SAHO global search
15,289 records
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… On 5 June 1986, The Association of Chambers of Commerce … of ‘no work, no pay’ to workers who stayed away from work on June 16. The statement was released…
ArchiveCivil Society vs. the State: identity, institutions, and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… theory of transtions from authoritarian rule and tests it on the case of the Black Consciousness Movement in South … economistic, and elitist. It suggests an…
PlaceChurch Square,Spin Street- Cape Town
… lodge, today known as the Old Supreme Court, was built on its southern side. In1701 the Dutch Reformed Church, known as the Groote Kerk , was erected on its…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
… nuclear power station in Africa, became operational on this date. On 21 August 1984, the French contractor turned Koeberg-1 … is situated at Duynefontein,…
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
… Centre, Kempton Park. The conference focused primarily on the drafting of a Women's Charter and the future of the … National Coalition. The Women's Charter…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… River (at the present Port St. Johns) with 600 people on board. The ship was returning from her voyage to India when she was stranded. She had left Cochin,…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… amalgamation of the weather services of the four provinces on 1 April 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of … service was moved to Pretoria in…
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… president, was formally opened by President Nelson Mandela on the morning of 14 February 1995. The judges took oaths of … spent its first few years in rented…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… Tshombé's declaration of independence for Katanga province on 11 July. The intervention by UN troops followed Patrice … the province of South Kasai to…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
… contractor D Godley. Its foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1894 by President Reitz and the Eastern and Western … and since 1932, by the Bloemfontein…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… together with the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) on some of their campaigns, until Gumede lost the presidency …
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… (from positive to destructive) leading up to the day, on the day itself, and through the tumultuous period …
Activity: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… merchants. meant that Islamic faith was imposed forcibly on their entire societies facilitated the export of Christian …
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… occasion for the South African Society of Arts to reflect on its history, it also presents it with an opportunity to …
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
… Claas Blanc and Rijkaert Jacobsz were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually … of stock theft and sentenced to labour for fifty…
PlaceCalitzdorp, Route 62
… Calitzdorp is a Town on the Western side of the Little or Klein Karoo in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and lies on South Africa's, Route 62 . The…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… began in 1976 and Unit 1 was synchronized to the grid on 4 April 1984, with Unit 2 following suit on 25 July 1985. It is situated at Duynefontein, 27km North…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… was born in Shiluvane Mission Station in Tzaneen on 11 July 1920. He was the eldest of three children of … (one of the 8 homelands) for 24 years, until his…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… On 25 June 1963 Mr. Justice H. Snyman submitted to parliament a final report on the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist Party … material related to the strike. About…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… they began to make recordings for Radio Zulu and went on to win several choir competitions. In 1968, their first … was struck by tragedy as Headman…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… agreed, after preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of negotiations on South Africa's future constitution. Delegates agreed that … …
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… peaceful world. South Africans have been awarded the prize on three different occasions. Chief Albert John Mvumbi … first Black African to be awarded the…
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… On 14 January 2002, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe … and Sisi Khampempe to Zimbabwe to obtain information on the constitutional and legal problems…
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). Biko was arrested on the outskirts of the Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown on 18 August 1977 and taken to apartheid…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… Anglo-Boer War (South African War), which had started on 11 October 1899, there were attempts to reach peace. On 15 May 1902, thirty delegates from each…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… On 3 January 2008 Mlungisi Sisulu, the grandson of Walter … Cerebral Malaria. Sisulu, better known as Lungi, was born on 20 August 1966 in Moscow to Max…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… artist and writer Hilda Bernstein. She passes away on the 9th September 2006 in Cape Town at the age of 91 from … be elected as councillor to public office…
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… building the lighthouse, but construction eventually began on 1 April 1847. On 8 January 1848, the foundation stone was laid in the … 18,000 cubic feet of…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration, and was premised on closer co-operation between African heads of state. Some … of apartheid, South Africa was…