SAHO global search
3,881 records
PlaceCommittees Drift, Eastern Cape
… outpost established by the British during the frontier war of 1819. The name "committees" is pronounced by locals as …
EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
… that was founded by Baden-Powell during the South African War of 1899-1902. During the war Baden-Powell, a British officer enlisted boys to act as …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of 'Cape Coloured men', called the Cape Corps, is established
… Africa in 1916 to fight on the side of the Allies in World War One. The corps was made up of coloured members of the … More than 12 000 South African…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… William Newnham , a teacher and cleric'. Lucas was Anglo-Irish, the son of an Under Secretary for Ireland , and …
Griqua community
… and ammunition. Trouble started when Kok arrested a Boer accused of ill-treating his people, and the trekker …
ArchiveBackground to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981
… legislation, labour unrest, school boycotts, civil war, and the rights of citizenship. …
PlaceHorse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth
… the horses that suffered and died during the South African War of 1899-1902. It was declared a National Monument under …
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… Sandile, injured in a skirmish, which led to the Frontier War of 1835. Some authorities argue that the name predates … up after some of the Khoekhoe joined…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… the view of the majority of Afrikaners by joining World War II. During the war, inspired by the Native Representative Council, the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… between 1673 and 1677. This was the second Khoi-Khoi Dutch War which sprout out of the colonisation process at the Cape. …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… by the need for economic development. From civil war to democracy Buthelezi personified both black nationalism … first democratic elections of 1994. At the…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… Wingfield, along with some depots from a run down World War II-era site near Goodwood-Cape Town …
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… peace and stability to Burundi following the civil war in that country. …
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
… Treaty Organisation was formed at the end of World War II. European countries needed insurance and security …
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… which the British, French, and Israeli government declared war on Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal. …
EventIFP makes election threat
… Mangosuthu Buthelezi cautioned that a liberation war was imminent if elections proceeded without him. …
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s most stirring speeches
… desert. I am the grandchild who lays fresh flowers on the Boer graves at St Helena and the Bahamas, who sees in the …
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… aftermath of bitterness like that, which had followed the Anglo-Boer war between the Afrikaners and the British. It was Professor …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… between people at village level. As in 16th century war-torn Europe, the balance of power between political … South Carolina, in 1739. England at this time…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… form of recognition. In 1942, the government introduced War Measure No 145, making strikes by Africans illegal, and … criticisms levelled against mining…
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
… government. This is after the outbreak of the Biafra War on 6 July 1967, when the easterners tried to force the … 9 October 2013)| Atofarati A A. The…
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… moment to remember the role of African soldiers in world war 2 (WW2). While we together with the world celebrate … peoples to the four freedoms by having…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… elected government installed in 1992. A brief civil war in 1997 restored former Marxist President Denis … potential is hampered by the current ongoing civil…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… 19th century South African History. The first frontier war broke out in 1780 and marked the beginning of the Xhosa … Africa by the British military during…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… industries in the decade and half immediately after World War II as a factor in the explanation of the Sharpeville … rapid growth in the immediate aftermath…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… 343 in 1932-33 to 8 614 in 1938 - 39. The outbreak of the war led to a massive expansion and the number of … percent between 1940 and 1946 to 9 999. The…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… to honour South African soldiers killed in the World War I. It was only in 1975 that Black runners and Women were … in remembrance of the fallen men, in the…
EventJohn Thomas Baines is born
… past the Orange River. Baines recorded the Eighth Frontier War and became South Africa's first official war artist. Some years later, he returned to England,…
Namibia resource package
… Namibia resource package, produced by the SACBC peace and war committee, Cape democrats Namibia information group and …
ArchiveNamibia resource package
… Namibia resource package, produced by the SACBC peace and war committee, Cape democrats Namibia information group and …