SAHO global search
27,850 records
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
… - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, … Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943 These…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… Professor Gert Johannes "Jakes" Gerwel, who died of complications following heart surgery on Wednesday, was a … visionary, successful attempts to transform…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… The conference took place against the background of the Government's adoption of GEAR, its impact on social spending and failure to create … the deadlock in…
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… farewell to a warrior. We have converged from all corners of the globe to pay homage to a revolutionary. We have convened on this grieving piece of the…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… well before Jan van Riebeeck, administrator in the service of the Dutch East India Company (also known as the VOC) … caused much damage to shipping in the…
ArchiveSpeech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini 19 January 1999 Your Excellency, President Chissano of Mozambique;…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
… with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… 22 December 1996, Groutville Comrade chairperson; Members of the Luthuli family; Minister and Premiers; Leaders and veterans of the ANC; Members of the…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… The National Executive Committee of the ANC met over the weekend of the 19th to 21st September 2008, to deliberate on various … NEC decided to recall Comrade…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… The Landless People's Movement (LPM) was formed by leaders of various landless people of South Africa in response to … tenants from commercial farms. Formed…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… On 18 June 1986, the House of Representatives of the United States of America approved a Bill that would impose stricter … US House of Representatives…
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in the subject history at the University of South … The end conscription…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… [Drum, a Johannesburg monthly, asked a number of African leaders, "Do we really want to get rid of the white man?" The following is the reply of Chief Lutuli…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… Following the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thousands of Hutu refugees fled to the neighboring Congo (DRC), … as Zaire. This was in an attempt to escape the…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… The Canadian government offered a second contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British … need for additional…
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… In the course of my address to the session of the Special Committee on Apartheid in Stockholm, I asked … Marof, to convey to Your Excellency the gratitude of…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William … was thought to have become familiar with the practice of piracy while serving as an…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… in 1894. She studied Social Anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand. For her Master’s degree Hellman decided to do research into the lives of urban…
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… The new government, they feared, would introduce an era of rampant racism, and many left South Africa for other … Congress President, Dr Xuma, spoke for many…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… and Congo President, Joseph Kasavubu, were accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in a UN … that Patrice Lumumba was assassinated with…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… The poverty and vulnerability of the South African Republic (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's … This was an important step in achieving the federation of the…
EventConnie Mulder resigns as a result of his involvement in plot to sell apartheid propaganda
… On 24 January 1979, the Minister of Information, Connie Mulder , resigns his seat in Parliament at the insistence of the Prime Minister P. W. Botha as a…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), translated as "Spear of the Nation", was the active military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). It was formed in … (SACP)…
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… a statement condemning the Lockerbie bombing and loss of life that occurred as a result. The bombing killed all 243 … sustain peace and stability. It was the…
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum Bill was introduced to Parliament by the Deputy Minister of…
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… Johnson-Sirleaf became the first elected woman as Head of State in Africa. Johnson-Sirleaf’s historic inauguration as President of Liberia was on 16 January…
EventMohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa
… Africa in 1893, Mohandas Gandhi had first -hand experience of the discrimination faced by people of colour. His response to this was the establishment of the…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… active in the liberation struggle and with the inception of new democracy, held several positions, the most recent of which was the post of African National…
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in … establishing a maritime replenishment station at the Cape of Good Hope for the Dutch…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… that many workers in the Cape Town area and in the rest of the country were not organized into unions. Consequently, … in the Western Cape. After joining the…