SAHO global search

… left wounded while more than 250 people were arrested. The protesting miners were demanding a wage increase at the Lonmin platinum mine. This was the biggest incident of police brutality since the dawn of … ‘South Africa’s Police Open Fire on Striking Miners: The Video’ , from Time World, 16 August, [online], available …

… On 10 January 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time in South Africa for refusing to carry an obligatory identity document card commonly known as the 'pass'. Gandhi was released in February after negotiations with the government. A few days later, Gandhi was beaten up and …

… Frederick Lugard was the British colonial administrator of West Africa from 1895. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the colonial system of indirect rule, whereby traditional … Nwabughuogu.A.I,(1981), The Role of Propaganda in the Development of Indirect Rule in …

… was born on 24 August 1960, in Lansdowne, Cape Town, the daughter of a teacher and factory worker. She became … active at Livingstone High School where she was elected to the Student Representative Council. A year after she enrolled for a Teachers Diploma at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), she left South …

… The Dusi Canoe Marathon started on 22 December 1951, when … Pearce, Basil Halford, John Naudé, and Willie Potgieter. The men had to make their way through the Umsindusi, the Valley of a Thousand Hills and the … (Empangeni: Echoing Green Press, 2007). |Tatham, N. 2013.The mysterious duo of Marianni and Foley,  …

… The Gateway and Walls of this property date from the end of the 18th Century and are situated on a portion of the …

… I am pleased to be here today, to enjoy the warm company of friends like Nadine Gordimer, and to know … honoured by Amnesty International members from around the world is a joy, and knowing that the honour - Ambassador of Conscience - is inspired by the …

… began her singing career at tender age of nine, and by the age of sixteen she began to sing opera. After completing her school education in 1946, she enrolled for the Diploma in Opera Singing at the South African College of Music in Cape Town singing in … South African Music Encyclopaedia, Volume IV, (Cape Town)|The South African Clasical Singer, " Nellie du Toit Biography …

… From the book:  Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Bank, A., C. Malherbe and P. van der Spuy. People of the Western Cape, A History for Schools . Cape Town, Juta, …

… This is probably the oldest surviving house in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the Irish party under William Parker. McLelland established …

… reign over Lesotho as he was twice dethroned, first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when he was stripped of constitutional powers and removed from the throne.  The latter dethronement followed a coup by Major General … (1996),  "Political Instability in Post-Military Lesotho: The Crisis of the Basotho Nation-state?1"  from Institute for …

… Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009 as part of what was known as The Unity Government, in partnership with Robert Mugabe as … president. This was considered a positive development in the country, which had experienced tremendous social, … Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, and the cabinet, with the Zimbabwe African National …

… was born in Lesotho in 1916, but grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State. After completing secondary school in the Eastern Cape, he studied medicine and started a practice … school, Letele became active in politics. He joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), as well …

… Keodirelang Matthews , was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a … voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje, a founder member of the African National Congress (ANC). Matthews devoted the first part of his life exclusively to education. He …

… A period of hardship set in for the AmaXhosa after their defeat in the Eighth Frontier War (also called Eighth War of … 1856 Nongqawuse, an adolescent girl living in a part of the country ruled by Paramount Chief Sarhili (Kreli), was …

…  His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. The young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at the age of 14 …

… part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari van … This burgher  took a liking to his brown companion and on the very day of his release handed in a written testimony about him. This poor slave had been picked up by the Hollanders when as a boy he was playing with other …

… and became close friends. Winnie wrote an introduction to the book "Fatima Meer: Memories of Struggle," edited by … 2017. Every time I land at Durban Airport, I am haunted by the memory of Fatima Meer – my dearest friend, sister and … No words seem eloquent enough to describe her or capture the essence of that intellectual giant who epitomised the …

… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, passed away at the age 83 at the Embo State House. The king died after a successful reign … at  www.sntc.org.sz  [Accessed: 21 August 2013]| The Star , Thursday August 21, 2003. Milestones …

… Bulletin, No 25, December 1989, produced by the South African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP delegation to the 14th Congress of the Romanian Communist Party, SACP delegation to the …

… Khwezi’s poem, which she performed dressed in a khanga in the Netherlands in 2008, was widely shared on Facebook. It reads: “I am khanga - I wrap myself around the curvaceous bodies of women all over Africa. I am the perfect nightdress on those hot African nights - I exist …

… efforts to remove Black people from Cato Manor close to the Durban city center to Kwa Mashu, a newly established black township on the outskirts, was met with violent resistance. Cato Manor … Indian people had first begun living there informally at the end of their indentured labour contracts. A small number …

… The Transvaal Attorney General announced that  Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and three … have been accused of attempting or planning to overthrow the South African government by violent means. These charges …

… De Klerk lifted a four year state of emergency in Natal. The state of emergency was as a result of the violence caused by a power struggle between the ANC and the IFP in that province. Both the ANC and the … Is Lifted In Natal -- ANC Welcomes De Klerk's Move  from The Seattle Times [online]. Available at  …

… Two limpet mines explode at the South African Defence Force (SADF) Transvaal Medical Command, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The limpet mines were seen by a member of the SADF, who carried them down the staircase and put them at …

… France confirmed the sale of two new combat submarines to South Africa  to protect the oil route round the Cape in the face of escalating Soviet naval activity in …

… The South African National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by mrs …

… The Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good …

… Following the outbreak of pandemonium in South Africa and the use of violence by security forces in dealing with the issues in suppressing the aspirations of the people, the … Ilo ILOHistory ProjectThe role of the ILO during and ending a partheid [online] Available at: …