SAHO global search
28,025 records
Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo's Statement In Court In Trial For Passive Resistance, June 1946
… (Dr. Dadoo was sentenced in June 1946, at the beginning of the passive resistance campaign, to three months` … Court as a passive resister in response to the…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… David Goldblatt (87) has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex…
Albert Luthuli`s message from Oslo to the South African people, 5 December 1961
… My people, my sons and my daughters As I pace the floor of my bedroom in the Grand Hotel, Oslo, putting the final touches on my speech of acceptance of the…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, keeping its original name … Henry Hull to host lavish parties for…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by many to be a symbol of international recognition over the prize winners struggle … Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December…
PlacePolokwane
… Is a City of 1 30,000 people counted in the census of 2011 . It now has a Population of about about 640,000 inhabitants. Spoken languages are: … iew-online…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… now.” – Ray Phiri You can’t relegate the activism of the late Ray Chikapa Phiri to the past; as the quote above … them. That’s the point: much as the present…
PlaceCentral African Republic
… various groups speaking languages related to those of the present day were living in the area. These peoples … and Bandi, all founded in the 19th Century…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… noteworthy is that it was possibly the first major example of workers, after 1994, striking not just outside of the auspices of their trade union but…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… The judge presiding over the rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma has said … Ngoepe might be biased as he issued warrants for a…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the…
The Wankie Campaign
… The Luthuli Detachment was one [of] those detachments that were well prepared and well … I personally participated in the preparations. A lot of time was…
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… The memory of District Six , also known as Kanaladorp (kanala is a Malay … word meaning ‘help one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On…
Letter to Farzanah
… Omar Badsha's first book of photographs, Letter to Farzanah was published in 1979 in commemoration of the United Nations declared International Year of the…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
… On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were totally destroyed by … used in warfare. The American government justified the use…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… Following a press conference of General Staff Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Chief of ForÁƒÂƒÂ§as Armadas Populares de LibertaÁƒÂƒÂ§ÁƒÂƒ…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… virus a virus that kills its host by attacking the lining of the cells and coagulating the blood in the human body.. … named after the Ebola River valley…
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… The rapid expansion of Johannesburg after the end of the Second Anglo Boer War increased to over twice it's the … before the war. This increase meant that…
PlaceEnon
… place mentioned in John. It lies 13 kilometres East of Kirkwood and 60 kilometres North-East of Uitenhage,(formerly known as Witterivier). Enon was formed ……
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… This charming figure which stands in front of the Oranje Girls High School was sculpted by Laurika Postma. The positive influence of aesthetically pleasing…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… The measurement of any collective is not when the executive tasks in the normal course of organisational work, but when leadership is confronted with the…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… him. After the shooting, Chapman sat and read a copy of Catcher in the Rye as he calmly waited for police to … to kill the world-famous musician. The instant…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Bonner, Philip. African Urbanisation on the Rand … Consciousness. Inaugural address at the…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… a small Jetty, built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for the Dutch East India…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… photographer David Goldblatt has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… and much-loved family Home. Situated at the Crossroads of what were once four oak lined Avenues in Upper Kenilworth … Gardens and mature trees, Stellenberg…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg , with a population of approximately 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive). Soweto ……
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… 295 metre span that is lit up in all the colours of the rainbow at night. (It's one of the really striking attractions of Johannesburg!) The Bridge, which…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… and Pass Laws, and Africans in countryside towns, weary of tightened restrictions and growing unemployment, began … their grievances, the Communist Party…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… Bridge across the Second Creek, East London, West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the…