SAHO global search
3,906 records
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… at the foot of Hangberg , was proclaimed on 31 March 1939. …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… in 1924. However, when World War Two was declared in 1939, divisions within the UP forced Hertzog to resign as …
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… prominent opera singer in South Africa, was born on 23 May 1939, in Leipzig, Germany. The daughter of Frederick Dalberg …
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… When the Second World War (WWII) broke out in 1939, the OB opposed South Africa's involvement on the side …
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… champions. The first-ever Currie Cup final was played in 1939. During the early 1900's the tournament was not played …
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… World War which started in the early hours of 1 September 1939 when three German Stuka dive bombersshowed up …
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… country during the times of apartheid. Born on 4 April, 1939 in Witbank, South Africa, Masekela lived through the … from radio, performances, gatherings of…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… additional labour from his employees. According to Section 26 the employer could be fined up to £2 for failing to … instance he could be taken to the…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… Military History Journal Vol 10 No 1 - June 1995 (incorporating Museum Review) SOLDIERS … African Mounted Rifles (SAMR).(6) The Second World War, 1939-45 In…
PlaceHindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
… Secondary School, was officially opened on April 12, 1939 by Sri Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. He was the first …
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… financial support from the Trade Unions to the amount of 10/- per month per union and I trust that you will give the …
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… conditions: ”¢ It should be based on the Convention's 10-point programme. ”¢ The federal structure of the … there was intrinsically no difference between…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Malan , begins to makes gains as the official opposition. 26 September , The African Democratic Party (ADP) is launched … ANC intellectuals, formed the ANC…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape. 1649 26 July, Date of the well-known 'Remonstrantie' by Leendert … names Diamantberg, Paarlberg and…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… spoke, which included Malaysian and Portuguese Creole [10] Afrikaans also originated from contact with French and … new policy deprived them from mother…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… migrate while in the process their land was dispossessed [10] . It was not only because Africans were forced to work in … legislative and administrative…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… date for the start of the Defiance Campaign was set for 26 June 1952. A “Day of the Volunteers” on Sunday 22 June, … mentally and morally fit . The Defiance…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… 1910 February 26, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi supports the African Peoples’ … of the law, as Krugersdorp is a “Gold area”. 1919 January 26 – 30, At the…
EventWendy Botha, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries/botha-wendy (26 May 2017). ↵ [ii] Neu, J. & Servais, T. 2017. Botha, … http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… cherished chocolate every day until he was sentenced to 10 years on Robben Island . Having somehow studied for a law …
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… information: The content listed below applies to the last 10 000 years of the Later Stone Age. Older Stone Age periods … out about them. Content and concepts…
Lerato Maduna
… of the permanent exhibition at the Workers Museum.2009/10.Photographer for developing educational material for The Academy for Educational Development2009/10…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… be sentenced to death. The students held a night march to 10 Downing Street and handed a petition, signed by 664 staff … deputy president in the Government…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… Whites-only electorate, increasing its seats from 17 to 26. And even within the ruling NP itself was divided between …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Indians in the Malay Location and the Nigel Bazaar. April 10, 1941. Appointed adviser to Indian National Congress. Is … elections that had been announced at…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… as far as Australia. An extract of The Courier Mail, 26 February 1946 A few days later the entire Johannesburg … and non-Indians. By the time the trial…
PlaceFouriesburg
… by the British when they occupied the place on the 26 July 1900. A remnant from those days is the block house … ( Afrikaans for narrow path through the…
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… National Party 20.39 3 983 690 82 Inkatha Freedom Party 10.54 2 058 294 43 Freedom Front 2.17 424 555 9 Democratic … Congress Party 0.14 27 690 0…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… Central Africa in late 1983 reported they had identified 26 patients with AIDS in Kigali, Rwanda, and 38 in Kinshasa, … last stage of their pregnancy and…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… change of Government, and - Baragwanath Hospital. In 1939 Britain, and the Empire, had large backlogs in all … for the first Democratic Elections . His death…