SAHO global search

… reports on various military campaigns. This led Churchill to work as a war correspondent for The Morning Post, in which he was to cover the occurrences of the Anglo-Boer War in South … and imprisoned in a Prisoner of War (POW) camp. He managed to escape, and with the assistance of an English mine …

… Walter Sisulu joined the ANC in 1940. He was elected to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in 1944 … Repressive laws were soon introduced with a proposal to ban the Communist Party (CPSA).  This led to the formation of the Congress Alliance, of which Walter …

… General Assembly made four key declarations: Opposition to racial discrimination anywhere in the world A call for all Member States to uphold their Charter obligations regarding human rights … ignored previous UN appeals An appeal for Member States to use "best endeavours" to oppose apartheid While the …

… in opposing the Tricameral Constitution about to be introduced by the Apartheid Government.The launch date was chosen deliberately to coincide with the date the government had initially chosen to introduce the Tricameral Constitution. The constitution …

… F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest. Following these … the government announced 'Operation Iron Fist' to put down the fighting. These measures included a curfew; … rule. Though a call was made by a few Black groups to boycott the curfew, it proved effective when it returned …

… The independence of Namibia can be directly traced to an accord agreed upon by Cuba, Angola and South Africa. … until 1990. This meant that South African laws applied to Namibia. These included the laws designed to entrench White minority rule. After years of internal …

… Party, led by Rocky Malebane Metsing, attempted to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope. … in Kemonosi Stadium. Metsing issued an instruction not to spill unnecessary blood while executing the coup. He … P.W. Botha and the S.A. ambassador in Bophuthatswana not to interfere. His request was not granted as the S.A. Defence …

… forty years of its existence, traffic volume has increased to such an extent that it poses a serious problem. In an effort to ease congestion on the Ben Schoeman - carrying 160 000 … per day - an intelligent transport system (ITS), serving to monitor and improve the flow of traffic, has been …

… commissioned officers. He was Obote’s close ally, rising to become the army's chief of staff. Amin became famous in … neighbouring Tanzania . The Tanzanian forces forced them to retreat and invaded Uganda , forcing Amin to escape to Saudi Arabia via Libya . After a long illness, …

… British statesman and colonial Administrator.  Milner came to South Africa in May 1897. In South Africa he became … of the Cape. The cape was under British rule, as opposed to the Transvaal which was under Afrikaner rule, led by State … and Kruger became involved in a dispute. Milner wanted to take over the Transvaal because he realized that the …

… Meteorological Department, and was initially meant to be used to watch weather patterns. Astronomer Dr Robert Innes moved from Cape Town to become the first director of the centre. It was officially …

… Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the present … conditions Klaas van Rijsse, an architect was commissioned to design the artillery camp in a neo-renaissance style. … just north of the complex.  In 1900 there was an attemp to blow up the Artillery Barracks and magazine by the Boer's …

… Appendix B to President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 30th June to 9th July, 1968. Contains general circular to NUSAS from …

… Americans founded the American Colonization Society (ACS) to deal with the “problem” of the growing number of free … at that time. In 1818 the Society sent two representatives to West Africa to find a suitable location for the colony, but they were …

… the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 to 1976, as United Nations Commissioner, he distinguished … ... salutes with pride the contribution of Sean MacBride to the cause of freedom and human emancipation throughout the … was a great beacon, guiding and assisting oppressed people to the path of national liberation and self-determination. …

… in 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to land there. He planted a wooden cross on a small Island … It was then renamed Bahia da Lagoa, which was changed to Algoa bay. Algoa bay is a wide inlet along the South … Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone. The bay is up to 436 m deep and the Harbour City, of Port Elizabeth is …

… overseas were cautiously planned by communists linked to the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leftists in … Soviet Union, suggesting that it was being used by Moscow to pursue its Cold War agenda. By extension therefore, viewers would be expected to infer that the ANC was also a tool of the Soviet Union in …

… / 1906. Another Temple was built on the same site, but had to make way for a new freeway that was being built in Durban … Umbilo Shree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple,(commonly referred to as the Second River Temple). This Temple was dedicated to the Lord Shiva and is situated at 890 Bellair Road, Cato …

… Park, even if it is a further 200 kilometres or so to reach the Phalaborwa Gate. It is hot here, reaching 36 degrees in summer and managing to remain at around 22 degrees during winter - sublime if you want to escape cold, wet winters elsewhere in the country. Giyani …

… who, together with his wife and four children, emigrated to the Cape in 1859. They landed at Mossel Bay following a … 1864 he lost the tender for the toll but, being reluctant to move, he purchased land behind the toll-house and started … the village's postmaster, a position the Searle family was to monopolize for the next 34 years. During that time the …

… Tutsi and sympathetic Hutu dead. The main charges related to the fact that the Bishop, refused to offer aid to those in need, sending 30 school children to their deaths …

… of the mines left were live mines and 13 000 were retained to be used for training in demining. Anti personnel mines are mine explosives designed to injure personnel or people rather than equipment. In the 1990s South Africa began to revise its policy on the use of landmines. For instance, …

… that the African was “totalitarian at heart and used to an ideology of tyranny” and that his history under such … President of the Natal Indian Congress, in a statement to New Age .] While in the herrenvolk climate of South Africa … pronouncements can be understood, and he is entitled to hold such views with the ‘intellectual elite’ of …

… is a Settlement 43 km North-East of Durban, on the route to Umhlali-Tongaat. The Area of Compensation got its name … that in September “Europeans from Pretoria” had come to the Farm and ordered residents to move, and declared that the Farm was now a White Area. On …

… in the area. The reaction of Vendaland’s security police to the attack was brutal. Having failed to apprehend the cadres behind the attack, police concluded … in Vendaland. Moufhe and Phaswana in particular were known to have been close friends of Cyril Ramaphosa, with whom they …

… August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his family to Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown High School and … marrying Diana Malkin in 1934, Penn moved with his wife to the United Kingdom (UK), where he became a Fellow of the … College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1935. Penn continued to work in various hospitals in the UK and in the United …

… by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to fruition than initially expected. This makes me all the … and for the patience and loyal support I have been blessed to receive from my dear husband Renfrew, and our two adored …

… Declaration   We the delegates to this the 52nd National Conference of the African National … democratic order we now enjoy. The ANC wishes once more to express its profound gratitude to the Council, the Vice Chancellor and the Staff of the …

… Chief Jonathan was one of the first Black African leaders to sup with Vorster, South Africa's then Prime Minister. … in South Africa as miners. Their limited income is vital to Lesotho's economy. Three quarters of Lesotho's state … stranglehold on Lesotho's economy, South Africa sought to have Lesotho's support for its homeland policy, namely …

… the land for the stadium available. The stadium is home to Johannesburg's rugby team, the Highveld Lions, and … democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, took to the pitch wearing a Springboks shirt to hand the trophy to Springbok captain Francois Pienaar. …