SAHO global search
2,126 records
PlaceYzerfontein
Yzerfontein is considered the: ‘Pearl‘, of the West Coast. Yzerfontein, a hidden gem which is only, a pleasant one hour drive from the metropole of Cape Town,…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Terrorism Act and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 June 1979. Even after their release, both men remained …
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… London for ten days before arriving in Addis Ababa on 26 June 1962 to undergo six months military training. This …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… of the oppressed and exploited South African people. On 26 April 1994, South Africa’s new flag was raised. South …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… small number who previously qualified in the Cape Colony . 26 February, Mahatma Gandhi supports the African Peoples …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… followed a series of calamities that included the death of 26 000 women and children in the Anglo-Boer War, the failure …
The girl child
… inability to pay school fees. It has been established that 26 percent of girls in grade 12 in rural areas leave school …
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… or adventurous getaway. The Mbotyi river Lodge is 26 km from Lusikisiki, easily accessible by car and has an …
ANC National Executive Committee by ANC, December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… Gigaba, Malusi 24. Godongwana, Enoch 25. Gordhan, Pravin 26. Hanekom, Derek 27. Joemat-Petterson, Tina 28. Jordan, …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… October 1932 Document 17 Letter from S.P. Bunting to ECCI, 26 October 1932 Document 18 Report of Committee of Opponents … Party of Great Britain, 12…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… Pachai In a Notice published in the Staats Courant of 26 April 1899, the Transvaal Government announced its … as are granted to the other communities in town…
EventOlive Shisana is born
… Online: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/uploads/pageDownloads/26/Olive%20Shisana%20Biography.pdf (18 May 2017). ↵ [3] Olive …
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
… he returned to the Cape in February 1902. He died on 26 March 1902 at Muizenberg in the Cape Colony (now Cape …
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… the Berlin wall. Germany was re-unified the next year. In 1968 the youth in former West Germany began questioning their …
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… State Security (BOSS), which was originally established in 1968, is one such agency whose history remains frustratingly murky. Origins BOSS was established…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… ten years after the ANC’s original call for a boycott, in 1968, that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted …
ANC Gauteng Centenary Month to celebrate Oliver Tambo, 18 October 2012
… be on display from its opening on 23rd October until the 26 October 2012. The ANC National Chairperson Cde Baleka …
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
"To see this sculpture of Mandela!" Visit the Capture Site between Nottingham Road and Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… of International cricket , with SA winning 18 out of 26 tests and 25 out of 30 ODIs played at Newlands between …
”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
… Congress has given the clarion call to action. June 26 may well be the great and historic struggle which will be …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… and dysentery, especially amongst the children. Eventually 26 370 Boer women and children (81% were children) died in …
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… Unao, Uttar Pradesh, wrote to the Government of Bengal on 26 March 1905 saying that his son had been ‘decoyed’ and was …
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… were laid on 2 January 1666. It was completed on 26 April 1679 when the old fort was finally evacuated. The …
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
… went wrong. When Cole’s passport expired at the end of 1968 – after the publication of The House of Bondage, and … from New York to the Swedish Alien…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… of twenty members. This was given statutory standing in 1968; it was then re-named the South African Indian Council … a new body with twenty-five members…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… was appointed editor of the paper in 1960, serving until 1968, when he was succeeded by CF Noffke. The newspaper … of Afrikaans journalism, a remarkably…
PlaceSenteeko Dam
Senteeko Dam, officially "My Own Dam" near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to severe erosion and undercutting of…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… (South African Institute for Race Relations, 1950: 26). When the Group Areas Act (GAA) was passed in 1950, it … race (South African Institute for Race…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Letter from D.I. Jones to M. Rakosi, 23 May 1922 Document 26 Letter from S.P. Bunting to General Secretary, Comintern, … Document 34 Documents of Fourth…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… of the ANC exile leadership. He moved to Britain in 1968. In exile as at home, George unreservedly threw himself …