SAHO global search
1,470 records
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
Yunus Ismail Mahomed was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 December in 1950 to Amina and Ismail Mahomed.Mahomed grew up in Jeppe, attending…
The Bantu Laws Amendment Bill: preamble to Black Sash Memorandum to the Minister of Bantu Affairs and Development
The second annual General Student Council meeting (2 9 July) of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) starts in Hammans
Students strike at the University of Fort Hare. The Students Organisation (SASO) is held responsible for the agitation.
All activities of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) are suspended until further notice. The announcement is made
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives …
BiographyHarry Snitcher
Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924,…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo was born on 22 August 1924 in Omangundu near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. He attended the Ongwediva…
Marais Viljoen is inaugurated as SA’s fifth state president after the resignation of B.J. Vorster.
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
South Africa’s gold-panning team returned with one gold and two bronze medals from the World Gold Championships in Slovakia on 24 August 2007. The team…
The Rev. Andrew Murray, one of SA’s first Scottish ministers, is born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Speech by Sam Shilowa, General Secretary of COSATU, at the SACP 75th Anniversary Rally
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 17 November 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel…
Siphiwe Nyanda
Siphiwe Nyanda was the eldest of the six children of Betsy and Henry Nyanda, a traffic inspector and area supervisor of liquor outlets for the Johannesburg…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. He attended the Kipling Street Muslim primary school in Salt…
The beginning of it all: an address given to the Black Sash at their National Conference at Cape Town
Apartheid at the cost of freedom: Presidential Address to the 11th Annual National Conference of the Black Sash
Steven Biko, former SASO leader, released on 30 November 1976 after temporary detention under security laws, is re-arrested.
Removals Continue: The case of the Brits Old Location Removal: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1987
Removals Continue: The case of the Brits Old Location Removal: Paper Presented at National Conference on 14 March 1987 discussing forced removals, housing,…
The (SASO) adopts the “Alice Declaration” at the federal Theological Seminary in the Eastern Cape. The Declaration resolves th
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
The Information Scandal that broke out in 1978 is widely regarded as the single event that heralded the end of B. J. Voster's term as State President of South…
The South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded in Windhoek with Sam Nujoma as leader.
President Sam Nujoma and his governing party are declared winners of Namibia’s first post-independence election.
Benjamin Johnson Langa
Benjamin (Ben) Johnson, Langa’s father, was a Minister of Religion and his mother was a housewife who was also intensely involved in the church. There were…
BiographySheila Weinberg
Sheila Weinberg was born in Johannesburg on 1 October 1945, the daughter of Eli and Violet Weinberg who were both members of the ANC and the South African…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her…
Law and order or terror and disorganization: presidential Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg, 1988
Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at National Conference held at Johannesburg on 10 March 1988, discussing: Indigenous history, Rule of Law,…