SAHO global search
4,296 records
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… military talent at the battle of Donkerhoek on 11-12 June; but, with the Boers in full retreat, he was obliged … De la Rey would call them out to rebellion…
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… to help support his family. His working life began at 12 as a shoe-shine boy and street vendor. At the age of 14, …
BiographyFort Calata
… fruitlessly sought to locate him the following day. On 12 April 1984 Nomonde who worked at the Provincial Hospital … (1996), N. Calata , from the TRC…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… (Saki) Justice Macozoma was born in Port Elizabeth on 12 May 1957, the eldest of the six children of Edward Nzima …
BiographySedick Isaacs
… Town, he was found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to 12 years on Robben Island. Upon arrival on the Island, he was …
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… , Savimbi joined the Union of Angolan People (UPA) in 1961, where he became the secretary general. The following …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD … Non-European Unity?" Workers' Voice,…
BiographyDulcie Howes
… Town, were conceived and built. A few years earlier, in 1961, it was her foresight that resulted in the construction …
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… to Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) to work as his secretary. In 1961, while he was underground, she had secret interviews …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an … was more commonly known, was launched on the 16th December 1961. On the same day in 1838,…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… delivered a keynote address at the Dharma Sabha Hall on 12 November, at an event organised by Vithal Lala and Dr A.H. … is opposed - they should resign from…
BiographyBisho Jarsa
… on their arrival in South Africa. The story began on 16 September 1888, when Commander Charles E Gissing, aboard …
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… in Owamboland. His father was a labourer, who from age 16 or 17 had to leave Owamboland to work on various English, …
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… Neville Wilson Curtis was born on 16 October 1947, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng). his … HNLC Website, (2007), Neville Wilson Curtis (16 October 1947…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… which was hugely expensive, was the cause of his fall on 16 July 1890. Sprigg then served as treasurer in the …
BiographyMolly Fischer
… first daughter, Ruth, was born and a few years later, on 16 June 1943, another daughter, Ilse was born and in August …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction exploded on 16 June 1976 in Soweto and spread to others parts of the … They are the youngest members to sit on the…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… the Poqo remained inactive for most of 1960 and part of 1961, it was revived in 1961 with the formation of … himself to the police and confessed to Hoza’s…
ArticleList of SADF raids into Neigbouring Countries
… over 600 deaths 1981 30 January Matola, Mozambique; 12 killed, 3 abducted 1982 9 December Maseru, Lesotho; 42 … 3 deaths, execution style 1985 14June …
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… and Umkhonto we Sizwe (the ANC’s armed wing) was formed in 1961 by Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela. Walter was … Jongi left home as normal with their school…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… best attempt at a nationwide, non-racial opposition since 1961. July, the UDF turns its attention to the tricameral … is petrol bombed, and his nephew is…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… 15 September, Adelaide and the children land in London. 1961 5 August, Delivers a speech, Racial Problems in South … Presents a paper entitled: Apartheid -…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because … called Dingaans Day and later renamed the Day of the Vow, 16 December…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman … invalid. Source: Collected Works of…
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… two years. After the outbreak of the Student Uprising on 16 June 1976, students left the country in numbers for exile. …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape … . (Accessed on 16 June 2020) The Presidency. (2017). President Jacob…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 06 1981 Rand 7 800 23 13 1982 Rand 14000 37 14 1983 Rand 16 075 36 19 1984 Rand 13 200 16 12 1985 Rand 12 950 22 18 1986 Rand 16 000 13 10 1987 Rand 27 … of…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… The defense team opens their case in the Treason Trial . 16 March, Robert Sobukwe writes to the commissioner of … bullet perforates his right cheek the other…
BiographyAdam Small
… received and Small was acknowledged as a budding poet. In 1961, he wrote Kitaar My Kruis (Guitar My Cross), which …
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
… for five years under the Suppression of Communism Act. In 1961 the NEUM's newspaper, lkwhezi Lomso (The Morning …