SAHO global search
32,550 records
ArchiveHistorical perspectives and the effects of uprootal
… perspectives, brief historical review of migration of the period just before the Lifaqale, the review of the effects of the 1913 Native Land Act and ……
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed, whereby every … a certificate of citizenship of his respective 'homeland'. The homelands in question at that…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… permission to attend an international church conference by the South African government. Zulu had been elected President of the World Council of Churches …
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
… South African President P. W. Botha granted a reprieve to the "Sharpeville Six" (Reginald Sefatsa, Reid Mokoena, Moses … being part of a crowd that killed…
EventThe UN sets up Commission on Apartheid
… The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution 616(VII) to establish a three-member United Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the…
EventThe Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
… The Ruth Prowse Art Centre was opened in The Retreat as an art and cultural centre with artist Erik Laubscher as first head. The house was formerly an…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo Mbeki’s…
EventPaul Mosaka establishes the African Democratic Party
… in conjunction with Senator Hyman Basner established the African Democratic Party (ADP). The organisation had the same goals as the African National Congress…
ArchiveStatement on the assasination of David Webster
… Statement on the view of the assasination of Comrade Webster as part of the ongoing attempt to crush the freedom movement in the … Statement on the…
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… Andrew Tshabangu’s two decades-plus visual repertoire, the best of which was showcased earlier this year at … and aching, often sweeping quietness, and…
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… Andrew Tshabangu’s two decades-plus visual repertoire, the best of which was showcased earlier this year at … and aching, often sweeping quietness, and…
ArchiveChristmas statement by leaders of the Black P
… Through the external representative of the Black People's Convention, Mr Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu the statement was received from the BPC president , Mr ……
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Contents: Revolution is Now. Cartoon, David Marais. On the Boycott, Julius Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna Blumberg. The African in Industry, Brian Bunting…
ArchiveWorking paper on the International Student Movement
… Working paper on the international student movement. Part of appendices for the International Department, presented at the 44th Annual Congress of the…
ArchiveTambo pokes a few holes in the blanket
… Newspaper article in the Mail and Guardian newspaper of June 5 to 11, 1987, entitled Tambo pokes a few holes in the blanket. Examines the debate over the…
ArchiveA Black South Africans view of the present
… external investment in South Africa and Namibia, entitled The Conditions of the Black Worker. The accelerated pace of industrialisation has affected … A…
EventBeeld is published for the first time
… The Johannesburg-based newspaper, Beeld, was published for the first time with Schalk Pienaar as editor. This Afrikaans … newspaper is printed six days a…
A Declaration to the people of South Africa
… This address is a declaration to the people of South Africa and begins by mentioning the Nazi-like tyranny under which the people of South Africa live. It is…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In 1950 the government passed the Group Areas Act, a…
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… The seventeen year old Pretoria schoolboy sprinter of … Pretoria Boys' High, Oscar Pistorius, fell coming out of the start of his 200m heat for leg amputees,…
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… Hani was shot and killed, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed…
How the Ahmed Timol case was reported on at the time by South African Institute of Race Relations (Politicsweb), 28 June 2017
… announced on 28 October that Mr. Ahmed Timol [arrested on the night of the 22 October 1971 with Salim Essop] had died the previous … of the Act in 1010…
ArchiveMinutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations
… The meeting was called because of the impending dangers posed by the fragmentation of South Africa by the apartheid government. … Minutes of the Meeting of…
ArchiveMinutes: University of the North Students Re
… Minutes of the extra ordinary meeting of the SRC of the University of the North, held on 19 September 1974 … Minutes: University of the North Students Re …
ArchiveAddress at the National General Council 1985
… An address in the first meeting of the National General Council appreciating the changes that have been done in the enemy camp. … Address at the National…
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
… at a historic moment. We have brought together under the aegis of the United Democratic Front the broadest and most significant … day when even here in this…
ArchivePart 2: the Apartheid Counter Revolution: a permanent Emergency?
… Article by the United Democratic Front in which it looks at the violence on the South African youths by the government in its counter … Part 2: the Apartheid…
ArchiveMemorandum on the October 26 Municipal Election
… Memorandum by Thabo Mbeki on the strategy and tactics of the National Democratic Movement in the aftermath of the 26 October Municipal Elections in South ……
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… A time bomb placed in the Johannesburg railway station exploded during the evening rush hours. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and severe ……
ArchiveThe foreign policy of a future South Africa
… on a foreign policy for a future South Africa. Examines the racist government and the international community, the perspectives of the National Liberation…