SAHO global search
17,291 records
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed black protesters outside the Sharpeville … was against the hated identification…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… are full of riot news especially from Bonteheuwel. We had a notice asking all parents of children at Intshinga to attend a meeting with the school committee…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… by the apartheid government who would pass legislation as a way of suppressing resistance. At the height of apartheid, … threat of being arrested, detained,…
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… People of South Africa: First of all I would like to acknowledge and welcome to this occasion some … whose first husband, the heroic Samora Machel, died in a…
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
… ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, TO THE JOINT SITTING OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, Cape Town, … to the well-being of human society. We…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… is essential. That is the freedom for an individual to develop to his/ her full potential. GUMEDE’S BIRTH AND … history, however, does not start there. It…
Epidemics Affect Everyone By Elron Kleinhans
… for thousands of years as one of the deadliest known to us. The Beginning Grahamstown had some serious sanitation … from 1837 to 1862, the most serious of…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
… in the old Simon’s Town Municipality complex, but moved to "The Residency" in 1982. The building has a long history, having been used as a hospital, post…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… of the Second Decade of Democracy, I am privileged to say that as a people we have every reason to be proud of our historic … As it brings three previously…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… of the Second Decade of Democracy, I am privileged to say that as a people we have every reason to be proud of our historic … As it brings three previously…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 6 April 1996
… get over the part we have already dealt with just to see what was said at that time that applies to today. POM … appear that people's minds are being…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… Hilda Bernstein , describes Florence Matomela as ‘a woman who gave out warmth and life like the African sun, … banning orders from the Apartheid government…
PlaceVredehoek
… Vredehoek is a hillside neighbourhood at the base of Devil’s Peak. The … stairways here were built in the early twentieth Century to connect homes to streets…
PlaceDundee
… of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represents a unique way of Historic storytelling because there are 2 … each dealing with 1 side of the story of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… racial policies. 6 February, Walter Sisulu attends a secret meeting of the ANC at Macosa house, Johannesburg, … March 1960. March - April, Nation-wide…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… for the first democratic elections and our transition to democratic majority rule. It is also the year in which we … the Atlantic Ocean, the youth of the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… of the advance guard into the interior of Africa, acquired a new importance. In 1867 diamonds were discovered in the … and the Missionary Road became the…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… two distinct periods. The first covers the years 1979 to 1986 during which various political reforms were … second period covers the years mid-1986 to early…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The main street in a small country town in the Orange Free State, some 360 miles … Johannesburg; a few shops, a bank,…
Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society 30 March 2007 Introduction The … ANC will provide an important opportunity for our movement to…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… 1985 Victory is the sum total of the resolution of a whole succession of problems, a whole succession of … virtue out of a necessity. The external mission’s…
PlaceDullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
… Dullstroom dates back to the 1880’s and was name after its Dutch founder, Wolterus … razed the Village to the ground, destroying all but a few of the…
Covert operations
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman Up to this point attention has been focussed on those…
ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… case in the Rivonia Trial I am the First Accused. I hold a Bachelor`s Degree in Arts and practised as an attorney in … the country without a permit and for…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
The diary of Maria Tholo - November 2 - December 1 by Carol Hermer
… Hermer Maria's Diary, Wednesday, November 3 There was such a nonsense going on over the Tupperware. It was a result of … end of the month. But from Sunday,…
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… Court, 24 March 1998 Taylor: The first question is a very general one indeed, it is who in your view was the … It’s a conflict that had a very powerful…
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of independence. Jonathan Wilson tells of a…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered … to the poll unsure of whether it would once again secure a majority after a…
PlaceAngola
… Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as … in inland Angola was limited to trade posts…