SAHO global search
4,022 records
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… in 1960, Senghor became the country’s first democratically elected president. On 31 December 1980, Senghor became …
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… Natal University’s medical school for Blacks, Biko was elected to the Student’s Representative Council (SRC), and in … (now Polokwane). At this conference…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… the ANC and the formation of the ANCYL Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the ANC in 1940 © www.anc.org.za … becoming stagnant. However, in 1940,…
EventNo time to wash at The VOC Slave Lodge
… On 10 June 1793 C G Höhne, private secretary to the Governor, wrote a letter to Cape of Good …
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… The Secretary-General of the Supreme African Sports Council, …
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… this international campaign. In a statement issued by its Secretary General, Alfred Nzo, the ANC called for the same …
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… The British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, …
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… Mr. Paul Mashatile And Mayors present The leadership of SACP, COSATU and SANCO President of the IFP, Dr. Mangosuthu … venom into the daily life of black…
African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010
… Mathale, Leaders of the Alliance Partners ANC, COSATU and SACP present, Comrades and Friends Let me begin by thanking … eloquently. When he passed away in…
Closing Remarks to the 53rd National Conference of the ANC by President Jacob Zuma, December 2012, Mangaung
… of the Leagues, MKMVA, The leadership of the Alliance, the SACP and Cosatu plus SANCO, Representatives of fraternal … take this opportunity to formally…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… of South Africans - and on the authority given us by 1 400 elected African representatives at the Pietermaritzburg … the crisis. We have called on the…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… and one of only four delegates from the Transvaal. She was elected a member of the General Executive Council of the new … centre of SANU was formalised…
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… amounts of money. South African Council of Churches (SACC) Secretary-General, Dr Frank Chikane, says the United Nations …
EventUN Special Envoy visits SA
… to South Africa as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali. During his visit, …
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… former African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng provincial secretary and South African high commissioner to Uganda, …
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… of his delegation. Mbeki was received in Abidjan by the secretary general of the Economic Community of West African …
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
… Group of Experts on Apartheid presented its report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The group …
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… firmly in control of the new country by making the white-elected Parliament sovereign. For the next 40 years South … also members of the South African…
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… Programme. But he still managed to do some work. He became Secretary-General of the Zimele Trust Fund in 1976, and in … could not attend because of his…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… one lunchtime, we went to the union office. Mr. Sachs, the secretary of the union, took down all our complaints, and I … me lose faith in the Nationalist…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… was also revered for his portraits. In 1908, Roworth was elected president of the South African Society of Artists. He …
EventNUSAS disbands
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of …
EventDr Louis Luyt is born
… The FA took part in the1999 election and Luyt was elected to Parliament. He served as a Member of Parliament …
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… minister after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… and when Durban achieved municipal status in 1845 he was elected as the first Mayor. In 1865 Cato was granted an area …
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… near Krugersdorp. A triumvirate of leaders were elected (Paul Kruger, Piet Joubert and M. W. Pretorius) and …
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… from politics in 1996. He returned 2001 when he was elected as the presidential candidate by the Movement for …
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… with the ANC National Executive Committee, where he was elected deputy president of the ANC. Following Tambo’s …
EPILOGUE
… critical. It is the authority of the people, through their elected representatives, that gives a constitution its …
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… be a good example to the people they lead. If they are elected by the people, they should take special care not to …