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PlaceCanadian Monument, Bloemfontein
This Monument, near the Bloemfontein Zoo,, takes the form of an obelisk. It was erected as a memorial to the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Second Anglo…
ArchiveSecret Histories | South African Photographer David Goldblatt Reveals the Effects of Apartheid on His Native Land by Miss Rosen, 29 September 2016
South African photographer David Goldblatt (b. 1930) describes himself as “a self-appointed observer and critic into the society in which I was born,” in a…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thenjiwe Mswane
Dear Students Movements of 1976, Imagine if the 16th of June 2016, looked like this. Like this cold winters morning in Johannesburg, except across the…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s, and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants returning from…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947 16 The Joint Passive Resistance Council of…
Address by President Mandela to the Meeting of Directors-General Establishing a Forum of Directors-General Pretoria, 18 August 1998
Chairperson; Members of the Forum, A perennial challenge for all democratic governments, through all times and in all circumstances, is to achieve an…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Banquet hosted by President Sharma of India India, 25 January 1995
President Shanker Dayal Sharma; Prime Minister Rao; Honourable Ministers; Your excellencies, Ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps; …
Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10 October 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education homelands ”” those territories reserved for black people and…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
I REFER YOU TO MY LETTER of 20 April 1961, to which you do not have the courtesy to reply or acknowledge receipt. In the letter referred to above I informed…
Don’t eat potatoes!
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner I have already spoken about the boys on the potato farms at Bethel, how they…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
Speech by Joe Slovo, Chairman of the South African Communist Party When South African communists met in Cape Town 65 years ago they planted the first seed…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of…
ArticleZulu Family History
Zulu Kings 1781 to 1816 Senzangakhona 1816 to 1828 Shaka 1828 to 1840 Dingane 1840 to 1872 Mpande 1872 to 1879 Cetswayo 1879 to 1916…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
Air pollution The ways in which we travel have changed a lot over the last few centuries. Transport has become faster, easier and sometimes cheaper. But the…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
- This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a name that has been left out, please email SAHO Niel Barnard [SA Government, replaced Fanie…
ArchiveTributes paid to a Man of the people
Joseph Mavi the man who led 10,000 Johannesburg municipal workers in a strike for higher pay, was buried on June 26, the 27th anniversary of the Freedom…
ArchiveWelcome to the new SA
In the early hours of the morning of 18 November 1993, while most South Africans were sleeping, the old apartheid South Africa was officially signed away. What…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 15 Alexandra Road, Kenilworth
The House dates from the latter part of the 19th Century and has some fine Bay Windows. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6…
PlaceBurgers Park, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 March 1979. Renowned these days, for its tranquility in the busy City. Many Wedding photo's…
EventDaniel Arap Moi is elected President of Kenya
Daniel Arap Moi was elected President of Kenya in what would be his twentieth year in office since his swearing in, in 1978 following the death of Mzee Jomo…
EventSADF Gaborone raid kills 4
In what was believed to be a raid on African National Congress (ANC) members who were in hiding in Gaborone, Botswana, the South Africa Defence Force (SADF)…
Steve Biko: after ten years
Barney Pityana, a close friend and colleague of Steve Biko, was invited to preach this sermon at Notting Hill Methodist Church, London, on the 10th anniversary…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
[Oliver Tambo addressed more than 10,000 people who attended the funeral service of members of the ANC massacred by raiders from the South African Defence…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
In this Freedom Day address Lutuli introduces the campaign to make ordinary black people more aware of their political situation. Lutuli attempts to bridge the…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
President of COSATU, comrade Sdumo Dlamini, ANC chairperson, Comrade Marius Fransman, General Secretary of the SACP, Comrade Blade Nzimande, Leadership of…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
Honourable Speaker, First Minister, Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am greatly honoured that you have given us the opportunity to…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
Honourable President of the Assembly, Your Excellency President Joaquim Chissano, Honourable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much…
ArchiveMeeting between the South African Government and the Western Contact Group in Cape Town on 28 October 1981
Report from a meeting held between a South African delegation led by R F Botha and representatives from the USA, UK, Canada, West Germany and France to discuss…