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| B-0149453 | biography | Aubrey Mokoena | – | ✓ |
| A-0065593 | article | Bonani Africa 2010 Awards | 12 Jul 2011 | – |
| A-0063916 | article | Indian education in Natal | 3 Apr 2011 | – |
| B-0149501 | biography | Vivian Fitzsimons | 1901-1975 | ✓ |
| A-0097644 | article | The Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War | 19 May 2014 | ✓ |
| A-0122278 | article | Caste - meaning, profession, religion | 9 Nov 2016 | – |
| B-0007905 | biography | Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi | 1928-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0007999 | biography | Christiaan Rudolf De Wet | 1854-1922 | ✓ |
| B-0007855 | biography | Stephen Bantu Biko | 1946-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0150808 | biography | Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0122372 | biography | Jan Smiesing | 1697-1734 | – |
| B-0009268 | biography | Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0008597 | biography | Santu Mofokeng | 1956-2020 | – |
| B-0009202 | biography | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | 1901-1966 | – |
| A-0097742 | article | World War I Timeline 1915 | 13 Jun 2014 | – |
| A-0016769 | article | General South African History Timeline: Pre-1500 | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0151989 | biography | Jonas Malheiro Savimbi | 1934-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0007770 | biography | Raymond Ackerman | 1931 | – |
| A-0098530 | article | 2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa | 24 Oct 2014 | ✓ |
| A-0059189 | article | Prehistory of the Port Elizabeth area | 30 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0059797 | article | The War | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0153093 | biography | Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels | 1964-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0149516 | biography | Letlapa Mphahlele | 1960 | ✓ |
| E-0072835 | event | Zulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain | 19 Jan 2012 | ✓ |
| R-0073864 | archive | CHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell | 8 Feb 2012 | – |
| A-0097248 | article | The Western Front | 25 Mar 2014 | – |
| A-0016853 | article | South African Film | 22 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0084331 | biography | Michael Guthrie Scott | 1907-1983 | – |
| A-0069408 | article | The South African War 1899-1902 | 8 Nov 2011 | – |
| A-0097743 | article | World War I Timeline 1916 | 13 Jun 2014 | ✓ |
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
Mokoena was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg during World War II. He grew up in the township, but due to his mother’s bad health was brought up by Anna Khomo…
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
A panel of judges consisting of Omar Badsha, Mary Corrigall, David Goldblatt, Thembinkosi Goniwe and Riason Naidoo has awarded the following photographers with…
Indian education in Natal
1865 A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
In September 1915, the Union Government offered to raise an infantry battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. Also associated with Brahmin class. www.boards…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, son of Princess Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime…
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
Christiaan de Wet was born at Leeuwkop near Smithfield, Orange Free State, on 7 October 1854. He received little formal education, spending his days helping…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
IntroductionStephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer and, mother, a teacher – valued critical…
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…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He is the first…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
Born in 1956, Mofokeng grew up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial experiences with…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd. His…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
1 January Battle of Artois and Champagne in France begins. 31 January 1915 The German Army makes use of poison gas for the first time in an attack on the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was born in Munhango, Moxico Province in eastern Angola on 3 August 1934. Savimbi's primary education took place at Protestant mission…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction through peaceful demonstrations. Workers are also allowed by legislation…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
The coastline of the Eastern Cape is treacherous, and several ships ran aground or sunk offshore after Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498…
The War
The flag of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was…
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…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
On 22 January 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near Isandlwana Mountain…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
- Prioritising armed struggle, January 1974 - June 1976 A struggle is made up of failures essentially. It’s true. You only win once, and that’s at the end. -…
ArticleThe Western Front
At the outbreak of the First World War, Germany put into operation the Schlieffen Plan. This plan was based on the assumption that in case of a war breaking…
ArticleSouth African Film
Feature Films are the long format, fictional (non-factual) films you see in cinemas. They are called long format because they are longer than most other forms…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael Guthrie Scott was born on 30 July 1907 in the village…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
18 February The German colony of Cameroon falls to French and British forces after 17 months of fighting. 21 February–19 December The Battle of Verdun…