SAHO global search
30,884 records
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day Western Cape Province. After studying at the Normal College in Cape Town, be became a…
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… to release any document that would implicate him in the Information Affair. He emphasized that the question was not whether state money had been made … money…
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
… The South African government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph Mdluli …
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
… Winnie's banning order was not reimposed, bearing in mind the nature of the offence that she was charged with. At the time of her release she was on the last…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese explorers descended on the country. On their way to India, Portuguese explorers…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… On 13 March 1994, Lucas Mangope was ousted as President of the homeland of Bophuthatswana. Mangope came to power in Bophuthatswana in 1966 during the reign…
EventPeter Nchabeleng President of Northern Transvaal UDF dies
… containing his son's school results. He refused to open the letter and directed his son Maurice to return it to the principal. According to Maurice, the…
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… On 4 February 1999 a group of researchers from the University of Alabama proclaimed that they had found a … in a frozen sample taken from a confined member…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The son of a successful industrialist, he was sent to England … Upon his arrival in Manchester…
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…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western Cape). De Villiers is known as the 'father of South African geneaology'…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… Also known as Witperd Klip. The stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. …
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
… On 9 January 1973 around 2 000 workers in the Coronation Brick and Tile factory in Durban downed tools after the employers rejected their demand for a wage…
ArchiveMessage of goodwill and solidarity
… from His Excellency Dr Kenneth David Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia from the chairman of the preparatory committee regarding the occasion of the…
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… 1946 in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the second child of five children of his parents. He … editor, writing in both English and Zulu. Gwala…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son of Abraham and Alida Sachs-Eban. His parents moved to … Language and Literature. During…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'free burghers' of the Dutch East India…
ArchiveReport on Comrade Secretary General's Delegation to Bulgaria
… Report on a visit, headed by Alfred Nzo, by the African National Congress, to Bulgaria, to receive the Dimitrov-International Prize Award on behalf of Nelson…
EventUnited Democratic Front member dies after asthma attack
… a Queenstown community leader and high profile member of the United Democratic Front,died in police custody. He was … to police reports he died of asthma on…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… Marthinus van Schalkwyk leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the National Party in 1997 and…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive president. This was a newly created position…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… During the National Party rally in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime … Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms would…
EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… (ANC) politician, and Botswana's first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, Zachariah Keodirelang (ZK) Matthews , died in … USA. He was buried in…
EventKimberley swimmer Karen Muir (12) sets new world record
… Karen Muir became the youngest official world record-holder in swimming history when she recorded 1min 8.7sec for the 110 yards backstroke at the Derby Baths…
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… Despite visible resistance to incorporation into the Qwa Qwa homeland, the South African government proceeded with its plan of incorporation. The…
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… The body of Eric Mntonga, co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road…
EventFrontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid
… The six frontline states of Angola , Botswana , Mozambique , Tanzania , Zambia and Zimbabwe called on the South African government to release Nelson Mandela…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… he has been overlooked by Nelson Mandela in naming him the second most powerful person in the country instead of Thabo Mbeki. Ramaphosa was widely tipped…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South African Party (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a…
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… journalist, newspaper proprietor and former editor of the Pretoria News, James Andrew Gray was born in Scotland. He served on the staff of the Evening…