SAHO global search
27,850 records
PlaceNigeria
… claim that little is known about the earliest history of Nigeria. By 2000 B.C. most of Nigeria was thinly occupied … by the British governor, and the African…
EventWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years
… On 14 May 1991, Winnie Nomzamo Mandela, the then-wife of Nelson Mandela was sentenced to six years in jail by a … Stegmann for her involvement in the…
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… since Afrikaans was regarded by some as the language of the oppressor. It was against this background that on 30 … against Afrikaans language as medium…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… Association] Bulletin, 1, 2. (July 1944). On the 9TH of April the inaugural meeting of the African Youth League … as a beast of Prey ”” Nazism ”” are false."…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend his decision of the re-appointment of disgraced three Members of the Executive Council (MEC) of … and corruption…
EventPoqo members arrested
… with the police, after taking cover in the hills for fear of being attacked by Poqo members, a standoff ensued. Tshweni's … men charged at the police,…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… The ANC attempted to unravel this paradox in the course of a formal review of strategy. ANC operational strategy … ‘militarist illusions among the people: of…
ArchiveThe 1988 Municipal Elections
… on what these elections will involve and why they are being held. Local Government in South Africa is also …
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… The pass measures were aimed at controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein … employment opportunities for Black…
Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings edited by Shamim Meer
… cannot determine my future by Khomotjo Lekgoro The street of Alex by Khomotjo Lekgoro Red Lipstick by Lebogang Lorraine … no matter the past! by Frida Bapela…
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… by Zulus in January 1949 has generated a great deal of debate about the relationship between the two communities. Most observers believe that the Durban…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… Three of the 22 Delmas Treason trialists were released after Judge … had failed to present a case against them after a year of court hearings and two years…
ArchiveApartheid runs on Fluor power
… for the their role in the November stay-away, scabs were being bused in from the homelands by American multinational, …
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… Conference, and in that brief period so many great events of tragic importance to us have occurred that it will be quite impossible for me to deal with all…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… The accepted view of black, and especially African, politics after the Rivonia … overt level. Here it will be shown that there was a force being trained for…
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… Congress Women League president and Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, was found guilty on four charges of kidnapping and four of being an accessory after…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the Great War which had claimed … were kept closed until the 30th October,…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the Great War which had claimed … were kept closed until the 30th October,…
EventDavid Kitson released
… prisoner, David Kitson, was released, seven months short of completing his twenty-year sentence for sabotage. Kitson, … in the early sabotage campaigns; for…
EventFirst mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg
… in various places on the Witwatersrand (meaning Ridge of White Waters), the first gold from the Main Reef on the … which Johannesburg was laid out in 1886…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… Passes and measures to control the mobility of the Black population particularly centring on White urban areas, were being implemented all over South Africa…
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… Members of the South African Industrial Federation (SAIF), a miners … mineworkers strike was the biggest strike in the history of the sector and resulted in…
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… ago on 12 June 1986 I was re-detained for 27 months. 18 of these were in solitary confinement due to my being the only white detainee. I had been released…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM), Enos Ngutshane. … authorities on 4…
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… resume the armed struggle unless their demands, which were being investigated. The African National Congress (ANC) … proper structures. He also berated the…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… during the Second Anglo-Boer War who is widely regarded as being one of the strongest military leaders during that conflict, was … leader had been killed…
PlaceRosmead
… was inaugurated. Due to its location at the junction of the Western, Midland and Eastern Railway Systems, the … an important role in the Military and…
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… his initials as his pen name. He studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated with an honours degree in English … In 1963, while working in London,…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo … Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu among others were being kept after…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… both enacted and the authorisation for the establishment of a national police force was given. The South African … Police (SAP) was the successor to the…