SAHO global search
3,640 records
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
… Written by Prof Boet Dommisse, who sadly passed away on 12 July 2014, it records the History the Parish Church from …
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… for the design of the fort, which was completed 12 November 1898 and cost £46 500. French and Italian …
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… ://magaliesmeander.co.za/news/the-battle-of-diamond-hill-11-12-june-1900/ …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… parliament, and later passed away in 1942. Related: Grade 12 Classroom: Pact Government …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… to Pretoria, where he was thrown into a cell. On September 12, 1977, he died naked and shackled on the filthy floor of a …
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… was held at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 12 to 15 September 1998 to mark the 80th anniversary of the …
EventKing George VI is born
… following his brother, Prince Edward's abdication on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his …
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… placed the British in a precarious position . About 12 000 British soldiers were faced with the defence of a …
PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… in the country. Adams died at the Adams Mission on 16 September 1847; his funeral was attended by many prominent …
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
In 1916, the South African government agreed to recruit Black people to assist the British in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people…
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… rammed the SS Mendi. The SS Mendi sailed from Cape Town on 16 January 1917 en route to La Havre in France, carrying the …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… note that some sources claim that the riots began on the 16 or on the 18 June 1959. …
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… 1981. They attacked and destroyed three houses and killed 16 South Africans and a Portuguese national, Jose Ramos, who …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… abolished by President F.W. de Klerk on November 16, 1989, a few months before the unbanning of political …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the …
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… to consolidate strategies regarding the planned march on 16 June 1976 …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… the United Nations the Security Council convened on 15 and 16 July to examine concerns about violence in South Africa …
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… care, she went to Nigeria to work with a leper colony of 16 000 people. During her time here, she discovered a skin …
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… strangled to death in his hut, by order of the chief, on 16 March 1561. The expedition sent to avenge da Silveira …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought after bass player. In …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… the Pegging Act came into operation on 22 March 1943. On 16 April 1943 the house was paid for in full and PR and his … of the world's quislings. I can not…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Maxeke, form the AME Wilberforce Institute at Evaton. May 16, Members of the SANC form the Transvaal Native Congress …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… the lead in issuing a warning to the South African regime. 12 April, South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) … look for ways of establishing our ideal…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… ( Disgrace 11 ) ; ‘evasive and perhaps even coquettish’ (12). Again, David Lurie abuses his authority alongside the … known as the rock upon which the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
… includes extensive income support programmes for close to 16 million orphans and vulnerable children, older persons and … objective assessment of the…
IV - The Death of Steve Biko
… to Pretoria. He was taken to Pretoria that same night. On 12 September Mr. Biko was again examined by a district … single detainee — South African…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… with Lionel Ngakane, Cinaste, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 16-17. Crowther, B. 1952, The Screen in Review; Alan Paton's … with Lionel Ngakane, Cinaste, vol. 15, no. 2…
Some Observations on HIV and Mortality in South Africa: 2007, 2008 and 2013 by Thabo Mbeki, 14 March 2016
… was the second leading cause of death accounting for 12,9% of the deaths.” oooooo0oooooo Observations The Statssa … Times op cit]. Thus the HIV/Aids…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years' imprisonment. His wife was in prison for about 4 …
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the …