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Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
ALBERTI, Ludwig. 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape Town: AA Balkema. ALEXANDER, James…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
The esteemed teacher and journalist, Samuel E.K. Mqhayi described Isaac Williams Wauchope: “Rev Isaac Wauchope was truly handsome in appearance, a broad-faced…
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…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. National Cultural History and Open Air Museum, Pretoria. Pretoria Boys High…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
CONTENT West Africa before the European slave trade A map depicting the three most well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
During the 1990s, behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were…
ArticlePoverty and development
One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the rural…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
1840s John Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha becomes the first convert of the Lindley Mission Station in Inanda. 1871 22 February, John Langalibalele Dube is…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
The Farm Dwarsvlei is situated 15 kilometres North of Krugersdorp, on the road to Hekpoort, past Sterkfontein of Archaeological fame. It is still Owned and…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta was born Kamau to parents Moigoi and Wamboi ”” his father was the chief of a small agricultural village in Gatundu Division, Kiambu District ””…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 9 October 1940. She attended Inanda Seminary Secondary School, a boarding school for black South…
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…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
± 1000 BCE (Pre-colonial) Late Stone Age people (San/Tsam//Xam) teach their children how to hunt and gather food, skin animals, prepare and cook food and…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal from 1880 to 1906 of the School at…
Local Government
When disaffected groups of Dutch farmers from the Cape reached the Trans-Gariep region, they brought with them a mindset that was essentially rural and…
PlaceOld Presidency
This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was declared a National Monument under old…
Statement of the NWC on the organisation`s readiness for the upcoming election, 10 May 2011
The National Working Committee of the African National Congress held its regular meeting on 9 May 2011 at the Chief Albert Luthuli House to, amongst other…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
This school was declared a National Monument. Pretoria Boys High School, also known as 'Boys High'. It is a public, tuition charging, English medium boys high…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
The Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976 did not just drop from the sky. The Black students of South Africa did not wake up one day and begin resisting Bantu…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
Uganda is an east African country that had a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the 1800's. The interior was penetrated by Arab slave…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
The Canadian government offered a second contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British troops in the South…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in…
A growing urban African population
As Johannesburg expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
How do we find out about the past? For recent events where there was personal involvement, memory can be relied on. To know about events earlier than this,…
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
Koffiefontein became the site for a large internment camp during World War II, with up to 2,000 Italian and German prisoners of war being held there, along…
PlaceRondebosch
In 1657 a group of four free burghers were granted land in an area south of Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope. Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch commander at the…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
The French Huguenots were refugees in the Netherlands fleeing religious persecution brought about by the ascendancy of Catholicism in France. The Edict of…
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…
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
The contribution of Pravin Gordhan may never be truly understood and appreciated by millions of South Africans. For those of us who have had the privilege to…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
Simon’s Town Museum is housed in "The Residency" which was built in 1777 as the Winter Residence for the Dutch East India Company Governor at the Cape. Simon…