SAHO global search
26,293 records
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in about 1858. The local economy was based primarily upon … farming, although fruit and grain were…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… On 12 September 2008, Justice Chris Nicholson, Judge in the then Natal Provincial Division of the High Court of … Blade Nzimande, General Secretary of the…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… When I returned to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the factory section had lost…
Message to the Special Committee against Apartheid on its 20th anniversary from O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 April 1983
… belongs to the most ardent campaigners internationally in educating world public opinion on the evils of apartheid. The Special Committee has been in the…
Message from Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid on its 20th anniversary, 02 April 1983
… belongs to the most ardent campaigners internationally in educating world public opinion on the evils of apartheid. The Special Committee has been in the…
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… On 31 October 1933, Abdul Samad Minty was born in Hartebeesfontein, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). In June 1958 he left for Britain to…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… devotion to the poor, was buried on 13 September 1997 in Culcutta, India. The 87-year-old nun died on 5 September. … to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… Wanderers has a rich History. It was the third Test ground in Johannesburg following the Old Wanderers Stadium and Ellis … squash and bowls, which can also…
EventSnaar Viljoen, the great all-rounder is born
… Johannes Hendrickus ‘Snaar’ Viljoen was born in Hanover, Northern Cape on 11 January 1904.[i] Snaar was … Africa’s greatest all-rounders.[ii] AnchorHe…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… This is probably the oldest surviving house in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in a UN report. Lumumba died on 13 February 1961. It has always been assumed in liberation…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… Morocco had been ruled by the Alaouite Dynasty since 1631. In 1859, a war was waged against Spain in an attempt to remain independent. Following this war,…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… As the so-called 'Pegging Act' was due to expire in March, 1946, Prime Minister J.C. Smuts realised that … 28 of 1946) was introduced on 15 March 1946 and…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… literature into the country. Mahlangu had joined the ANC in September 1976, and left the country to be trained as an … and others returned to South Africa,…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… President, Seretse Khama died on 13 July 1980 he died in Gabarone, Botswana. He was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, … Bechuanaland had been put under British…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… stubbornness can also suggest steadfastness. Obstinacy, in this sense, was also why his commitment to freedom never … once change became necessary or he…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 19 September 2003
… that we hold dear and which bind us together as enshrined in our Constitution. We also acknowledge and appreciate our … way since 1994. We were a country…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Durban, 2 September 1998
… welcome you all to our newly democratic country, still in the infancy of its freedom. We are especially proud to do … of the critical role of the Movement…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… Ferus was a strong campaigner against racial oppression in South Africa, who died in a car crash the on Monday 20 April 1981. His funeral, in Worcester, was…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
… SANCO met yesterday, 5 February 2015, at Luthuli house in its regular meeting to discuss issues common interests, as well as to reflect on developments in…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… Hugh Ramopolo Masekela , South African musician, was born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano … Masekela mastered the trumpet and…
EventWits attains full university status
… The University College in Johannesburg attained full University status under the … (Wits), Johannesburg. The origin of Wits lies in the South African School…
PlaceEnon
… Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in John. It lies 13 kilometres East of Kirkwood and…
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 May 1859. Although Doyle is best … the Sherlock Holmes crime novel series, he also…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… the Boers (Voortrekkers) who came from the Cape Colony in the Great Trek settled just north of the Orange River, … declared the area the Orange Free State, a…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… This Day in History, African National Congress (ANC) executive member in charge of youth affairs, J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo … President after Nelson…
PlaceAndalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
… Former name of Jan Kempdorp. Named after the region in southern Spain, which was the ancient maritime kingdom of … by the authorities. The first Settlers…
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… In preparation of the FIFA World Cup of 2010 , South Africa … the soccer games. These included the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit , Free State Stadium in…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… Johannes Gerhardus (JG) Strijdom was born in 1893 in the Cape Colony. He trained as a lawyer at the Victoria … leadership. He succeeded Malan and became…
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… is oppressive and fascistic to the core. The Act of Union in 1910 wrote the colour bar into the statute books of South … for restricted voting rights allowed…