SAHO global search
23,915 records
EventSouth African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo
… member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. The ANC and Mozambique Government blamed South … Africa for the attack, which subsequently…
EventThe South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA) issues a statement by Professor Carel Boshoff (Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd’s son-in
… by Professor Carel Boshoff (Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd's son-in-law) arguing that every race group should have its own geographical sphere in which it can exercise…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… to highlight how democracy fails for the poor because, in this instance, in order to vote you need to be registered in your home ward … Reporter, 2005) ↵ [4]…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… power to working people and played an important role in defeating apartheid. First, the strikes triggered the … These unions became the core of the…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… left Cochin, India, on 3 February 1552 loaded with pepper, Chinese porcelain and other merchandise. 100 people were … prehistory to the year 2000 ,…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… 1913 15 June, Trevor Huddleston is born in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England. Huddleston is christened … is elected president of the AAM, a position he holds…
The French Revolution Activity
… from sources: Activity 1: The Old Order The three men in the picture stand for the three Estates of the Old Order. … think that South Africa's change to a…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… poet of our time.” [i] Due to the racial oppression he saw in South Africa, Nortje fled the country in 1961 to the U.K. … the “Cape of Storms”, also called…
Student organisation and political resistance in South Africa: an analysis of the Congress of South African Students, 1979-1985
… Honours thesis in Political Science submitted to the University of Cape Town … Student organisation and political resistance in South Africa: an analysis of…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 24 June 1977
… of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa. … of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 24 June…
Can we ask the question and find out the answer why our Brother Onkopotse Tiro was murdered in Botswana
… apartheid government. It is a call for a united reaction in the fight against apartheid. … out the answer why our Brother Onkopotse Tiro was murdered in…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… restricted document; being granted limited passports in 1987 and 1988 to take up his scholarships. From 1971 to … to this alliance. An attempt was also made…
Minutes of the second general meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa
… of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa held on 24 May 1989 at the Legal Resource … of the Society for the Abolition of the…
Meeting between Director-General N P van Heerden and Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State in Washinton on 30 March 1988
… with regard to the political and military situation in southern Africa as an obstacle to peaceful negotiated … van Heerden and Dr C Crocker, Assistant…
Detentions in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National State of Emergency: Paper Presented at National Conference 1987
… Detentions in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National … Detentions in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National …
The position of Black Women in relation to the 99 year leasehold system: Paper presented at National Conference 1981
… The position of Black women in relation to the 99 year leasehold system- paper presented … The position of Black Women in relation to the 99 year leasehold…
At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.
… At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre when the home of the UDF activist … At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 10 February 1977
… of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa. … of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 10…
EventSir John Cradock, Cape governor, acting in accordance with an instruction issued by the British Colonial Secretary, issues a pr
… Sir John Cradock, Cape governor, acting in accordance with an instruction issued by the British … Sir John Cradock, Cape governor, acting in accordance with…
The Battle of Square Hill
… Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European … area, the Cape Corps having replaced the 130th Baluchis. [xxvi] The…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… Franco Frescura was born in Trieste, Italy, on 28 September 1946. Both his parents originally came from Fiume, today known as Rijeka, in present-day Croatia…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… We are gathered here in Lisbon, representatives of governments, non-governmental … and liberation movements, because there exists a situation in southern…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… Three documents, fundamental changes that took place in black protest politics and African nationalist thinking during the 1940s, particularly in the African…
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
… April 3, 1971. In a trend-setting protest against the Apartheid policies of … just one ball during a high-profile First-Class match in Cape Town. Arunabha…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the National Assembly 20 June 1996
… we have had lively, productive and fulfilling engagement in these past five months. Quite often, our national … wrong reasons. I am personally convinced that…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… In 1976, the United States suddenly turned its attentions to … defusing the situation by encouraging an end to white rule in both Rhodesia-Zimbabwe and South…
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i] . At the time of his arrival , King … province of the South African…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Apartheid, Reflected in an Inventory of Simple Objects by Sarah Boxer (The New York Times), 24 July 1998
… David Goldblatt sold his family's menswear business in South Africa to become a photographer in 1962. But the pictures he made of the nation under apartheid…
Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the Revolutionary Movement among White Workers in South Africa, presented at the Sixth
… Slogan and the Revolutionary Movement among White Workers in South Africa, presented at the Sixth When we talk about "colour prejudice" as a factor in the…
For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated February 23, 1934.
… For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated … African National Congress (Cape) had…