SAHO global search
1,387 records
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
194622 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of second…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
On 25 January 1995, King Moshoeshoe II was formally reinstated as King of Lesotho. Moshoeshoe had a turbulent reign over Lesotho as he was twice dethroned,…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
PlaceAngola
… of the FNLA, Holden Roberto, established a government in exile in an attempt at making his party the legitimate … liberation struggle. Angola's Revolutionary…
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
… of those who, before 1990, were "mainly" in prison, in exile, in MDM formations, in professional work and in broad …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
FINAL PROGRAMME FOR THE NKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI ORAL HISTORY COMPETITION MULDERSDRIFT, 03-06 OCTOBER 2014 DAY ONE (Friday 03 OCTOBER 2014) Afternoon…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
On 30 April 1991, the head of the Lesotho military, Maj.Gen Justin Lekhanya was ousted by rebel junior officers. The reasons for this coup was a long standing…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May,…
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… good listener. Many of those who worked with him in exile can attest to this notion that OR had a capacity to …
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
… people like Gwaza, Malebo and Keith Mokoape left for exile – or went to the bush, in the parlance of the hour – …
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… Ray and her husband, academic Jack Simons, went into exile in 1965. They returned to South Africa in 1990. 11. …
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… However this was not the case – he died on foreign soil in exile and while receiving terminal cancer treatment. Rebel …
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… in South Africa her whole life - except for 13 years of exile - until she passed away in 1998. I would be amiss if I …
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, at the European parliament Strasbourg, 13 June 1990
… tens of thousands of our compatriots who were forced into exile by the apartheid system. We shall soon be finalising …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… a military dictatorship, with many of them driven into exile as we were, they nevertheless stood up wherever they …
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… a working relationship with Alexander, who had gone into exile to Zambia in 1967. When Alexander left Cape Town in …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… open communication links between the ANC Leaders in exile, at home and in prison. Amongst some of its operatives …
PlaceThe Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre
The Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre, a skills training project based in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape is involved in community outreach and youth development…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
After declaring in 1976 that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia, "not in a thousand years," Ian Smith reluctantly began to yield to diplomatic…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
The newly appointed British High Commissioner for Southern Africa delivers to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army, handover offenders. Frere who was…
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
On negotiations and suspension of armed actions Preamble Noting that:1. Negotiation is only one form of struggle towards the transfer of power to the people…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
It all began as a peaceful protest march, but ended with violence, tears, blood and death of a 13 year old boy, Hector Peterson. The Soweto uprising began when…
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… - I was in South Africa before I left, before I went into exile. You know, I was just an ordinary person having a … concept? But in you view, I mean while…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… from prison. June, Sisulu's daughter Lindiwe goes into exile. 29 July, A prisoner in the isolation section at Robben …
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… National Congress leaders returns to South Africa from exile. 2-4 May, The Groote Schuur Accord: the National Party …
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Key Words : Can Themba, Apartheid, Writer in Exile, Drum Magazine Born : 1924 Marabastad, Pretoria Died : …
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… uprising. The subsequent flow of students and youth into exile gave, says Mongane Wally Serote, ‘to the ANC oxygen and …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… homes of political leaders are raided, and many go into exile in Dar es Salaam, among them Sam Nujoma. 1959 19 April …
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
The years 1990 and 1991 were as important as they were eventful. The agreements recorded during this period ensured that obstacles in the way of substantive…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
Father Michael Lapsley was born in New Zealand on 2 June 1949. He was trained as an Anglican priest in Australia, where he joined a religious community, The…