SAHO global search
27,221 records
PlaceTenterden, 60 Durban Road, Wynberg
… The property was originally part of the Vredenhof Estate which had been allocated to William … a Cape Dutch idiom but it subsequently acquired a number of…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… Thursday sees Trafalgar High School, located at the foot of District Six, marking 100 years of existence and according to school principal, Nadeem … across…
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… just above the land presently occupied by the University of Cape Town, a cage like structure was built in 1897 to … surrounded by colonnades for his lions,…
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… For the first time in the history of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), the World Cup … Cup began on 11 June 2010 in South Africa…
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… The Kroondal congregation was founded by a group of German speaking farmers, artisans and entrepreneurs living in and around the village of Kroondal, on 2…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… at Misty Hills Country Hotel, Muldersdrift and handing in of all written portfolios and research papers by learners and … oral history project and attendant…
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… than 30 minutes between police and Israelites, followers of prophet Enoch Mgijima , more than 180 people were killed. … and their homes demolished. Soon…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… on the route between: Johannesburg and Durban , just North of Harrismith . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality. However…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… “ROGERS” RAGAVEN was an arts student at the University of Natal “Non-European” Section and became a close friend of Steve Biko. He was elected president of…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… in trying to make the woman who had accused Jacob Zuma of raping her drop the case. In a lengthy statement he offered his version of events, saying he had in…
Rixaka
… Rixaka, the cultural journal of the African National Congress, was launched to establish a platform allowing full expression of the cultural voice in the…
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been proclaimed in 1745. It was …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… The government of Ciskei introduced the National Security Decree No 19 as an attempt to curb the pressure of the increasing calls for the end of the Ciskei…
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
… In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and thirty nine international pharmaceutical … for patent infringement regarding the…
EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… by South African police. This followed the declaration of a State of emergency on 25 July 1985 by President PW Botha in 36 of South Africa’s 260 magisterial…
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… Africa on 31 December 1986. The country was at the height of political conflict and violence that made it hard for most … to remain operational. Esso South…
PlaceAgterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
… in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfreds Hamlet. The name means 'basin of water…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… This Town is near the Land where the 'Battle of Majuba' was fought, where the Transvaal won independence … South African War. On 27 March 1889, President…
Storming: The Insurrections Ensemble by Marcus Grossman, September 2015
… ensemble, Prosperus is not about magic but about a sense of the demonic power of the current world system. He is a white man who hates the feel of money but…
EventDr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.
… studied at the Stellenbosch University and the University of Columbia and was a founding member of the National Commission of Education and the Bureau of…
PlacePhilippi
… The settlement of Springfield was established sometime before December 1896, … 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi is one of Cape Town’s…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… Bophuthatswana's capital city was Mmabatho and 99% of its population was Tswana speaking. This new country's … to be declared an independent state outside…
EventRioting and destruction in Cato Manor and Durban continues
… people had first begun living there informally at the end of their indentured labour contracts. A small number of them had earned enough money to buy land…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… which shocked the nation and forever changed the lives of the close-knit community of Trust Feeds, a rural village near New Hanover in the Natal Midlands. On…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… the regime had not been violent, we would not have thought of violence. It was our policy to be consciously, … nonviolence, on discipline, that we must get…
PlaceGreen Point
… horse races on its common, and the area developed as one of Cape Town's most popular social centres. William Burchell commented in 1811 that: "Vehicles of…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… Hastings Banda was one of the more enigmatic “Big Men” of the post-independence era in Africa. He was Malawi’s first … and ruled the country for 30 years…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… into police stations guarding its borders, the President of the ANC, Comrade Oliver Tambo, has said. He said it was an act of bullying which showed that…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… The Seaside Resort of St. James was located on False Bay , some 26 km South of Cape Town , the Suburb derived its name from the Church of St. James, built…
Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
… Comrade Nomzamo Winnie Mandela, has become the subject of much media speculation. I am issuing this statement to … for liberation in our country. Owing to…