SAHO global search
3,516 records
The Children’s Charter
… the right to “special care and assistance”. The United Nations drew up the Convention of the Rights of the Child so …
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… and gained international support from the United Nations. In fact, the prisoners’ families may have suffered …
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
Lucas Manyane Mangope was born west of Zeerust near Bechuanaland border on December 27,1923,the son of a local chief,Mangope graduated from St Peter's School…
BiographyHargreaves Nkosana Mbodla
Between 1959 and 1962, eight people were banished from various districts of Mpondoland, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape]. They included some of those who…
ArchiveOrganisational Report of the National Executive Committee
… Campaigns Committee. Includes Reports from the Women's League, the Youth League, Department of Economic Policy, Department of …
BiographySally Gross
Born on August 22, 1953 in Wynberg, Cape Town, Sally Gross is one of the most challenging and important figures in our country’s history. Gross was born…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula –…
BiographyAshley La Grange
"My guiding principle is to work hard and live within my means. My father died when I was seven and my mother’s inheritance was embezzled, so she had to work…
BiographyStephanie Kemp
Stephanie Kemp was born in the Karoo in 1941 and grew up with her two sisters in Malmesbury in the Swartland. The town was dominated by the Dutch Reformed…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
POLITICAL HARASSMENT FAROUK ASVAT was banned by the South African regime between 1973 and 1978; and nominated an Amnesty International "Prisoner of…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… and lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its president in 1947, Ashby Peter (A.P.) … Herschel, Eastern Cape. Under Mda's…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… on the question. How many comrades are members of your League? Probably, the Communist Party (official) has much more members than your League. Is it not so?…
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… Persons, The Presidents and NEC Members of the ANC Women`s League, ANC Youth League and the ANC Veterans League and the leadership of … The ANC human rights…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… Persons, The Presidents and NEC Members of the ANC Women`s League, ANC Youth League and the ANC Veterans League and the leadership of … The ANC human rights…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… placed on the agenda of the first meeting of the United Nations by India, and various countries criticised the policy … U.N.O. South Africa was placed on the…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… education system, Dulcie became involved in the Teacher’s League of South Africa . [5] The Teacher’s League of South Africa was just one of the emerging…
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… in South Africa. Then on 11 May 1959 the National Football League (NFL) was formed by 12 clubs from Johannesburg, and … For instance in 1971 the National…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… joined the ANC, were offered scholarships by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to study in West … schools reopened in Soweto in 1978,…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… Anton M Lemdedethe first president of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) is articled to him as a law clerk. 1946 …
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… In 1946, the United Nations expressed its concerns about South Africa’s … India. In 1952, after the Defiance Campaign, the United Nations appointed a task…
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… the imposition of mandatory sanctions by the United Nations Security Council and, if necessary, unilateral action by member States of the United Nations. He…
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu, a township to the north of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the…
BiographyMark Shinners
Mark Shinners grew up in Attridgeville in Pretoria. He became involved in politics as a teenager and joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC). This was shortly…
BiographyGilbert Hani
Gilbert Hani and Jacob Mpemba,prominent ANC [African National Congress] leaders and strong opponents of Kaizer Matanzima and the Bantustan policy, were…
BiographyDeseni Soobben
Deseni Soobben was 10 when her grandfather, a businessman returned from a trip to Japan and gave her a Kodak lnstamatic camera. Soobben matriculated from…
BiographyNancy Graham Dick
Nancy Dick was born in Durban, South Africa and was brought up in Cape Town. She was one of four daughters. Her father was a proponent of the Cape liberal…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… coach Pitso Mosimane was fined R50 000 at a Premier Soccer League (PSL) disciplinary hearing. This followed after his … coach, Angel Cappa, during the recent…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… and treated them with equal contempt. The Bantu Women's League (BWL) One of the direct consequences of the … new, very significant women's movement, the…
ArticleThe San
… South Africa long before the arrival of the Bantu-speaking nations, and thousands of years before the arrival of … the spirit of the African Renaissance…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… for the independence” from Brittain in 1956. The Arab League have also welcomed the deal. On the other hand Payton … and Hemeti to further consolidate their…