SAHO global search
907 records
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… Table Bay with a fleet in search of fresh water. Some of his crew went to a nearby Khoikhoi settlement in the area … and return him to the Cape where it was…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… South African Prime Minister, General Louis Botha declared his government’s wholehearted support for the defence of the … car failed to stop at a police…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… together, preserved and unified them originally for his own and, ultimately, the public’s enjoyment. Thus the … necessary and valuable course through which…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… Zulu Mission (AZM), in Natal to Rev James Dube and his wife Elizabeth. 1877 Rev James Dube, the father of John … Mdima. Wilcox and Nokutela encourage him to…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… of the homeland (Bantustan) policy. At the height of his influence, between 1963 and 1976, Steve Biko called the … territorial development. In an article…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… to do with poverty and low wages. He further states that his first duty is to thank the South African police for the … At one of the events Chief Albert…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… reasons, to be baptised, and in the process would change his name to João I [xx] . The Christianisation of Kongo would … and King João I is said to have…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… Swift as an air-slicing pestle, he was not re-captured but his land had already slipped into Dutch hands. Robbed of … her husband, the respected Posthouder…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… leaders, but still the mass action raged. By 9 April the death toll had risen to 83 non-White civilians and three … any misgivings regarding government…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… he renounced the armed struggle and agreed to return to his hometown of Qunu. Mandela responded by rejecting the offer for his conditional release in a…
The appointment of Judges
… , raised the question of the constitutionality of the death penalty For three days the judges heard arguments. The … of the case, in which Makwanyane had…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… Prophet Muhammad migrated from Makkah to Madinah, one of his first acts was to locate a suitable site for a mosque. … in August 1887 at the age of 35 while…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… its parent organisation to more radical positions. Due to his meteoric rise in the African National Congress (ANC) … frustrated the efforts of the secret…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… but in most cases, this meant an employee going along with his employer. On the Boer side, Black people assisted at … and spare rifles and even load up the…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… on an anti-pass campaign on Monday the 21st. According to his "Testimony about the Launch of the Campaign," Sobukwe … to us. And we have sworn that we are…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… small town of Withuis in Worcester, Cape Province. While his date of birth varies substantially in various sources, from 1939 to 1942, Prince Mbusi Dube…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… out to take control over the Punjab region in India. From his base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Babur took control of the … [6] Babur military success is…
Islam
… in Arabic and a Muslim is a person who submits his life to the way and authority of Allah. This means that … a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… hoping for the maximum sentence for the accused i.e. the death penalty. From the outset, the defence team informed … and had a photographic memory. He…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… At one of the events Chief Albert Luthuli publicly burns his pass. Oliver Tambo leaves South Africa illegally on the … to Tanganyika. August, Bram Fischer…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… camps. The abhorrent conditions in these camps caused the death of 4 177 women, 22 074 children under sixteen and 1 676 … Alfred Milner leaves Cape Town for…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… were arrested in the 1960s and given long sentences or death severely crippling MK. The organisation’s early … MK operative Solomon Mahlangu is hanged in…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… Congress (ANC) leaders in the Treason Trial of 1956 as his main motivation for joining the ANCYL and taking an … English, Xhosa, Latin, History, Mathematics…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service of his people, a communist of world prominence; a dedicated and … Congress cannot…
Political executions
… for execution) Boesman, Mangena Jeffrey, 35 1989/09/29 Death of informer school teacher in Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape … 40 1989/04/20 Addo Youth Congress (…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… South African people. Despite being in exile and away from his fellow South Africans, Serote was able to inspire and promote a sense of unity amongst his…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… Spendiff were killed, said Jones: 'On Spendiff was found his membership card of the Communist Party. Thousands of … men would go to the gallows, and that…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… which was not a stronghold of the ANC. For instance, after his election in 1984, Sonto helped mobilize support among the … That same year an entire CAYCO…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… visiting Spanish sea captain. Hooper and Kelly rode up by his side, disguised as British officers. The disguised band … Mauritius and James Hooper. Another…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. The … heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian…