SAHO global search
3,096 records
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… Matanzima. In the wake of the scandal, on 23 September 1987 Transkei Defence Forces (TDF) soldiers served … Roelf Meyer, (1999), A better future John D…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… and another one with an article by Baruch Hirson (August 1987). Some authors wrote under pseudonyms. Phahle felt that … author of South Africa: Time of Agony…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… of South India. www.mahendramedara.com/content/view/12/46/ Meena or Mina is derived from the word 'meen' …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… schools, was brutally attacked by police. On September 12, 1977 Steve Bantu Biko died while in custody. Soon after, … Pascal Gwala’ from Poetry International…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… meetings between the parties took place between November 1987 and May 1990, most of them held at a country house near …
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… xvi SA condemns N.Korea nuke test South Africa February 12 2013 Republic of Korea Oscar Pistorius shoots his … Coetzee Bodies linked to Winnie exhumed South…
ArchiveThe trial of SASO/BPC detainees
… The trial of 12 SASO and BPC leaders detained since September 1974. The charge sheet consisted of 81 pages. The 12 are accused of participating in terrorist…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… victims had no time to prepare or protect themselves. On 12 January several hundred mounted Herero invaded Okahandja. … and thirst as they fled through the…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… gross domestic savings of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 12.5 per cent in the year 2000, relaxation of exchange …
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
Lived off the environment The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. They mostly survived by hunting Gemsbok and other antelope…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… legislation such as the Pass laws 3 October, 12 African leaders issue A Call for African Unity 1949 … as Freedom Day in South Africa by the congress movement…
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
… and politics. Muafangejo died of a heart attack in 1987, leaving behind an astounding 5000 linoleum cuts and …
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… Tea Garden was converted into "The Burgundy Restaurant" in 1987 by Tim Hamilton Russell, who pioneered Burgundy style …
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… vocal in its criticism of the apartheid government. In 1987, the SACC adopted the Lusaka Statement. The adoption of …
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… ANC houses and people in Zimbabwe. For instance in May 1987 Tsitsi Chiliza a Zimbabwean citizen married to an ANC …
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… for economic and labour-market failure. Kindly RSVP by 12 May 2014 Cape Town : HSRC, 12th Floor, Plein Park Building …
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… African Republic is defaced as red paint is thrown on it. 12 April, The bust of Fernando Pessoa, a poet who lived in …
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… horsemen and archers. Baburs' army consisted of about 12 000 men, including skilled horsemen and expert musketmen …
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… nurses day is celebrated around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who … place between October 1853 and…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… Skotaville Publishers. June 16: The Fruit of Fear (1986) 1987 In January, Omar Badsha is appointed to head the … Race Relations. Glenmore: The Story of a…
PlaceLighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point
… of its kind in South Africa, and was officially opened on 12 April 1824. The original building consisted of a tower … declared a National Monument under old…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… to the surrounding Informal Settlements and is made of 12 corrugated iron boxes. It was opened on the 10th of November 2006 The Museum comprises a series of…
EventWendy Botha, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… in 1982.[v] She was crowned world champion in the years 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1992, though she represented Australia …
EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
… township of northern Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 20 July 1987.[i] He is a South African musician, music producer and …
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… who had helped him to seize power in a bloodless coup in 1987. Holomisa accused the South African government of having …
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… the end of apartheid. They were also charged with the 1987 massacre of thirteen people in KwaZulu-Natal's …
EventZimbabwe is suspended from the commonwealth
… would be barred from Commonwealth meetings for a period of 12 months, with the opportunity for review at the end of 12 months when a decision would be taken…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… arrived at the house on Church Street at approximately 12:00am, on the 17th of November. They started building a … by, “Come and get me if you can!” At…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… Pillay returned to South Africa in 1990, having spent 12 years in exile. Rajes passed away on 29 December 2020 in …
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12 April 2012 at 9am on the 6th Floor of Luthuli House. The …