SAHO global search
15,294 records
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… On 26 January 1905 miner Frederick Wells extracted a large …
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… districts for five years, after which they were settled on a government location.Chief Malebogo languished in prison …
EventArchbishop William Barnett issues a statement condemning Apartheid
… a week after being interrogated by the security branch on the infamous tenth floor of John Vorster Square police …
EventTwenty Black students are admitted to the Pretoria University
… for Afrikaans speaking population until the mid-eighties. On 15 February 1986, the university admitted its first twenty … Pretoria , [online] Available at: …
EventThe Minister of the Interior warns that re-registration of the Post newspapers would be banned
… Qoboza, who had resigned as editor of the Post papers on 13 January 1981 and left immediately for the United …
EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… Lansana Conte’ was the second president of Guinea. On 3 April 1984, a week after the death of President Ahmed …
EventZimbabwe is suspended from the commonwealth
… the end of 12 months when a decision would be taken based on the progress made by the country. … , [online] Available at: www.dailymail.co.uk [Accessed on 3…
EventAlgerian terrorist, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid dies
… sharia law and destroyed the Sufi shrines. He was killed on 25 February 2013 in Northern Mali by French and Chadian … Reuters [online] Available at: www…
EventFilm producer, Jamie Uys passes away
… in the United States of America. Jamie Uys passed away on 29 January 1996, Johannesburg, South Africa from a heart …
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
… Front at bases of the latter across the border in Morocco. On June 19, 1965, after less than three years as Prime …
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
… other by less than 10km in KwaZulu Natal. The war ended on 31 May, 1902 following the signing of the Peace Treaty of …
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… Methuen was defeated and captured by General De La Rey on 7 March 1902 in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift), …
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
… On 20 December 1991 (21 December according to other sources) … Available at: https://discovermagazine.com [Accessed on 19 November 2012]| Phys.org…
EventPresident Modibo Keita of Mali is deposed by the army
… Prize for his attempts to rebuild his country’s economy on socialist principles. However, Mali was overwhelmed by …
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… Leeudoringstad, in what is currently North West Province , on August 2, 1925. In 2001, Koornhof surprised many of his …
EventThe Transkei Constitution Act is enacted
… Constitution Act (No 48 of 1963), which came into effect on 30 May 1963, gave partial self-government to the Transkei …
EventWorld TB Day, observed to create public awareness that tuberculosis remains a global epidemic
… had discovered the cause of Tuberculosis. Around the world on 24 March each year, people partake in activities that they … Day [online] Available at:…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… a federation of various labour unions, was established on 2 December 1985 in Durban. It is among the fastest growing … COSATU [online] Available at www…
PlaceDurban Main Post Office
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 June 1976. …
EventThe second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats
… Whites as well as complete economic and political freedom. On the day of the elections the minister of Coloured …
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
… when 12 striking miners were killed as police fired on a crowd. Shortly afterwards it was reported that the South …
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… the way in which these three great campaigns interacted on each other, drew pledges of support and solidarity from … drew the forces of national and class…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… the way in which these three great campaigns interacted on each other, drew pledges of support and solidarity from … drew the forces of national and class…
2002 Introduction By Jordi Martorell
… Africa, but rather was the policy that Stalin imposed on the whole of the international communist movement once he … and had nothing to do with Leninism…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… lost a valuable guide, with a great wealth of experience, on whom we could call for advice as we grappled with the … leaders of our movement said that they…
Letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by O. R. Tambo, 21 July 1986
… the trouble you have taken to communicate to us your views on the South African situation. With regard to the … ago, the ANC made it known that we would…
PlaceGallery 101
… additional branches, one at Hyde Park Corner and another on Hollard Street, close to the then Johannesburg Stock … the 1970s Gallery 21 opened a short-lived…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
… the trouble you have taken to communicate to us your views on the South African situation. With regard to the … ago, the ANC made it known that we would not…
Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
… West European countries which P.W. Botha intends to visit. On behalf of the ANC, and the people of South Africa, I … its international isolation and to…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… Nizaam Carr was born in Cape Town on 4 April 1991.[i] He is a professional South African rugby … international Springbok test debut against Italy in Padova…