SAHO global search

This day in history

City Press reports that one suspected guerrilla was killed in a shootout with Ciskei police in October and two women are subseq

This day in history

The hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrender after the ship arrives in Port Said, Egypt.

This day in history

General Constand Viljoen, Chief of South Africa’s Armed Forces admits on television that the military, without government autho

This day in history

The three anti-apartheid protesters in the British Consulate in Durban, declare they will not leave the building voluntarily. T

This day in history

Applications for parole by the thirty-four mercenaries involved in the Seychelles attempted coup are refused. Most are due to b

This day in history

Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Cairo for funeral of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat.

This day in history

The Publications Act replaces the Publications Control Board with an entirely new censorship machine operative at three differe

This day in history

Defence Minister P.W. Botha announces the location of the first missile base for experimental tests.

This day in history

Defence Minister Botha announces that a missile base for experimental tests and launchings is to be established on the Zululand

This day in history

The United Nations Special Committee on the Policy of Apartheid at the special meeting urgently demands that South Africa refra

This day in history

The demand to the United Nations by four Caprivi chiefs and officials of the newly formed Caprivi African National Union for th

This day in history

Uganda becomes an independent republic within the British Commonwealth after nearly seventy years of British rule, after having

This day in history

The United Arab Republic informs the United Nations that it has banned South African ships from entering UAR ports, and that, w

This day in history

Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, Rusty Bernstein, Dennis Goldberg, James Kantor, Andrew Mlangeni, El

This day in history

Uganda becomes independent, with Milton Obote the first prime minister (Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: H

This day in history

The South African Music Council is established, with Prof. F.C.L. Bosman as chairman.

This day in history

United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north

This day in history

Hoosain Ayob, director of coaching for the United Cricket Board and former teacher and headmaster, is born in Brits, Transvaal.

This day in history

Mantombazana Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang, SA minister of health since 17 June 1999, is born.

This day in history

General Salomon Gerhardus (Manie) Maritz rebels against General Smuts’ order to invade German South-West Africa, goes over to e

This day in history

Léopold Sédar Senghor&nbsp; poet, teacher, and statesman, first president of Senegal (1960-1980), and a major pro

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir George White, who arrived in Cape Town on 3 October and in Durban on 7 October, proceeds to Ladysmith, wh

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: In a letter to King Bhunu of Swaziland, Commander-General Piet Joubert grants the king full powers, thus virt

This day in history

Francis William Reitz, former president of the OFS and now Secretary of State in the ZAR, hands the ultimatum, which result in

This day in history

Stephanie Faure, one of the SA pioneers in reciting and drama, is born in Pretoria.

This day in history

Dullstroom is proclaimed, named after Wolterus Dull and the Crocodile River, which flows past the village.

This day in history

Sir William Cornwallis Harris (41), explorer of the interior of SA, dies in Bombay.

Search Results

City Press reports that one suspected guerrilla was killed in a shootout with Ciskei police in October and two women are subseq

The hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrender after the ship arrives in Port Said, Egypt.

General Constand Viljoen, Chief of South Africa’s Armed Forces admits on television that the military, without government autho

The three anti-apartheid protesters in the British Consulate in Durban, declare they will not leave the building voluntarily. T

Applications for parole by the thirty-four mercenaries involved in the Seychelles attempted coup are refused. Most are due to b

Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Cairo for funeral of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat.

The Publications Act replaces the Publications Control Board with an entirely new censorship machine operative at three differe

Defence Minister P.W. Botha announces the location of the first missile base for experimental tests.

Defence Minister Botha announces that a missile base for experimental tests and launchings is to be established on the Zululand

The United Nations Special Committee on the Policy of Apartheid at the special meeting urgently demands that South Africa refra

The demand to the United Nations by four Caprivi chiefs and officials of the newly formed Caprivi African National Union for th

Uganda becomes an independent republic within the British Commonwealth after nearly seventy years of British rule, after having

The United Arab Republic informs the United Nations that it has banned South African ships from entering UAR ports, and that, w

Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, Rusty Bernstein, Dennis Goldberg, James Kantor, Andrew Mlangeni, El

Uganda becomes independent, with Milton Obote the first prime minister (Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: H

Tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.

Arlene Boxhall, field hockey (Olympic gold 1980), is born in Zimbabwe.

Reservation of Separate Amenities Act No 49 commences.

The South African Music Council is established, with Prof. F.C.L. Bosman as chairman.

United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north

Hoosain Ayob, director of coaching for the United Cricket Board and former teacher and headmaster, is born in Brits, Transvaal.

Mantombazana Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang, SA minister of health since 17 June 1999, is born.

General Salomon Gerhardus (Manie) Maritz rebels against General Smuts’ order to invade German South-West Africa, goes over to e

Léopold Sédar Senghor&amp;nbsp; poet, teacher, and statesman, first president of Senegal (1960-1980), and a major pro

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir George White, who arrived in Cape Town on 3 October and in Durban on 7 October, proceeds to Ladysmith, wh

Anglo-Boer War 2: In a letter to King Bhunu of Swaziland, Commander-General Piet Joubert grants the king full powers, thus virt

Francis William Reitz, former president of the OFS and now Secretary of State in the ZAR, hands the ultimatum, which result in

Stephanie Faure, one of the SA pioneers in reciting and drama, is born in Pretoria.

Dullstroom is proclaimed, named after Wolterus Dull and the Crocodile River, which flows past the village.

Sir William Cornwallis Harris (41), explorer of the interior of SA, dies in Bombay.

Léopold Sédar Senghor  poet, teacher, and statesman, first president of Senegal (1960-1980), and a major pro