIDS Crisis Emerges: Reponses of the Apartheid GovernmentIn 1982, the first case of AIDS in South Africa was reported in a homosexual man who…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… and educational development in Coloured areas, and in 1963 they recognized Indians as citizens of the Republic of … In the Transkei a form of self-…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the cornerstone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the Hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… about 14 years. He came into the political limelight in 1963, the year that witnessed a rise in the Poqo-led unrest …
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… On 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after independence, the … May 1994. The OAU started its operations on 13 September, 1963, when its Charter…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… On 1 February 1963, a statement announcing the collapse of the Federation … withdraw from the federation. A conference held in early 1963 at Victoria Falls…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… Chapter 3 University Chapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 Chapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance Chapter 6 … 8 The Rivonia Trial Chapter 9 Emotional…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… was unanimously approved and published on 18 September 1963. The Special Committee against Apartheid was established … and Somalia. The committee began its…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… Police station after bribing a young warder on 11 August 1963. Mannie Brown was involved in planning and implementing … in Francistown, Bechuanaland…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
The need for a controlled labour force: Indentured Labourers There is an indentured labour gallery on the SAHO site, webteam please select an image from there…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… climax of this 'civil rights revolution' came on 28 August 1963, when King Jnr. led a march of more than 200 000 …
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… as a Protectorate until Zanzibar’s independence in 1963. Endnotes [i] Knappert, J. (1992). A Short History of …
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… for incitement and leaving the country without a passport 1963 He is sent to Robben Island Mandela returns to Pretoria …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… to foster loyalty to homeland governments. After 1963, Municipal housing activities in Soweto began to wind … been relocated to Soweto, after the suburb…
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… In October 1963, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided in … racial discrimination in sport before 31 December 1963, or the country would not be…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… On this day in 1963, the Rivonia trialists were charged with sabotage and … a raid by security police at Lilliesleaf farm on 11 July 1963, the police…
Say It out Loud - The Coloured People and the Franchise, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The Coloured People and the Franchise , 1906 On Tuesday 31st July the principles of the Constitution to…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… the arrest of most of MK’s original leadership in 1963, MK was, from the outset, an integral part of the ANC … was drowned in the excitement over the resort…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
The Mughals were a powerful Turkic-Mongol tribe that originated from Central Asia.[1] The Mughal Empire controlled most of Northern India from the 16th to the…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… by the apartheid government and during the Rivonia Trail (1963 -1964) and was sentenced to jail. He spent 27 years in …
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… their students. The Coloured Person's Education Act of 1963 put control of 'coloured' education under the Department …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… public areas in South Africa – including rugby pitches. 1963 Formation of the South African Non-Racial Olympic …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
Causes of the French Revolution Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past…
Bibliographical Data
… Ngubane, An African Explains Apartheid (New York: Praeger, 1963); Albert Luthuli, Let My People Go: An Autobiography … National Congress of South Africa …