SAHO global search
2,115 records
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 official languages. September is since…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic had now been achieved…
Address at the National Council Of Provinces, 12 November 2002
Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Honourable Premiers, Honourable Members of the National Council of Provinces: Thank you very much for affording me the…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… 19. The secretary of state hit the right emotional notes, expressing his sorrow at what needed to happen. The …
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… rule of a bygone age. Those sacrifices were not in vain. Notes 1. Vladimir Shubin, The Hot Cold War: The USSR in …
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
Your Excellency, President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Vice-Chairman of Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Current Chairman of PTA…
Statement, on Behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the Closing Session of the Seventh Summit Meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, Arusha by O. R. Tambo, 1 - 2 December 1988
Your Excellency, President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Vice-Chairman of Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Current Chairman of PTA…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
The PEC held its ordinary meeting on 27th August 2011 to deliberate on various political and organizational matters. The meeting expressed grave concerns on…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 21 May 2004 (After National Elections)
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the first joint sitting of the third democratic Parliament, Cape Town 21 May 2004 (Embargoed:…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic We have seen how altered conditions gave rise to a…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
Ruth First: An Ally of the Struggle Throughout the history of apartheid, freedom fighters were subjects of legal repression by the apartheid government who…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
The Alliance Political Council, comprising of the National Officials of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
From Military Chairman to President of the Republic: After dissolving the national electoral committee, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara organized and won a flawed…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
The African National Congress in the Northern Cape will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps; thousands of volunteers of the ANC dressed in gold overalls…
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Richard Stuttaford of Stuttaford’s fame…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
If a life could be mapped, that of the Honorable Arthur Chaskalson would surely appear as a straight line starting from a commitment to human rights, and…
PlaceRondebosch
In 1657 a group of four free burghers were granted land in an area south of Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope. Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch commander at the…
Copyright, Disclaimer & Privacy policy
Copyright, Disclaimer & Privacy policy Material on our website is subject to the Creative Commons Copyright Policy (unless otherwise stated by a third/outside…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… of the enquiry.” At the bottom of this letter are notes in the Principal’s handwriting, dated 18 October, … Lisa van Loon, Anna Vorndran, Peredur Williams…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago,…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
1946 Passive Resistance Campaign Introduction ↵ An acute labour shortage forced White settlers in Natal to plead to the Indian Government to send its…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
The Pass was constructed between 1984 and 1988. Leading up to the Huguenot Tunnel from its South side, is an awe-inspiringly beautiful, high-altitude viaduct…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… the Muslims; * supervision of madaris, providing syllabi, notes, text books; conducting madaris examinations and … 12 page Introduction, Arabic text, Zulu…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
Essa Moosa was born in District Six, Cape Town on 8 February 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Moosa was a former human rights…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
Oral interview with Dr F T Mdlalose, KwaZulu Minister of the Interior at his offices in Ulundi. Please note that the times are for guidance only and may not be…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
The Durban Moment: Revisiting, politics, Labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s. 22-24 February, 2013 Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa The Â…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
INFIGHTING within the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is far from over as two factions in the party battle with each other over the legitimacy of this weekend’s…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
Today's opening address of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… She sat on my prison stool using my small table to make notes when I started reading from a copy of the letter. I had …