SAHO global search
32,550 records
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This … Michell and built by Henry Ford White (who also built the Montagu Pass ). The…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… The Transkei leader, Gen. Bantu Holomisa , announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan African Congress …
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… The African National Congress has in its ranks people who are fighting together across the race and colour line, and who sacrifice together in that … I am…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… of non-striking workers at Germiston Station, East Rand. The non-strikers were armed with pangas, knives and … and were toyi-toying and singing while waiting…
PlaceCurry's Post
… Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the Midlands Meander that lies between Mooi River and Howick . It has a quaint history that…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… From Military Chairman to President of the Republic : After dissolving the national electoral committee, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara … In repeated violations of…
Azikhwelwa on Monday. Flyer by Soweto Students’ Representative Council calling for a stay-away from 13 September 1976
… Council calling for a stay-away from September 13, 1976 The people of South Africa are going into the third phase of their struggle against the oppressors,…
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
… they graduated to a restricted number of papers and to the radio, and eventually to TV. Mandela developed an … through UNISA and London Law Correspondence…
PlaceBurkina Faso
… country in West Africa . It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin , Togo , Ghana , and Ivory Coast to the south. Burkina…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive … created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but when the CPP…
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
… Robert McBride, at the time a high-ranking official in the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, was arrested by the Mozambican police in Ressano…
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… relations with South Africa. Tanganyika became one of the first countries in Africa to impose sanctions on South Africa. The majority of countries in the…
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… The denial of South Africa's involvement in arms dealing with the former Rwandan Army came seven years into sanctions placed on South Africa by the United…
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… The government of Ciskei introduced the National Security Decree No 19 as an attempt to curb the pressure of the increasing calls for the end of the … oor…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… Shanty town women stripped to the waist and confronted bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests…
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… Two bombs exploded at the Johannesburg magistrate's court. The first, a minor explosion that acted as a decoy, was … Duvenhage, a police officer at John…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… Balthazar Johannes Vorster disclosed in July 1970 in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds available for a uranium enrichment…
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
… On 24 January 1960, Laurie Bloomfield, a photographer for the Daily News took a picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban which was immediately published…
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… industrial magnate, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who founded the Anglo American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Oppenheimer was credited with…
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… The attack on Indians by Zulus in January 1949 has generated a great deal of debate about the relationship between the two communities. Most observers…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… The Star reported that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The…
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… after an eleven week rent boycott. According to reports at the time, the South African Police threw teargas at the crowd. Police claimed that youths had set…
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
… was born in England and came to South Africa in 1857 at the age of 19. Hulett pioneered the country's sugar industry when he founded the Hulett Company in…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Underlying political tensions between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party resurfaced in KwaZulu Natal in the late 90…
EventFirst mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg
… activities started successively in various places on the Witwatersrand (meaning Ridge of White Waters), the first gold from the Main Reef on the…
EventWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years
… On 14 May 1991, Winnie Nomzamo Mandela, the then-wife of Nelson Mandela was sentenced to six years in … by Justice Michael Stahl Stegmann for her involvement…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents … It is a very large country. Indians wishing to go to the Transvaal from Natal can do so…
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
… During the celebration day of independence not recognised by the international community, the President of the Transkei homeland, Tutor Ndamase, …
ArchivePolitical Report
… Precis of a political report by Jacob Zuma on the socio-economic and political situation in South Africa. Covers the crisis of international capitalism, the…
6. Tonight, have your door open
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Goolam Khader states that on or about 9 months ago the young master ... came to the estate…