SAHO global search
2,613 records
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… from their respective Tswana and Pedi homelands, the Pretoria government remained steadfast in its decision to … Ndebele had been made to feel excluded. In a…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… 1879. 6 April, MK operative Solomon Mahlangu is hanged in Pretoria. His comrade, Monty Motloung , suffered brain damage … route to a mission and take refuge…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… 1976.” Harris was sentenced to death and executed in Pretoria Central Prison on 1 April 1965, the only white …
Political prisoners
… Pretoria Central political prisoners Name Adam, Robert …
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… Islam". A week after his arrival in Durban, he started for Pretoria to explain Abdulla Sheth's case to their lawyer. At … National Hotel but was refused…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… 1900 they took Johannesburg. They then marched into on Pretoria four days later and occupied the town on 5 June 1900. After Bloemfontein and Pretoria had…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… recharged. They are placed in solitary confinement at the Pretoria Central Prison under Section Six of the Terrorism … of Southern Africa ’ 12 September,…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… investigate and finalise the siting of a new town north of Pretoria. Executive Council authorises the purchase of the … opening of the Pietersburg railway…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were executed at the gallows in Pretoria Central Prison. Marcus Motaung , Jerry Mosololi and … prisoners were executed by the…
Bathandwa Ndondo
… He was an askari drafted in from Vlakplaas (a farm in Pretoria where former ANC guerrillas were recruited to join …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… until the Government will grant us our request. I was in Pretoria on the 22nd and 23rd of last month in order to …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… by Muslim traders. The earliest known trader moves to Pretoria , the capital of the fledgling Boer Republic, in the … - the majority of whom settle in…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… as “Die Agter-Magaliesberg.” At that time, the present Pretoria-area formed part of the later Rustenburg magistrate … in the lower Magalies-area not far from…
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… prison. 1 October, Solomon Mahlangu arrives at the Pretoria station and find his friend Stephen Nkosi waiting … Masuku another friend of Solomon Mahlangu…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… On 14 April 1980 the nine accused appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in one of the most highly … at Watloo near Mamelodi, and of planning to attack…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… in 1924 the following universities were represented: Pretoria, Natal, Witwatersrand, Rhodes, Bloemfontein, … from Universities of Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom…
ArticleMapungubwe
… contacted the head history department at the University of Pretoria, Professor Leo Fouché. As a result of his … and excavation rights were granted to the…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… laws.” The FSAW decided to carry out a protest at Pretoria. One of the fliers used to raise awareness stated, … attack on their liberty . ’ (Anti-Pass Flyer,…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… in an Afrikaans family. I went to the University Of Pretoria where I obtained a BA Degree. After my studies I …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… by police. 1986 1 April Poshoko, Joel (29) CCAWUSA Pretoria Allegedly assaulted by police during interrogation … wounded, then died. 13 December Mogotsi,…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… - BPC Executive Member Kanakana Matsena - BPC Chairman Pretoria Kenneth Rachidi - BPC National President Tami Zani Thabo Sekume - BPC Chairman Attridgeville,…
BiographyRick Turner
… superior, Brigadier Hansen (now deceased), were called to Pretoria and instructed not to waste time investigating …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… Thabo Mbeki is voted ‘Newsmaker of the Year’ by the Pretoria Press Club. 12 September, The ANC, South African … MK Commander and Minister of Defence, dies at…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… the Transvaal (Abel Mthembu) turned state witness at the Pretoria ANC trial 25/06/78 SAP Personnel: Det-Sgt Chapi … Limpet mine defused 21/07/81 Economic:…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… into new life. The Headquarters of the Main Centre is in Pretoria. …
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… after the father of Hendrik Pretorius – Pretoriusstad. Pretoria came into existence in 1855, destined to become the … the Mooi River, shall be the Capital of…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… Africa in 1913 and lived for some time with J.P. Vyas in Pretoria, to study book-keeping. Soon after his arrival, Gandhiji, then leading a Satyagraha , went…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… A History and New Institutional Challenges, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2002, 3 ↵ [2Perret, S.R. “Water … A History and New Institutional…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… the Trustee. Naboth Mokgatle was elected Secretary of the Pretoria branch of CNETU. CNETU expands its support base … members. Port Elizabeth had 19 unions…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… to an announcement dated 10 September 1897 in an old Pretoria newspaper called The Press. This noted that the … realised that The Press article of 10…