SAHO global search
97 records
Paul M.m. Kuena
BiographyMzwakhe MM Madiba*
… Mzwakhe MM Madiba* …
BiographyPaul M.m. Kuena
ArchiveFor MM
… For MM …
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
The 104mm field-gun designed by American George Labram and manufactured in the De Beers workshop in Kimberley, known as 'Long Cecil' after Cecil John Rhodes,…
The worst ever recorded floods occur in Mossel Bay and surroundings as 238 mm of rain falls within 24 hours
… floods occur in Mossel Bay and surroundings as 238 mm of rain falls within 24 hours. … floods occur in Mossel Bay and surroundings as 238 mm of rain falls…
BiographyTikkie Sibisi
Tikkie Sibisi was born in Greater Nigel in 1975 and grew up in Duduza Township with a single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as 'Long Cecil' is test fired for the first time
The 104mm field-gun designed by American George Labram and manufactured in the De Beers workshop in Kimberley, known as 'Long Cecil' after Cecil John Rhodes,…
Units of the SADF are now being equipped with a rifle made completely in South Africa. It is the R1-7.62 mm rifle, developed fr
… a rifle made completely in South Africa. It is the R1-7.62 mm rifle, developed fr …
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. Nyoka was…
Bambatha Rebellion 1906 bibliography
References Gillings, K.G. (1989). "The Bambata rebellion of 1906: Nkandla operations and the Battle of Mome Gorge, 10 June 1906" Military History Journal,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… Available at: https://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/section1/ [9] Ibid. [10] V. Rana, “Causes of the … Available at: https://www.sparknotes…
EventArmscor’s Chairman announces the production of a record breaking South African artillery system
… Corporation, (Armscor) therefore set out to develop a 155 mm artillery piece that could engage enemy forces at …
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
On 25 January 1981, Laingsburg in the Western Cape was devastated by a severe flood. The hard rains immersed the whole town in water, only the roofs of the…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… Sorghum and millets, for example, need a minimum of 350 mm of rain in the summer growing season. Essentially, these crops cannot grow with less than about 3…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
San hunter-gatherers The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the first people to live at the Cape…
PlaceKgalagadi Transfrontier Park
… summer rains, while mean annual rainfall varies from 120 mm in the southwest to 350 mm in the northeastern expanse which extends into Botswana . … locales…
PlaceLebowa
During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent national state in 1972. The territory was…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… when their vehicle is attacked using AK-47 rifles and 9 mm pistols. These are actions taken by the Azanian People's …
PlaceOrange River
… in Lesotho , which has an average rainfall of about 2000 mm per Year. It decreases Westwards, so that at its mouth, rainfall is less than 50 mm per Year. The…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… precipitation for example, averages 71 inches (1,800 mm). The tropical or subequatorial climate zone, marked by … from the Equator. In Kananga about 63…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… to the South of them. The rainfall is from 102 to 305 mm except on some of the high Mountains -the Swartberg Range … and the Outeniqua Mountains - where it…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
On 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Tribes . Fort Hare Papers, Vol 3, pp 19-30. DE LANGE, MM . 1973. Aspects of South African Beadwork, particularly of …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
The Prisoners, Gerard Sekota. Sex and Sedition. The South African Police, Harry Bloom. Cartoon, David Marais. The Press: Strijdom’s “Last Barrier”, George Clay…
PlaceClocktower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… The Clock Tower has begun to lean to one side, about 50 mm. This has since been arrested. It was declared a National …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
Contents and Contributors CONTENTS: Comment, A.W. Oliphant. STORIES: The Shadow of Socrates, Kaizer M. Nyatsumba; A Condition of Service, Michael…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
Chief Magadu Bhambatha, who was held responsible for the Impi Yamakhanda (poll tax) uprising that was popularly known as the Bambatha rebellion became chief of…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… his service in the army, inter alia the Military Medal (MM), handed over by Major-General F.H. Theron. A street and a …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.1 1990
Contents and Contributors Comment: A.W. Oliphant, STORIES: From the Roof, the Sky, Peter Esterhuysen; The Coon, M. Cassiem D'Arcy; He Needs Milk, Karren…