SAHO global search
28,305 records
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… my good friends from the media. Thank you very much to all of you for taking time out of your very busy schedules to come and listen to me this … come to…
EventNUSAS disbands
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… Former Minister of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans University, … van der Merwe (52), who left the cabinet at the request…
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… cargo ship Santo Alberto was wrecked on the coast of Pondoland, south-west of the mouth of the Umtata River. Through admirable leadership of the … Potgieter,…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his cell, worried about the survival of his family. He had left behind a mother, a wife and…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in … Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
… 2015, Chumani Maxwele threw human excrements at a statue of Cecil John Rhodes that was situated on the campus of the University of Cape Town, on Rugby Road…
EventSouth African historian Charles van Onselen is born.
… was born on 14 August 1944, in the South African town of Boksburg, Gauteng (then Transvaal).[i] van Onselen has become one of the most widely respected South…
EventColoureds are removed from the voters roll
… the Afrikaner nationalist majority, embarked on a series of campaigns to remove Coloured people from the common voters rolls. On 14 May 1951, members of the…
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… political career by winning the Provincial Council seat of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, for the Progressive Federal Party … A year later she became involved in…
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… money had been misused. He denied that he was informed of the secret funding of The Citizen and rejected as contemptible Dr. Eschel … statement from his…
EventA Whites-only referendum in SWA gives a support on Black majority.
… for plans for Black majority rule in the country. Out of the total White population of 99,000, fifty-two thousand of them voted yes on the Turnhalle draft…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… After a three day meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), the meeting adopted a new strategic policy, which…
EventHarms releases his report
… its report on its investigations in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South African Police … headed the commission. Ironically enough,…
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… The Pope arrives in Lesotho Pope John Paul , leader of the Catholic Church arrives in Lesotho amidst a hijacking … revealed Lesotho's dependence on South…
EventWorld Aids Day
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 … that, unlike other pandemics like malaria, the spread of…
EventHome Affairs Minister Mapisa
… The meetings, expected to continue until the end of the week, also concerned improving cooperation between the … reports that people with al-Qaeda links were…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… South Africa was officially admitted as 53rd member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at a summit, held in Tunis, Tunisia. … after membership was…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
… against his mother who screams Africa screams the smell of freedom and heather in the locations of the heart under siege The child raises his fists against…
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
… Ababa, derailed when it reached a curve 125 miles east of the capital. . It was suspected that the train engineer … injured in the accident. The accident…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… The Diggers’ Memorial is one of the monuments that constitute part of this heritage, contributing to it in an important way. It … and power is seen as they…
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
… rains immersed the whole town in water, only the roofs of the houses were left visible. At least 100 residents lost their lives and the bodies of 72 people…
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… parties. Amongst those present were: Mangosutho Buthelezi of KwaZulu, Oupa Gqozo of Ciskei, Lucas Mangope of Bophuthatswana, Andries Treurnicht of…
EventAbout 22 000 miners on Witwatersrand gold mines go on strike in what became known as the Rand Rebellion
… which effectively crushed the general strike. By the end of the strike 153 miners had been killed and 500 wounded; 5000 strikers had been arrested of whom 4…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… Christian Smuts started his first term as prime minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August 1919. Smuts was a…
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… The first cases of an unusually severe and deadly strain of influenza, popularly called Spanish Flu or 'Great Flu', … This started the worst pandemic ever in…
Zastron
… Zastron lies at the foot of the Aasvoelberg which is the highest peak in the Free … or approx. 7240 imperial feet). Close to the border of that mountainous…
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… Cape Agulhas and not Cape Point is the southernmost tip of Africa. The seas around Cape Agulhas - about two hours … caused numerous shipwrecks. Therefore the…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… Pretoria is commonly known as Jaccaranda City, because of the purple flowered bush that flurishes there! It has … in South Africa, was built to celebrate the…