SAHO global search
4,168 records
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… for Southampton. The voyage from Southampton took a mere 10 days, and continued on to Port Elizabeth East London, and …
EventNelson Mandela is free
… in various cities and townships. In Mdantsane, Ciskei, 10 people were killed when Ciskei soldiers used force against …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… announcement by President F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be released from …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… three groups' application against the law failed on the 10 July 1998. The anti-abortion groups were responding to an …
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… On 10 January 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first …
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… their wives and children remained in the countryside. 10 years after 1886, the Johannesburg town was already the …
PlaceReitz
… temporarily stayed there and was nearly captured on 10 July 1901. Reitz featured politically again when; in 1914 …
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
On 31 July 1879, the first cable connection between South Africa and Europe, via Aden, was launched. It was laid by the British electrical engineer Charles…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… graduation ceremony, July 1947 (Lembede family, Umbumbulu) 10-11. Lembede's gravesite, Croesus cemetery, Johannesburg …
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
… or do not desire to join any existing organisation. After 10 months of vigorous campaigning against the C.A.C. and for … as to their full participation in…
PlaceKimberley Airport
… transports approximately 170,000 passengers across around 10,000 flights through airlines South African Express and Airlink! The Airport is located…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… diversity and 11 official languages. September is since 1994 officially heritage month, when the histories and …
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… “Pretoria” and rewriting South African history After the 1994 elections South Africa’s new government decided that …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… later became president of the ANC from 1917-1924. April 10, The SANC passes a resolution with regards to the changing …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Act in 1959 , which provided for the establishment of 10 self-governing homelands or Bantustans. The Homelands were …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… from Lonmin Mine go on strike demanding a wage increase. 10 August, Employees who turn up for duty report incidents of …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… the hall to contain the overflow of the approximately 10 000 people who attended the meeting. Loudspeakers and …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… 2016, Phone Interview. ↵ [xii] Klug 2016, Phone Interview, 10:20-10:35. ↵ [xiii] An Interview with Professor Heinz Klug, N.d. … Klug 2015. ↵ [xlvi] Klug 2016…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… organised a 'Defend Free Speech Convention', attracting 10 000 people to Market Square. The meeting proposed a … (Eastern Cape) left eleven dead, including…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas share capital. Volkskas in turn received a 10 per cent interest in UBS Holdings. The link-up enabled … But the relationship was a difficult one…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… and their registration. Arms and Ammunition Act, Act No 10 of 1907 (Transvaal), prohibits the issue of arms and … 2 of 1907 is suspended, Indians will…
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… Regular Opening of our Democratic Parliament, on 24 May 1994, almost a month after the historic April 27th elections … delivered the first State of the…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
ANC Deputy President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free…
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially the ball was hand operated but its mechanism …
PlaceGordonia Division
… (1970): White 16 323; Coloured 56 644; Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia borders on South-West Africa and Botswana. …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… On 10 July 1964 MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé, leader of the … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘ This Day in African History: 10 July ’ from African History [online]…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… in 2005 and in 2009. *Another source gives the date as 10 December. …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… water cut-off in Tumahole left residents with less than 10% of water, which was not enough to cover their daily basic …
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… and environmental sustainability. The summit is held every 10 years, so the one held in Johannesburg was a review and a …