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BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
Timothy Peter Jenkin was born in 1948, in Cape Town and educated at Rondebosch Boys' Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] …
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… autobiography. He could recite long passages from Nehru’s writings even in 1991 when I met him at Luthuli House. At the …
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
Phyllis Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a teacher and principal. His…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… which has thus far focused mainly on English/ European writings. We welcome contributions from established academics …
Quotes by Steve Biko
… “I write what I like” ”• I Write What I Like: Selected Writings “Amabhulu azizinja” “In time, we shall be in a …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their nine children. Her…
BiographyEla Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here in harmony although…
BiographyMadi Gray
Madi Gray was born in Cape Town, where she grew up, attended school and went to university. Her parents were immigrants from Germany, who came to South Africa…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… early consolidation in his 14th-century historical writings. 4 The empire was governed through a sophisticated …
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… agriculture changed the landscape in Britain and his writings are still useful because of this. He found a long …
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the…
Classroom activities: Learning about history
Discovering our past teaches us about ourselves and about the people and places we see every day. We must remember that the full history in South Africa and…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… While she was given permission to lecture, her academic writings could not be published. Her passport was withdrawn …
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… Atlantic Charter. Freedom in our lifetime, the collected writings of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede, with a section on the …
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… Polo’s influence on European traders and explorers The writings about Marco Polo’s travels, and maps drawn from …
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… struggles and related ideologies. Gumede's historical writings are to be found in archives and libraries in South …
ArticleSouth African History Online and Southern Methodist University Partnership Project
South African History Online annually hosts “virtual internships” with Southern Methodist University students enrolled in a “History of South Africa” course…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
Abdool Karrim Essak was born in 1925 in India. He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt was born on 17 October 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four his family moved to Johannesburg where he grew up…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
Ron Press was born in 1929. His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for over 20 years. He…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, born Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah on 21 September 1909, was raised in a rural village, Nkoful, in the then Gold Coast, Nzema region…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… tradition” (Umeh 1995, 23) that ran through Nwapa’s writings and speeches was “rooted in resistance,” (Umeh 1995, …
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
Mandla Langa was born in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and developed by this program that killed,…
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… material, during the latter part of the century. The writings of Noble and of Wilmot and Chase portrayed Boers … approach to the Boers in both English and…
Grade 6 term 1 classroom support
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ArticleSouth African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project
Students in African Cultures with Dr Karen Haire, at Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, have just completed an engaging 2-month long pilot project with South…
CAPS Grade 4: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
GRADE 4: INTERMEDIATE PHASE HISTORY - TERM 1 Topic: Local History Suggested contact time One term/15 hours …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… Mandela, who was greatly influenced in his youth by the writings of Jawaharlal Nehru, began to be compared to Mahatma …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… of the Suppression of Communism Act. 47 All of the writings of the Treason Trial convicts, such as Govan Mbeki's … international community as an open…