SAHO global search

This day in history

Air services is inaugurated in SA with the amalgamation of a London-based company and a SA-based company under the name of the

This day in history

At least twenty-five people are reported to have died in violence between members of the United Democratic Party and Inkatha in

This day in history

Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,

This day in history

The PAC appoints V. Make as its new chairman and H. Isaacs to replace the assassinated Mr. Sibeko as its Director of Foreign Af

This day in history

A memorial tablet for Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler and national hero of an Afrikaner section, is unveiled at the Rand Afr

This day in history

Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Molepo, east of

This day in history

The demand to the United Nations by four Caprivi chiefs and officials of the newly formed Caprivi African National Union for th

This day in history

United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir George White, who arrived in Cape Town on 3 October and in Durban on 7 October, proceeds to Ladysmith, wh

This day in history

Francis William Reitz, former president of the OFS and now Secretary of State in the ZAR, hands the ultimatum, which result in

This day in history

According to the Washington Post, South Africa is one of the countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. About 4.7 million people

This day in history

It is announced in Rawalpindi that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and

Transcript Copy: Joint Press Conference on Conclusion of Discussions between Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Hugo Chavez, 2 September 2008, Media Centre, Union Buildings

This day in history

Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

This day in history

Rexon (Scotch) Mathebula, SA artist who held several menial jobs and sold his first artworks (images on pieces of glass made wi

This day in history

The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCL) states crime has gone far enough, and the government has to pull up its soc

This day in history

John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956

This day in history

Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for

This day in history

An Egyptian munitions ship, Star of Alexandria, explodes at the dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 are injured, and $20 mi

This day in history

Lieutenant FM Bekker and Lieutenant RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action

This day in history

D. Olewagen and J. Nel are executed by firing squad for treason in the Cape Colony, because they acted as horse guards for an i

This day in history

The mutilated body of Toto Dweba, UDF and member of the Natal Freedom Charter Committee, is found at the Natal North Coast.

This day in history

Fana Nzimande, IFP supporting headman, his wife and four children between the ages of four to fifteen, are shot dead in their h

This day in history

The British settlement in Sierra Leone is founded. Britain says it is to provide a home in Africa for freed slaves and homeless

This day in history

Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.

This day in history

Dr. K.G. Abrahams is arrested in Gobabis area of South West Africa, and subsequently charged with being the chairman of the Yu

This day in history

Four men die instantly when a car swerves to avoid a second which was spinning on the Odi race track and ploughed into spectato

This day in history

Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co

This day in history

In a joint statement released by the ANC and the government, the ANC announces the suspension of its thirty-year-old armed stru

This day in history

Senegal decides to withdraw from the Mali Federation which it has formed with French Sudan (now Mali) in 1959, and gains comple

Search Results for “add”

Air services is inaugurated in SA with the amalgamation of a London-based company and a SA-based company under the name of the

At least twenty-five people are reported to have died in violence between members of the United Democratic Party and Inkatha in

Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,

The PAC appoints V. Make as its new chairman and H. Isaacs to replace the assassinated Mr. Sibeko as its Director of Foreign Af

A memorial tablet for Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler and national hero of an Afrikaner section, is unveiled at the Rand Afr

Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Molepo, east of

The demand to the United Nations by four Caprivi chiefs and officials of the newly formed Caprivi African National Union for th

United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir George White, who arrived in Cape Town on 3 October and in Durban on 7 October, proceeds to Ladysmith, wh

Francis William Reitz, former president of the OFS and now Secretary of State in the ZAR, hands the ultimatum, which result in

According to the Washington Post, South Africa is one of the countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. About 4.7 million people

It is announced in Rawalpindi that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and

Transcript Copy: Joint Press Conference on Conclusion of Discussions between Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Hugo Chavez, 2 September 2008, Media Centre, Union Buildings

Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

Rexon (Scotch) Mathebula, SA artist who held several menial jobs and sold his first artworks (images on pieces of glass made wi

The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCL) states crime has gone far enough, and the government has to pull up its soc

John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956

Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for

An Egyptian munitions ship, Star of Alexandria, explodes at the dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 are injured, and $20 mi

Lieutenant FM Bekker and Lieutenant RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action

D. Olewagen and J. Nel are executed by firing squad for treason in the Cape Colony, because they acted as horse guards for an i

The mutilated body of Toto Dweba, UDF and member of the Natal Freedom Charter Committee, is found at the Natal North Coast.

Fana Nzimande, IFP supporting headman, his wife and four children between the ages of four to fifteen, are shot dead in their h

The British settlement in Sierra Leone is founded. Britain says it is to provide a home in Africa for freed slaves and homeless

Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.

Dr. K.G. Abrahams is arrested in Gobabis area of South West Africa, and subsequently charged with being the chairman of the Yu

Four men die instantly when a car swerves to avoid a second which was spinning on the Odi race track and ploughed into spectato

Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co

In a joint statement released by the ANC and the government, the ANC announces the suspension of its thirty-year-old armed stru

Senegal decides to withdraw from the Mali Federation which it has formed with French Sudan (now Mali) in 1959, and gains comple