SAHO global search
22,820 records
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… consist of 219 items covering the period 1868 - 1940 and include diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, … personal documents, press clippings, maps, printed…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… Five people were killed and many others injured at the University of Zululand … between an estimated 500 Inkatha Freedom Party supporters and a group of UDF…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… Steve Biko was born in King Williams Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the … was to address the psychological impact of apartheid, and…
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
… up studying medicine to devote himself to the "struggle", and founded the Black Consciousness Movement in 1969. Steve … with alarm by the South African…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… Sanford Methuen (b. 1845 d.1932) was the 3rd Baron Methuen and a soldier all his life. Before arriving in South Africa … campaigns in present day Ghana as…
PlaceRosemount
… was established at about the same time as East London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early … it had been overtaken by suburban…
EventThe first large group of French Huguenots arrive at the Cape
… Germany, England, America, the Netherlands, Poland and South Africa, where they could enjoy religious freedom. … for Huguenot settlement in Franschhoek (…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Gopinath Pandey, a headmaster of the … on 26 March 1905 saying that his son had…
Presidential address by Alberth Luthuli to the Annual Provincial Conference of the Natal Branch of the African National Congress, 5 July 1956
… The Struggle Must Go On! to pay tribute to those men and women who have suffered or died for freedom in our … so disloyal to our dear Africa for too long…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… they began a process which shifted power to working people and played an important role in defeating apartheid. First, … workers had more skills, they could…
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… by every articulate group amongst the African, Coloured and Indian communities, who constitute the majority of this … on crisis. We have been excluded from…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
… &Technology; Mayor of Upington; General Romano; Ladies and gentlemen; Friends and Compatriots. Three years have passed since the people of … - so that…
Address of the President of the South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Africa Region Conference (CPA), Cape Town 27 July 2007
… Commonwealth parliamentarians Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen I had wished to be with you at the beginning … is it that we are a commonwealth…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A colonisation scheme was suggested for … Round Table Conference, held at Cape…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
… little Town on the Cape West Coast near Strandfontein and Langebaan, about 300 km West of Cape Town. You can get to … used as an anchorage on the Northbound…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… Dadoo was all too familiar with the repressive political and social conditions that the Indian community lived under during segregation and apartheid…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… Cape Colony. KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn attended school at Robertson and Carnarvon. He continued with his studies at the University of Stellenbosch and completed his BSc…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration … tribute to a…
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
… due to a heart attack. Flynn was born on 13 December 1948, and was educated at Plumstead High School in Cape Town, and the University of Cape Town (UCT)…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… South African artist. He has achieved national and international acclaim. Motswai was born on 27 May 1963, … Although he was born deaf, he became a prolific…
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… It is with deep regret and a profound sense of loss that the African National … Tambo, widow of the late ANC President Oliver Tambo and an outstanding…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… On 10 December 1996, the signatures on the country's new and final Constitution fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the…
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
… in South Africa?" I maintain that this article is a naive and sarcastic criticism of an article which appeared on … oppressed Native bourgeoisie feels the…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so weak and feeble democratic structure of South Africa…
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… Moi then won an elected seat on the council in 1957; he and other African council members became increasingly vocal … an end to British colonial rule. Moi…
PlaceRichmond
… a population of 898. In 1875 this number had risen to 995, and in 1891 it was 1,236. By 1904 it stood at 2, 001, of whom … Richmond was originally part of…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… central figure in the white South African student movement and key in its radicalization. Turner acquired his doctorate … in Paris, where he was inspired by…
Grassroots
… newspapers designed to give a voice to the 'voiceless' and oppressed peoples of South Africa. Only 5000 copies of … in subsequent years circulation grew to…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… erupted when Poqo members from Mbekweni, Paarl, met and resolved to attack the White town of Paarl. Over 200 men armed with axes, pangas, sticks, sabres and…
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… Once part of a vital communications link between Europe and Southern Africa, the RMS Windsor Castle was the last of … The voyage from Southampton took a mere…