SAHO global search
3,397 records
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… Communist Party (SACP). Walus, a Polish immigrant, on 10 April 1993 shot and killed Hani in the driveway of his …
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… rugby unless they did so by May 7. On Sunday, 10 May 1998, Luyt resigned from his position and cited three …
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
… for attaining the highest marks in her standard 8 (grade 10) examination at Hoër Volkskool. Weiss attained A Grades in …
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… the Highveld. The military force was made up of 5 000 men, 10,000 horses, and 14,000 tons of military stores, guns and …
EventRobert Koch announces the discovery of a rinderpest vaccine
… On 10 February 1897, Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist, …
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
… were promised protection. On 30 September 1878, he sold 10 000 acres of land at Umzimvubu River mouth. Two British …
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… at Struts Bay, Cape Town. The boycott raged on, and on 10 August a prefabricated building that was part of the …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front (FF) 2.2 %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 …
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… power that one has as a photographer." [8] The following chapter will chronicle resistance photography between 1976 … reveal their complicity with the…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… fp4SSpi5F8jdsgarwYWGDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10 Cummas, Kammas or Kammavaru -(Agricultural caste) … fp4SSpi5F8jdsgarwYWGDg&sa=X&oi=book…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… In 1981 when the Council's election took place only 10% of the Indian voters cast their votes. Women and labour …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… Natal, between the Zulu's and the Voortrekkers. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza …
ArticleThe Western Front
… of British and Indian armies. Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 – 13 March 1915: Both British and Germans suffered heavy …
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… two questions, conduct a survey as follows: Ask 8 to 10 people what they think of our national flag. (Make sure …
The War
… British army sent for reinforcements from Britain and on 10 January 1900 the new soldiers arrived in Cape Town with …
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… was granted political asylum in Zambia following the coup. 10 years later Obote was rushed from Zambia to a hospital in … South Africa, where he died of…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… and social upheaval (see Gaitskell, 1983: 249). This chapter looks first, briefly, at African women's response to … was 4,32:1 whereas back in the 1890s it…
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… years at the University of Natal: it will be the opening chapter to her Festschrift that SASA is planning. At least …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… February, At an African National Congress (ANC) meeting of 10 000 people, at Newtown Market Square, Dr James Sebe Moroka … of the CPSA also speaks at this…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2015/2015-10…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high … ps://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2015/2015-10…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from…
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… On 17 July 1894 a lengthy mass petition signed by 10 000 Indians was submitted to the Natal Government – the …
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
This is an engaging structure, with a high pitch roof, dormer windows and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 March 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town School, consisting of …
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… October 1890 and construction was completed on or before 10 April 1891. From 1902 to 1958 the building housed the …
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… Andries Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day Western …
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… was completed. The car could ascend the mountain in under 10 minutes and carried 19 passengers and a conductor. …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She grieved for 10 minuites then fled in fear. Fourteen hostel dwellers and …