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| B-0007917 | biography | Margaret Roach Killie Campbell | 1881-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0123390 | biography | Gordon Sprigg | 1830-1913 | ✓ |
| B-0007786 | biography | Jane Alexander | 1959 | – |
| B-0094484 | biography | David Hemson | 1945-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0068316 | biography | George Gangen Ponnen | 1913-1996 | ✓ |
| A-0150753 | article | Women and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union | 25 Feb 2021 | ✓ |
| B-0149517 | biography | Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake | 1955-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0153093 | biography | Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels | 1964-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0122372 | biography | Jan Smiesing | 1697-1734 | – |
| B-0121532 | biography | Diana Mary Mitchell | 1932-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0095263 | biography | John Collins | 1905-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0080574 | biography | Thoko Phillip Mamogobo | – | – |
| B-0008038 | biography | Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim | 1937-2021 | ✓ |
| A-0082431 | article | Poqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s | 26 Apr 2012 | – |
| B-0068401 | biography | Emil Sachs | 1900-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0008546 | biography | John Xavier Merriman | 1841-1926 | ✓ |
| E-0149128 | event | Peter Scott is born | 22 Aug 2019 | – |
| A-0059161 | article | Prehistory of the Bloemfontein area | 30 Mar 2011 | – |
| P-0123073 | place | Bantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg | 23 Mar 2017 | ✓ |
| E-0124601 | event | Peter Scott, South African alpine skier is born | 16 Jan 2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008737 | biography | Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo | 1860-1930 | ✓ |
| B-0068105 | biography | Dr James Sebe Moroka | 1892-1985 | – |
| B-0008289 | biography | Taubie Kushlick | 1911-1991 | ✓ |
| E-0123465 | event | Louis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born | 8 Jun 2017 | ✓ |
| B-0150068 | biography | Simon Nkoli | 1957-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| R-0116128 | archive | Staple diet from Durban | 22 Feb 2016 | – |
| R-0116638 | archive | Shades of change | 22 Feb 2016 | – |
| R-0116791 | archive | Shades of change | 22 Feb 2016 | – |
| B-0068446 | biography | Theophilus Shepstone | 1817-1893 | – |
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
Margaret Roach Campbell (Killie Campbell) was born at Mount Edgecombe on 9 September 1881, the second of four children of the Natal senator and sugar magnate,…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
Early Life John Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private schools before taking up…
BiographyJane Alexander
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing…
BiographyDavid Hemson
David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up in a…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
Gangen George Ponnen was born on 1 June 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in the then Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father Ponnen, born in…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
The fruit-canning industry in South Africa can be traced to the late nineteenth century, when the first jam factories opened in Paarl and Stellenbosch in the…
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
Jacob Morake was born on 8 December 1955, and grew up in Central Western Jabavu in Soweto near Johannesburg. He was 10 years old when, one bitterly cold night,…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…
BiographyJan Smiesing
This article was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people were auctioned for sale…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
Diana Mitchell was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, or what was then known as Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 16 November 1932[i]. She was famous for many things,…
BiographyJohn Collins
John L Collins was born on the 23 March 1905 in Hawkhurst in Kent, England. He was the youngest child on the four children born to Arthur Collins, a master…
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
Thoko Phillip Mamagobo, popularly known as ‘Thoko’, was born on 6 May 1933 and raised in a village situated about 110km from Polokwane, Northern Transvaal (now…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother became ill and he…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
BiographyEmil Sachs
Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs was born on 11 November 1900, in Kamaai, Lithuania. He was the fourth of the five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs'…
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
John Xavier Merriman was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa…
EventPeter Scott is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia…
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
The Bantu Dramatic Society was founded in Johannesburg by Herbet Dhlomo in 1933 and was devoted to promoting black theatrical development. It was housed at the…
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
Dr. James Sebe Moroka was the great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong, from Thaba Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka was born on 16 March…
BiographyTaubie Kushlick
Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie Kushlick. In South Africa they are most likely to exert…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
Louis Bosman Raymond was born in Pretoria on 1 January 1895.[i] Raymond won a gold medal in the men’s singles at the Olympic Games in 1920, hosted in Antwerp,…
BiographySimon Nkoli
“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outside is freedom.”— Simon Tseko…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount…
ArchiveStaple diet from Durban
Orange, black and white poster. Artwork of old men around circle with two hands clasped. Medu Art Ensemble poster.
Shades of change
Black, grey and white poster. Two artworks of men in prison. Notice of a play at University, on December 3rd and 4th. MEDU Art Ensemble.
Shades of change
Black and white poster. Notice of a two man play by the MEDU Art Ensemble, at the National Musuem on 4th February 1982. Artwork of men holding rifles.
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who became an 1820 settler, and his wife Elizabeth Brooks, a…