SAHO global search

… African artists at the Goodman Gallery in 1979 was the first exhibition at this prestigious gallery where … its ten years of democracy. In 2003 he was assigned by the War Museum in Bloemfontein to edit and compile a major exhibition, Suffering of War that depicted the suffering of both Boer and British …

… Catharina Swart (nee Robberts). During the South African War (1899-1902) Swart's father was captured and the young boy … iron and steel industry; and between 1926 and 1933 he was first a member and then the chairperson of the select … of the Union of South Africa. From 31 May 1961 he was the first State President of the Republic of South Africa for six …

… also the keeper of the heritage of Isaac Rosenberg, the First World War poet and artist killed in France on 1 April 1918, his … was also arrested during this period. Months later, the first 30 people to go on full trial in Pretoria were …

… out on both feet and one leg. Kamau was impressed by his first exposure to Europeans, and determined to join the … a nearby White settler. British East Africa during World War I In 1912, having completed his mission school education, … Kenya'. Marriage and Family In 1919 he met and married his first wife Grace Wahu, according to Kikuyu tradition. When it …

… was leader of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and he was one of the … State near Vrede in 1869. In 1880, at the outbreak of the First Anglo-Boer War, Louis overheard that British spies were … the British Parliament on 31 May 1910. Botha becomes the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa on 21 May …

… by Lewis when he set up a studio in London after the First World War. His career in England was punctuated by return visits to … as well as his portraits of black soldiers during World War II, reveals much about his inability to communicate fully …

… Terre'Blanche, fought as a Cape rebel in the  Second Boer War .  His father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the then  South … the Commando of his district. Terre'Blanche captained the first rugby team of the Potchefstroom Hoervolkskool and after … as a semi-secret organisation for five years.  Its first public action, undertaken in 1979, was to tar and …

… Methodist Church of South Africa. He was among the first pupils of the Ohlange Institute, founded by John Dube … 1914 deputation to Britain. Directly after outbreak of the First World War he was, however, a member of the SANNC deputation that …

… allow him to captain a ship. During the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899””1902) his ship called at East London, South Africa … Davis, who died from wounds in August 1916 during the First World War (1914””18). Davis took a keen interest in the College and …

… Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union. After studying first for a diploma in agriculture at Adams College and then … the African Bakers and Confectioners Union. During World War II, he led his union through a number of successful …

… One of the first-string accused in the  Treason Trial of 1956-1961 , … in 1919 and served in the South African army in  World War II , attaining the rank of sergeant. He was a member of …

… work was to support the Soviet Union’s efforts during the war when they wanted to open a second front. D-Day came and the war in Europe ended, then DJ-day came and the war in Japan … centre was a row of cast-iron columns which supported the first floor walkway which gave access to those cells. At the …

… as a commando against the British in the Second Boer War (1899–1902). During the war his mother was interned in a … as foolish and a threat to White South Africans. Botha was first elected to the national parliament from the town of … security issues. He confronted South Africans with their first lesson in the process of radical re-education at …

… Mvutshini, Margate, in what was then Natal Province. The first child of Lazarus and Josephine Nxumalo, he attended the … user of his contributions, offered him a job. When World War II broke out, Nxumalo – then 22 and already an … important role in the process of change. The early post-war years were lean ones for black writers and journalists …

… independence, Namibia's northern border was open for the first time since South African mandate had begun. A massive … helicopters leaving Saigon near the end of the Vietnam War. He has said about this moment, “As soon as I learned … in Nordic countries. A trip to Sweden in 1987 marked the first connections between Swedish trade unions and unions …

… of electoral candidates. De Waal was part of the first Commissie, together with Hofmeyr and RP Botha. At the … accused of breaking martial law during the Anglo-Boer War , the South African Party met to decide the issue of … was appointed to draw up a comprehensive statement on the war, composed of De Waal, TP Theron, DJA van Zyl, JH Schoeman …

… Constance Barrow. Her father commanded a destroyer in the First World War and was held as a prisoner of war when his ship was sunk. … in Cape Town in August 1955 and was the Director of its first Advice Office, established in Cape Town in 1958, and a …

… still part of the Transvaal Republic. He went to school first on the farm and afterwards in the town. When the  Second Anglo Boer War  (1899-1902) broke out he joined the Boer forces as a lad … of the BFBS, the head office of which was in Cape Town. At first he was responsible for the Cape and South-West Africa …

… Soldiers` Dependents League during the Second World War. She was also an Executive Member of the Congress of … of African, Indian and Coloured workers. She was the first woman to be banned in the Province of Natal under the … house arrest for another five years. George Ponnen was the first man to be banned for five years in Natal in 1950. He …

… colonial city of Durban. Wentworth was a converted World War 2 military transit camp that was reserved for Coloured … with his mother's pistol. Politicised from an early age, first under the influence of his embittered father and then … Robert found two books particularly influential. The first was A. J. Venter’s Coloured: A profile of 2 million …

… entered as a stonemason on the 1820 settler's list. Their first home was a rough shelter near Bathurst where William … preacher. Shepstone's linguistic ability gave him his first government post as interpreter to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth Frontier War of 1834-35, and he acted as interpreter for Colonel Harry …

… entered as a stonemason on the 1820 settler's list. Their first home was a rough shelter near Bathurst where William … preacher. Shepstone's linguistic ability gave him his first government post as interpreter to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth Frontier War of 1834-35, and he acted as interpreter for Colonel Harry …

… and St Aidan’s Boys’ School, both in Durban. During World War I, Sigamoney became involved in politics and joined the … against Indians in an effort to raise funds for the war effort and to unite whites and Indians. But his attempts … were in vain. Sigamoney helped establish, and became the first secretary of, the Indian Workers Industrial Union in …

… Orange Free State province. After this he gained a first class pass for his Lower Primary Teachers’ Certificate … when he gained his B.A. degree in journalism, he was the first black South African to be awarded a B.A. through … and editor of its The African Teacher.  During the post-war years he became the first principal of the recently …

… worked at his father’s shop in Cape Town. He received his first degree in Social Science from the University of Cape … South Africa: Out of the Laager? Fabian Society, 1991 War in the Horn Royal Institute of International Affairs, … Gilkes) Unfinished Business: Ethiopia and Eritrea at war Red Sea Press, 2005, (editor, with Dominique …

… a process of national disintegration. After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, Sir Garnet Wolseley, British administrator of … country, and many view it as the origins of the Zulu civil war. Cetshwayo's brothers, who acted as councillors in the … became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1910, one of the first things he did was to order Dinuzulu's release. He …

… were two of the founders of the town Potchefstroom, the first capital of what would later become the Zuid Afrikaanse … Republiek(ZAR). When Kruger was 16 he received his first farm near present-day Rustenburg, as was the custom, … longer about the rights of ‘uitlanders’. The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War , broke out on 11 October 1899, and …

… with other teachers in the Transvaal, formed one of the first teacher unions, the Transvaal African Teachers' … teacher and politician that Makgatho made his mark in the first decade of the 20 th century. In 1906 he was … Resolutions", Izwe la Kiti , July 2, 1913). When World War I broke out in 1914, Makgatho was leader of the Transvaal …