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ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… (1991). Mau Mau: An African Crucible. New York: Ballantine Books. Furedi, F. (1989). The Mau Mau War in Perspective. … (1991). Mau Mau: An African Crucible…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… an unsung and unforgotten heroine. There have been several books written about Hobhouse [Fry (1929), Fisher (1977), Van … Price: The book retails at R328 …
BiographyFranklin Kaye Kendall
Kendall was an architect whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1870. He was educated at King\'s…
BiographyBrett Murray
Brett Murray was born in Pretoria in 1961. From 1985-1989 he studied at the Michaelis School at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where he obtained a Bachelor…
BiographyNorman Catherine
Norman Catherine was born in East London, South Africa in September 1949. He studied at the East London Technical School of Art and held his first solo…
EventOlive Schreiner, noted SA author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town
… whose world views were very advanced for her time. Her books though written over a century ago, seem to have …
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… are White People.” Yakhal'inkomo, Johannesburg: Renoster Books, 1972. 1-8. ↵ [7] Essop Patel, “Mongane Wally Serote: … are White People’ Yakhal'inkomo…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg. Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she…
BiographyChris Ledochowski
Chris Ledochowski was born in 1956 in Pretoria. He grew up in Johannesburg and from 1968 to 1974 he attended Waterford- Kamhlaba, a non racial boarding school…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… members of a civilized and industrious community." (Blue Books on Native Affairs 1880) It is not an easy matter to … where they also subsequently plied their…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… ignored in history texts. Not only did most of these older books lean heavily towards white political development to the … after all, have been silent for…
BiographyJane Alexander
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing…
BiographyLouis Luyt
Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the Karoo. In the 1940s Luyt was employed as a railway clerk. During his rugby…
BiographyRashid Lombard
Rashid Lombard was born in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 10 April 1951. In 1962, his family relocated to Cape Town,…
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
… has worked as editor of Finesse Magazine. She also writes books and does public speaking. Natasha married actor and …
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… The Book Lounge and Modjaji Books are deilghted to invite you to the launch of the "A to …
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… in Darfur; the post-9/11 era; and Rwanda. One of his books, Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the … that year. It was also acclaimed as one of the…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… in English for many years, was immensely popular and fine books followed it from Serote, Sepamla, Gwala and others. …
Coloured by History, Shaped by Place - New perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town
… Reddy, Steve Robbins and Craig Soudien. Publishers : Kwela books and SAHO Edited : Zimitri Erasmus Soft cover : ISBN …
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… left his home country. He went on to write three more books after his debut novel, all of which did very well, …
BiographyAlexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'
Dr Alexander (Alex) Lionel Boraine was born in 1931 in Cape Town, Western Province. In 1950, at the age of nineteen, Boraine started his career as a Methodist…
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the…
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… (keynote speaker) Refreshments will be provided. Books will be on sale. Official invite to the event. …
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… all children up to the age of 16, with free meals, free books and school equipment for the needy. Inviolability of …
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… A creative writer, he has written in many genres. One his books, Trekking to Teema, became the first internet book in …
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… • Objects • Rock paintings • Books • In the present we find out about them by …
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa . Google Books [online] available at: http://books.google.co.za [accessed on 24 October 2009] …
BiographyRafique (Rafs) Mayet
Rafique (Rafs) Mayet was born in 1955 in Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). Mayet matriculated in Durban and worked at various jobs since completing school,…
Articlehoz tab example
… Organise conferences and travelling exhibitions; Publish books and; Through our community projects enable people to … history of South Africa. We have…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… to know Kally’s thoughts about these subjects. Rare among books, this is one that could have been longer. …