SAHO global search
11,390 records
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew For months past, "the Bantu press" has been working very…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
This week, former president Thabo Mbeki admitted to having co-authored the HIV-Aids denialist Castro Hlongwane booklet in his “Monday missives” – letters to…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century now. They, who would have…
PlaceHawaan Forest, Umhlanga
Across the M 4 the Forest rests on a 2 000 year-old sand dune. Sounds old enough but Hawaan, by contrast, stands sturdy on a sand Dune that is 18 000 years old…
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
Every time I land at Durban Airport, I am haunted by the memory of Fatima Meer – my dearest friend, sister and adviser whom I worshipped and treasured like my…
In the enduring spirit of President O.R. Tambo: Good luck to all matriculants, 22 October 2012
Undeniably a matric certificate in South Africa symbolises aspirations of posterity while it represents a gateway to the dignity of getting further training…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
Dr. Yusuf Dadoo once told me that Nelson Mandela had Indian friends in college and used to visit Indian homes. He would not accept the food they offered until…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
A Suburb of Johannesburg about 5 km East of City Hall, South of Observatory Ridge and North of Kensington Ridge. Takes its name from the Farm purchased in…
EventWorldwide speculation begins that a bright flash detected over the southern Indian Ocean was a South African nuclear test
In the early hours of 22 September 1979, an American Vela satellite recorded a double flash of light over the southern Indian Ocean, near South Africa's Prince…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack…
Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
Made to the South Africa Parliament on 3 February 1960: The tendency in Africa for nations to become independent, and at the same time to do justice to all,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
1. Introduction - The Launch of the Manifesto 1.1 It is with great pleasure that I stand before you today during this important phase in the democratisation…
ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
Contempt. This is what former president Jacob Zuma apparently felt for democratic South Africa’s foundational document, the Constitution, and the vision and…
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
The Confidence Reef was discovered by the Struben brothers on 18 September 1884. This sparked off a flood of prospectors to the Witwatersrand, and eventually…
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
The Karoo is one of the World’s most unique, arid zones. In South Africa it stands alone, globally it is an: "envied rarity." Situated in the Western parts of…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction …
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
The ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material Yunus Carrim Collection 06 November 2025 What is this about? The material in this collection was used to put together…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
Doringbaai is a picturesque little Town on the Cape West Coast near Strandfontein and Langebaan, about 300 km West of Cape Town. You can get to Doringbaai next…
Cartoon
Black and white cartoon. Artwork of a well to do white man holding a bible, riding a black man.
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
The Market Photo workshop is a division of the Market Theatre Foundation. Founded by renowned documentary photographer and artist David Goldblatt in 1989, it…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
The Progressive Federal Party (PFP), successor to the Progressive Party (PP), was formed after a group of liberal members of the United Party (UP), broke away…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
NUSAS students set up the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) in 1972. They worked closely with Harriet Bolton of TUCSA. The aim of the GFWBF was,…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships from Europe to travel to the East with ease. Before the canal was opened European ships had…
ArticleOFFICIAL LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO ANC PRESIDENT
H.E. Brother Nelson Mandela President of the ANC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAGreetings,It was with great appreciation I received your congratulatory message on the…
ArticleSharpeville
On 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and thereafter gather peacefully at police…
ArchiveFascists beware: crush the AWB
White poster with black lettering and artwork of a man wearing a balaclava, holding another man's head under his arm.
ArchiveLe militant Mahmoud Salah
White, black and red poster. Artwork of a dead man and a man with a machine gun. Mahmoud Salah, martyr of the Palestinian revolution.
ArchiveHave you joined the NUM?
Recruitment poster for NUM. NUM Logo. Yellow poster with black lettering. Photo of a man running. Photo of man holding large pencil.
ArchiveStod till Argentinska folkets kamp mot diktaturen!
White, black and grey poster. Artwork of a man flying a flag and two other men carrying an injured man. Latin America campaign poster.
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
ADOPTED AT THE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS, ON 5 MARCH 1955, AND INCLUDED AS A PREAMBLE TO ITS CONSTITUTION Organize…