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| B-0008283 | biography | Julius Thamsanqa Kuboni | 1964-2000 | – |
| B-0008194 | biography | Thamsanqa Rutherford (Thami) Jali | 1955 | – |
| B-0008050 | biography | Garth Erasmus | 1956 | – |
| B-0009049 | biography | Tikkie Sibisi | 1975 | – |
| P-0150929 | place | Darters Pass, Northern Cape | 26 May 2021 | ✓ |
| P-0152329 | place | Oviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape | 17 Feb 2024 | ✓ |
| P-0152262 | place | Dwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast | 17 Nov 2023 | ✓ |
| P-0152272 | place | !Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein | 20 Dec 2023 | ✓ |
| B-0008549 | biography | Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer | 1947 | – |
| B-0008111 | biography | Phumzile John Gomomo | 1945-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008918 | biography | William Wellington Gqoba | 1840-1888 | ✓ |
| B-0009231 | biography | Maria Wilman | 1867-1957 | ✓ |
| B-0096673 | biography | Pansy Tlakula | 1957 | ✓ |
| A-0141651 | article | South Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis | 7 Aug 2019 | ✓ |
| A-0059821 | article | The Dutch and the Khoisan | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0100311 | biography | Maggie Smith | 1930-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0064867 | biography | Paul Shipokosa Mashatile | 1961 | – |
| B-0007865 | biography | Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe | 1900-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0008236 | biography | Nell Kaye | 1912-1969 | – |
| B-0008189 | biography | Alexander Macaulay Jabavu | 1889-1946 | ✓ |
| B-0065254 | biography | Isaac Zakes Nkosi | 1919 | – |
| B-0068237 | biography | Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo | 1931 | – |
| B-0094482 | biography | Alec Erwin | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008688 | biography | Samuel E. K. Mqhayi | 1875-1945 | – |
| B-0074827 | biography | Fenuel Mogatusi | 1976 | ✓ |
| B-0008343 | biography | David Lurie | 1951 | – |
| B-0121724 | biography | Jo Ractliffe | 1961 | ✓ |
| A-0064798 | article | Tutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission | 4 Apr 2011 | – |
| A-0099229 | article | The Early Cape Slave Trade | 2 Apr 2015 | ✓ |
| P-0150331 | place | Lanseria International Airport, Roodepoort | 14 Jul 2020 | ✓ |
BiographyJulius Thamsanqa Kuboni
Kuboni was born in Johannesburg. Like his father, Gabriel Kuboni, he was a sculptor. According to Julius, his father had the most influence on his work as a…
BiographyThamsanqa Rutherford (Thami) Jali
Jali was born Durban. He is a painter, sculptor and a graphic artist who studied at the Rorke’s Drift Art Centre, 1981-1982. He studied ceramics at the Natal…
BiographyGarth Erasmus
Garth Erasmus was born on 12 April 1956 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Erasmus was raised in Port Elizabeth and from an early age expressed an interest in art. He…
BiographyTikkie Sibisi
Tikkie Sibisi was born in Greater Nigel in 1975 and grew up in Duduza Township with a single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his…
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
Darters Pass is one of those official Passes that leaves you wondering if you're in the right place. The Pass has only one gentle curve towards it's Northern…
PlaceOviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
The Oviston Nature Reserve lies is on the, Southern side of the Gariep Dam. The Reserve has an Area of 16 000 Hectares. This Dam, which is the largest Dam in…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
Along the Western shores of South Africa there are many myriad fishing Villages which lie sleepily on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While Paternoster is…
Place!Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein
!Khwa ttu Nature Reserve strives to restore dignity and cultural pride, navigating a practical path between the old ways and the new World. They are committed…
BiographyRoelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer
Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the Humansdorp district…
BiographyPhumzile John Gomomo
Phumzile John Gomomo was born on a farm in Adelaide on 25 October in 1945. He was one of seven children born to the late Ndabeni (Mnzotho) and Nonga Stofile …
BiographyWilliam Wellington Gqoba
William Wellington Gqoba was born in Gaba, near Alice, Eastern Cape in August 1840. He was the son of Gqoba of the Cirha clan, who was in turn the son of Peyi,…
Maria Wilman
Wilman studied botany at the University of Cambridge, which she completed in 1888 when she received a certificate. It was only in 1931, once women were allowed…
BiographyPansy Tlakula
Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula grew up in the township of Everton in the Vaal area. She obtained her undergraduate degree in law at the Turfloop University (now…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or Dutch East India Company came into being on 20 March 1602 and is seen as the first company that issued shares to…
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith was born in 1930. She was a journalist and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the 60s when the…
BiographyPaul Shipokosa Mashatile
Paul Mashatile was born on 21 October 1961 in Geraldsville, Pretoria (Tshwane). Mashatile was an active participant in the liberation struggle from his student…
BiographyRoseberry Tandwefika Bokwe
Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father,John Knox Bokwe, in Ugie…
BiographyNell Kaye
Nell Kaye was born in Johannesburg, 1912. Nell Kaye's reputation rests on her work within a single genre with specific challenges and limitations - the bronze…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu was born in 1889 in King William's Town, he was the second son of John Tengo Jabavu. After studying at Lovedale, he taught briefly,…
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic primary…
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
Born in Natal in 1931, he studied at Adams College and Ohlange Institute, where he matriculated in 1950. After working some time in a Durban textile plant,…
BiographyAlec Erwin
Alexander Erwin (Alec Erwin) was born on 17 January 1948 in Cape Town to Dennis and Rosamund Erwin. Alec, as he became known, matriculated from Durban High…
BiographySamuel E. K. Mqhayi
Samuel E. K. Mqhayi was born near Alice in the Cape in 1875. Mqhayi studied at Lovedale, worked as a teacher and journalist, was on the editorial staff of Imvo…
Fenuel Mogatusi
Mr Fenuel Mogatusi, aged 22, a Soweto school student,was detained in July 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was…
BiographyDavid Lurie
Born in Cape Town, Lurie studied (Philosophy, Economics) and taught (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did research…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo Ractliffe is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Background - "The Road to Reconciliation." South Africa experienced numerous human rights challenges during the apartheid era. The White-dominated government…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony. During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the…
PlaceLanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
Commercial and private planes can easily be spotted on the runway a few meters away from their open air viewing deck. It all began when In 1974 the dream…