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| P-0013960 | place | Greyton, Western Province | 8 Jul 2026 | ✓ |
| B-0094070 | biography | Archie Mafeje | 1936-2007 | ✓ |
| A-0091109 | article | South Africa in the 1970s | 15 Aug 2012 | – |
| A-0065362 | article | Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch | 30 Jun 2011 | – |
| B-0150420 | biography | Rebecca Lan | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0150389 | biography | Selloane Ethel Leisa | 1914-2016 | ✓ |
| A-0068733 | article | Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s | 20 Oct 2011 | – |
| B-0068743 | biography | Curtis Nkondo | 1928-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0068401 | biography | Emil Sachs | 1900-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0008887 | biography | Jacob Hendrik Pierneef | 1886-1957 | – |
| A-0099462 | article | Africa Timeline | 20 May 2015 | – |
| B-0094715 | biography | Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0084124 | biography | Kasturba Gandhi | 1869-1944 | ✓ |
| B-0065389 | biography | Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu | 1918-2011 | ✓ |
| A-0064669 | article | Indenture: A new system of slavery? | 4 Apr 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0149518 | biography | Shadrack Fuba Zibi | 1879-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0148808 | biography | Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) | 1957-1980 | – |
| B-0149431 | biography | Nontetha Nkwenkwe | 1875-1935 | ✓ |
| B-0149238 | biography | Lex Mpati | 1949 | ✓ |
| A-0073079 | article | Grade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt | 26 Jan 2012 | – |
| A-0068671 | article | Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast | 18 Oct 2011 | – |
| R-0072050 | archive | 71.The Group Areas Act | 13 Jan 2012 | – |
| A-0124466 | article | Dutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries | 22 Nov 2017 | – |
| A-0017091 | article | Ndebele | 24 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0149434 | biography | William Sinclair Winship | 1927 | ✓ |
| P-0016809 | place | Zimbabwe | 21 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0150859 | biography | Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy | 1958-2021 | ✓ |
| A-0063331 | article | Passage to Natal - The Journey | 3 Apr 2011 | – |
| B-0095263 | biography | John Collins | 1905-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0007870 | biography | David Wilcox Bopape | 1915-2004 | ✓ |
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
… of the Castle of Good Hope was sent here, in the late 1600's, to barter with their head man, Captain Stoffel …
BiographyArchie Mafeje
Archibald (also known as ‘Archie’) Mafeje was born in Ngcobo in South Africa on 30 March 1936. Both of his parents were involved in education; his father was a…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
During the early 1960s, civil society was disempowered and social movements were repressed. Although the capacity for social movements to impose change…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
The formation of the VOC in Netherlands in 1602 increased Dutch dominance of the in the maritime trade. Acting on behalf of the Dutch government, the company…
Rebecca Lan
Rebecca Lan was born in 1933 in Cape Town and grew up in Oranjezicht and Athlone. Her parents were immigrants from Lithuania who arrived in South Africa in…
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
Selloane Ethel Leisa was born on 22* February 1914 in Ga-Marishane, Northern Transvaal, (now Limpopo Province). Upon completing her schooling, she moved to…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… in South Africa. Held over three days and attended by 1600 delegates, it resolved to serve notice on the regime …
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
Curtis Nkondo was born on 1st February 1928 in Louis Trichardt, Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma…
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'…
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef was born on 13 August 1886 in Pretoria from Dutch parents. Pierneef started his high school career at the Staatsmodelschool in…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
100 000 BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, the people develop the use…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele was born on 4 July 1948 in Johannesburg to Nimrod Njabulo Ndebele and Makhosazana Regina Tshabangu. Ndebele completed his matric at…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
IntroductionNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as the …
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… these 472 cases were discharged while 362 were withdrawn; 1600 labourers left their Estate "in a body;" 135 labourers …
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
Chief of the Mbuto (Mbuthweni) section of the Hlubi group of tribes, was the son of Fuba III and the grandson of Zibi II. He was educated at Love dale…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). After his father's death, his mother could only afford to keep him…
BiographyNontetha Nkwenkwe
Nontetha Nkwenkwe is one of the most remarkable female religious leaders associated with independent churches in the 1920s. Born in King Williamstown in 1875,…
BiographyLex Mpati
Lex Mpati was born in Durban. His maternal grandparents were from the Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, and this is where his parents sent him when he was a baby…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… to worship local gods. During the New kingdom, 1100 B.C to 1600 B.C, these temples honoured a triad of gods based on the …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships from Europe to travel to the East with ease. Before the canal was opened European ships had…
71.The Group Areas Act
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai When the Group Areas Act was passed in 1950, all…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Reasons: DEIC permanent settlement at the Cape 1652 The DEIC (Dutch East India Company) in the Netherlands was set up in 1602 to trade. In 1647, the Haerlem,…
ArticleNdebele
… successor, Mhlanga, had a son named Musi who, in the early 1600’s, decided to move away from his family (later to become …
BiographyWilliam Sinclair Winship
William Sinclair Winship was born on 18 March 1927, in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was a few months old, his parents moved to Mpwapwa, Tanzania, before…
PlaceZimbabwe
The earliest settlement of the area now known as Zimbabwe goes back about 100 000 Years. Bambandyanalo is an Archaeological site in present-day Zimbabwe, just…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
Travelling conditions on the ships transporting workers from India were deplorable. The voyages were long, with the danger of disease breaking out, ever…
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…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
David Wilcox Hlahane Bopape was the son of Pedi-speaking farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was born in 1915 at Houtboschdorp near Pietersburg in the…