SAHO global search
27,900 records
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… (ANC) member Walter Sisulu acted as speaker at a meeting of the organisation held in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. This was in defiance of the forced removal of…
EventProgressive Reform Party is formed
… The Progressive Reform Party (PRP) was formed in the wake of the merger between the Progressive Party and the Reform … simultaneously held congresses in…
EventThe ‘Afrikaner Volksfront’ is founded
… Afrikaner Volksfront flag A new coalition made up of twenty-one right wing parties, known as Afrikaner National … Volksfront or AVF) was founded by several…
EventNelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead
… next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was not an insurrection, but the peaceful removal of President F W De Klerk…
EventMugabe is refused accommodation by 2 SA hotels
… Mugabe, who arrived in Pretoria for the 10th anniversary of a free South Africa and the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki, was housed in a guesthouse…
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
… Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32-year reign…
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… An African National Congress (ANC) delegation of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the … Commission (TRC). The ANC came under fire for…
EventThree IFP leaders resign
… leaders, Frank Mdlalose, national chairperson and premier of Kwazulu-Natal province, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General and … resigned from the party. All three…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
… in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes. Margaret Mary Smith illustrated the book by her…
Partners
… Partners Simon's Town Museum University of Glasgow Department of Basic Education Department of Higher Education WITS History Workshop UWC Centre for …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… in Lusaka, Zambia and Salisbury, giving details of proposals agreed to after two days of talks between South African Prime Minister, John … Smith. The talks…
EventBoer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
… They were still asking for a continued independence of the Boer republics. This happened towards the end of the Anglo-Boer War II which broke out in October…
ArchiveCrisis News
… Crisis News, published by the Western Province Council of Churches, Cape Town, "attempts to tell the truth of what is happening in our country", particularly…
EventThe last ‘Peru and Bala’ show is hosted on Lotus FM
… FM and they began featuring ‘Peru and Bala’ (personas of two old men) for ten minutes every Saturday morning on … no less than 850 episodes for Lotus FM over…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… The pass measures were aimed at controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein … Waaihoek. Women played a significant…
Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings edited by Shamim Meer
… cannot determine my future by Khomotjo Lekgoro The street of Alex by Khomotjo Lekgoro Red Lipstick by Lebogang Lorraine … no matter the past! by Frida Bapela…
PlaceBrackenfell, Cape Town
… In 1901, Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm: 'Kruispad', to George Henry Walton. He was a … who then renamed the farm: 'Brackenfell', in honour of his…
Amulets & Dreams by Omar Badsha and Guy Tillim
… The book and exhibition opened in Durban at the launch of the African Union by the OAU Secretary General Amara Essay … blew their way across vast grasslands…
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… Oliver Tambo met Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)’s Central Committee. In his … who would succeed…
PlaceTogo
… Togo is a country of western Africa. Lomé, the capital, is situated in the south-west of the Country and is the largest city and port. Until 1884, … is now…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… Rhodes was sickly as a teenager and suffered bouts of asthma. His family sent him to Natal, South Africa, to … Africa, Rhodes became involved in the mining…
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… On 16 February 1960, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs J.M.A.H Luns was asked by … laws and first to see that Holland "casts the beam out of its own eye…
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… People's Party (CPP), won the 1951 elections. As leader of the new government, Nkrumah prioritised unifying the four territories of the Gold Coast, as Ghana…
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… by Zulus in January 1949 has generated a great deal of debate about the relationship between the two communities. Most observers believe that the Durban…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… years in jail, he had been following a gruelling schedule of rallies, meetings and interviews. His first foreign destination was the headquarters of the…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… Three of the 22 Delmas Treason trialists were released after Judge … had failed to present a case against them after a year of court hearings and two years…
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… South Africa's tour of the British Isles finished on an upbeat note as Jake … takes Scotland apart at Murrayfield, winning 10-45. Two of the Springbok tries…
EventMarais Steyn dies
… opposition and government politician Marais Steyn, died of heart failure at the age of 83 in Stellenbosch. His political career started in 1948, … Party MP…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… and reformer Emily Hobhouse, renowned for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and … 2, set sail for South Africa. During the…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… was granted in October 1889, with the responsibility of developing and colonising the territory north of the Limpopo, which today extends over Zambia and…