SAHO global search
35,200 records
André Stander, SA bank robber is arrested by the Fort Lauderdale police for driving an unlicensed vehicle.
… André Stander, SA bank robber is arrested by the Fort Lauderdale police for driving an unlicensed vehicle. …
Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda banns the opposition United Progressive Party and arrests its leader, Simon Kapepwe, together
… Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda banns the opposition United Progressive Party and arrests its …
The President’s Council is formally inaugurated as a policy-advisory, problem-directed, reform-orientated and future-looking bo
… The President’s Council is formally inaugurated as a …
Louis van Assenburgh is appointed as successor to Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel at the Cape.
… as successor to Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel at the Cape. …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirms newspaper reports that five former security police officers have confessed to
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … The Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirms…
King Farouk removes Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas for failing to keep the peace. Ali Mahir replaces him.
… removes Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas for failing to keep the peace. Ali Mahir replaces him. …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Mafeking siege: Barolong chief Wessel Montshiwa advises his people not to assist the British.
… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … chief Wessel Montshiwa advises his people not to assist the British. …
Britain bans airlines from Albania, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia Tajikistan, Congo and the Cameroons from f
… Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia Tajikistan, Congo and the Cameroons from f …
The British army suggests that 600 troops returning from a tour in Kenya should take an AIDS test.
… The British army suggests that 600 troops returning from a …
Former president Nelson Mandela’s only surviving son Makgatho (54) dies in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. President M
… Nelson Mandela’s only surviving son Makgatho (54) dies in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. President M …
Robert Mugabe succeeds Canaan Banana and becomes Zimbabwe’s first executive president after reforming the constitution to usher
… Zimbabwe’s first executive president after reforming the constitution to usher …
Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and unselfish fighter for the underprivileged, is born in Vredefort, OFS.
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. … (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and unselfish fighter for the…
The Lesotho government announces it will deport eight South Africans, whom it describes as a danger to peace.
… The Lesotho government announces it will deport eight South …
The Gereformeerde Kerk (Reformed Church) in Church Street, Pretoria, (also known as Paul Kruger church) is inaugurated.
… The Gereformeerde Kerk (Reformed Church) in Church Street, …
Macassar Beach on False Bay, district Wynberg, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board.
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 86 … district Wynberg, is proclaimed a Coloured…
Excerpts from discussions between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on questions affecting southern Africa: Cape Town: 13 March 1986
… Minutes of discussions held between the South African Government and the United States Government to discuss military and … and a United States delegation…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… Beerhalls have always been at the centre of the waves of political turmoil in Johannesburg's African … Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… Programme Director, Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Council Judge … and CEO Prof Derrick Swartz; Hon Premier of the Eastern Cape,…
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… In May, 1960, the Union of South Africa will be 50 years old. The Government is preparing to celebrate this jubilee with … Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter…
ArchiveArmed and Trained: Nelson Mandela’s 1962 military mission as Commander in Chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe and provenance for his buried Makarov pistol by Garth Conan Benneyworth
… Mandela’s 1962 military mission as Commander in Chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe and provenance for his buried Makarov …
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep levels, ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 … was the Chamber…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… Fischer, Brams grandfather, who was State Secretary of the Free State Republic and the only Prime Minister of the … Oliver Schreiner and Tilson Barry (the…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), … war had a huge…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… The establishment of Drum Magazine in the 1950s, notwithstanding the newly-elected Nationalist … mines – reportedly due to his father's involvement in the…
Article2016 in Review
… In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… in exile. 17 February, African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) members, Armstrong Madoda, Gaby … Morgam Moodliar and Sunny Venkarathnam…
Piet Retief, Voortrekker leader who was murdered by Zulu king Dingane at Ungungundlovo, is born on the farm Soetendal, Wagenmak
… murdered by Zulu king Dingane at Ungungundlovo, is born on the farm Soetendal, Wagenmakersvallei, Wellington, Cape. … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970)…
What does freedom mean, does it matter anyway? Opening Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban, 1989
… Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 2 March … freedom mean, does it matter anyway?…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… The Limpopo Province covers the Area that lies Northern most in South Africa , just South of Zimbabwe . It was first called the Northern Province, but … a…
Outward bounty and inward baaskap: Opening Address by Jean Sinclair presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town
… Baaskap Opening Address by Jean Sinclair presented at the Black Sash at National Conference in Cape Town on 15 … baaskap: Opening Address by Jean Sinclair…