SAHO global search
28,029 records
ArchiveDemand their release
… UDF poster demanding release of detainees. Light green poster with black lettering. List of names of people in detention. Image of prison with barbed wire in…
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… the Outer Horn and the Inner Horn. Said to mean 'Ridge of Horns'. One of the largest green canyons in the world, the Blyde River Canyon is a masterpiece…
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… framing the entrance to St George's Park and consist of South African art (particularly that of the Eastern Cape), British art, international printmaking ……
PlaceFort Wynyard
… On June 11, 1795, a squadron of British warships anchored in False Bay. In reaction the commander of the Cape forces ordered that a new battery, Kijk-in-de…
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… fighter, Mahatma Gandhi,sent telegrams to the Speaker of the Natal Legislative Assembly, Prime Minister Robinson, … In his telegrams Ghandi requested the…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… Orlando West ( Soweto ). The museum is named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those that marched through Soweto and shot at by…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… on to play other key roles, including becoming chairman of Media and Entertainment Company Avusa until he resigned in 2011. He is the Director of Barloworld…
EventP.W. Botha and Kenneth Kaunda in a historic meeting
… President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia met the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha, in a mobile home that had been set down in the middle of the African bush across South…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… Chief among the factors that led to the adoption of a new constitution in Rhodesia on the 30 January 1979 (now … on to white minority rule. However this move…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese … way to India, Portuguese explorers discovered the island of Bioko, and later…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… have been hunted for several centuries, the exploitation of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of poachers used automatic…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… The Huguenots were French Protestants who were members of the Calvinist Reformed Church that was established in … France for their religious beliefs…
EventWorld Population Day
… Day. This day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was a result of the interest generated by the…
EventLocal government elections thrown in disarray
… The Constitutional Court's ruling against the use of decree powers by President Nelson Mandela, threw the … disarray. The National Party's (NP) provincial…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency and Banking Act, 1920 (Act No. 31 of 1920) in Parliament.This came into being after a…
EventHelen Suzman is born
… 36 years in Parliament she defended the right to freedom of expression for all South Africans; with great courage she … became its sole representative in…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Col. H.B. Bottomley of the Imperial White Horse warned the king that, under … armed by the British. There is controversy…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… The Jameson Raid of 1895 did tremendous harm to the relationship between the … Office in South Africa appointed a Mr Labouchere as head of a South African…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The son of a successful industrialist, he was sent to England to help … in Manchester Engels was stunned by…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… In April 1894, Chief Malaboch (Mmaleboho, Mmaleboxo) of the Bahananwa (Xananwa) people refused to leave his traditional mountain kingdom of Blouberg as…
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… Built as a gentleman's club in 1894, this is one of Durban’s few remaining links with its Colonial past. It is … Monument. Graham Leonard signed it as the…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… the United Kingdom formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, … Orange River Sovereignty. This…
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of…
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of…
ArchiveConfidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of…
ArchiveSave our future
… Pink, black and white poster. Details of cost of war. List of human rights violations. Issued by Visayas Ecumenical …
ArchiveMass action for people power: June 16
… White, red and black COSATU poster. Artwork of Hector Pieterson image. Artwork of hands carrying three red flags with images of crowds of people on them…
ArchiveNational Symposium on alcohol use and abuse
… Black and white poster. Notice of a Ministry of Health Symposium on February 22-24th, at University Student Union Hall . Artwork of four hands holding…
ArchiveNicaragua necesita tecnicos
… Multicoloured poster. Artwork of a man and a woman reading books. Four circles representing four different occupations. Ministry of Education, program of…
ArchiveStudent assembly in Arcade
… Cream poster with brown lettering and artwork. Notice of a meeting in Arcade. Artwork of a crowd of people in a semi-circle. List of attractions and speakers…