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Maria de la Queillerie van Riebeeck, wife of Jan van Riebeeck who accompanied him to the Cape of Good Hope, is born in Rotterda
Durban an Overview
In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu, a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially settlement…
Bloemfontein an Overview
Polokwane an Overview
'Street soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of…
ArchiveBoycott the Can
A2 red, yellow, black litho on white; graphic people demonstrating; crossed out soft drinks tin; text: Boycott the Can; The management of Metal Box retrenched…
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
John (Jack) Curtis was born on 31 August 1912 in Geelong, Australia, the third of nine children. He left school at 14 to start work and help provide for the…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyVusumuzi Vitus Mvelase
Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase was restricted to Umlazi. He was the former chairman of Umlazi Residents Association; detained in terms of the Internal Security Act…
BiographyEphraim Chaka
Ephraim Chaka was born in 1924. His family came from Ladybrand, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). He was married to Mirriam Chaka and together…
BiographyMaqashu Leonard Mdingi
Leonard Maqhatshu Mdingi was born on 2 February1926. He grew up at his family homesteads first near Bizana, and then in Amadiba Location towards the coast in…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… living societies (ethnography) San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age - 8 hours … environment (A deep knowledge of the…
Prof. Hendrik Johannes Jan Matthys Van der Merwe, academic and linguist, is born in Morgenzon, Tvl.
The Free Burghers sign a petition asking Jan van Riebeeck to act against the ‘Kaapmans’ (Khoi-Khoi).
Zacharias Wagenaer, commander of the Cape who succeeded Jan van Riebeeck, is born in Dresden, Germany.
Jan van Riebeeck and his family leave the Cape for Batavia on board of the ‘Mars’.
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1977 the Government proposed a new constitutional…
BiographyBarasarthi Naidoo
Barasarthi Naidoo, the eldest son of Thambi and Veerammal Naidoo, was born on 22 December 1903. At a farewell banquet for Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand…
BiographyGriffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, the eldest son of Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge, was born in 1935. His parents were well-respected peasant farmers of Rayi,…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to liberate…
BiographyDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish citizen born 29th July, 1905 in Jönköping City, Southern Sweden. He was the youngest of the four sons of Agnes…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In 1956 Muafangejo moved to die Anglican mission station at Epinga…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… 2300 BP (Before Present), hunter-gatherers called the San acquired domestic stock in what is now modern day … brought a new way of life to South Africa and…
BiographyBarend Jacobus Du Plessis
Barend Jacobus du Plessis was born on 19 January 1940 in Johannesburg to Martie and Jan Hendrik du Plessis. He was the eldest of three children and grew up in…
BiographyJonathan Neil Rhodes
Jonathan Neil Rhodes, better known as Jonty, was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on 27 July 1969. He grew up in the picturesque Pietermaritzburg town…
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews born in Durban, on 17 June 1929, Matthews was one of five children of Frieda and ZK Matthews, a professor, academic lawyer and…
Make your own ROCK ART
… own ROCK ART Express your creative side! Make your own San rock art. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: THINGS TO DRAW: White A4 … instead of paint brushes. Use the…
SA signs an agreement upgrading diplomatic relations with Tanzania.
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee was born to German and English parents in Cape Town on 9 February 1940. Coetzee spent his childhood in there, as well as in Worcester, a…
BiographyTerry Bell
Terence Albert Bell (Terry Bell) was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa on 12 September 1942. He married his fellow exile, Barbara,…
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
Legendary stage, film, and television actress, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, was born on 7 May 1955 in Upington, Cape Province (now Northern Cape). She attended…