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| A-0070073 | article | Co-operation and conflict on the Highveld | 23 Nov 2011 | – |
| B-0150475 | biography | Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis | 1850-1912 | ✓ |
| B-0122673 | biography | Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino | 1851-1919 | – |
| A-0068603 | article | The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out | 14 Oct 2011 | – |
| B-0007965 | biography | Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther | 1800 | – |
| P-0125047 | place | Matjiesfontein | 6 Jun 2018 | ✓ |
| E-0094046 | event | Renowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria | 7 Nov 2012 | ✓ |
| P-0065917 | place | Gardens, Cape Town | 14 Jul 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008124 | biography | Paul Grendon | 1954-2019 | – |
| B-0141676 | biography | Hassim Mohamed Seedat | 1930-2019 | ✓ |
| A-0059162 | article | Colonial history of Bloemfontein | 30 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0099255 | article | The Empty Land Myth | 9 Apr 2015 | ✓ |
| B-0149618 | biography | Ebrahim Badsha | 1931-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0073817 | biography | Yusuf Joe Jacobs | 1940 | ✓ |
| A-0013870 | article | Curries Fountain events timeline | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0070076 | article | Political changes from 1750 to 1835 | 24 Nov 2011 | – |
| P-0016785 | place | Chad | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0082421 | article | The History of May Day in South Africa | 25 Apr 2012 | – |
| P-0151211 | place | Fresnaye, Cape Town | 9 Dec 2021 | ✓ |
| A-0059118 | article | Colonial history of Nelspruit | 29 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008546 | biography | John Xavier Merriman | 1841-1926 | ✓ |
| B-0008106 | biography | David Goldblatt | 1930-2018 | ✓ |
| A-0098751 | article | Sophiatown Timeline | 17 Dec 2014 | – |
| A-0124425 | article | Political changes from 1750 to 1820 | 14 Nov 2017 | – |
| B-0008125 | biography | Sir George Grey | 1812-1917 | – |
| B-0008386 | biography | Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels | 1905-1994 | ✓ |
| P-0149871 | place | Garden Route, Cape Town | 17 Jan 2020 | ✓ |
| P-0125834 | place | Roodepoort, Johannesburg | 25 Mar 2019 | ✓ |
| P-0149811 | place | Somerset West, Cape Helderberg | 11 Dec 2019 | ✓ |
| A-0059205 | article | Cape Town the Segregated city | 30 Mar 2011 | – |
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
The Boer Republics, and the Basotho kingdom (a case study) Moshoeshoe moves to Thaba Bosiu The 1820s and 1830s were a time of great upheaval. There were many…
Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis
Henrietta (Ettie or Het) Rebecca Stakesby Lewis was born in 1850 at the Umpukani Mission Station, Orange Free State (now Free State Province), and grew up in…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino was a journalist and public intellectual who, in the early 1900s, challenged notions of Black racial inferiority in the…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people involved in this were the Basotho, the Boers and the British. Of these,…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was clear that he had a future. The country frequently…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… straight into the Victorian era. Established in the late 1800s, this tiny railway town boasts beautifully preserved …
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… of European colonizers and missionaries in the late 1800s. Achebe's later novels No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow …
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… and Oranjezicht , and it was established in the late 1800s. The park is known for its beautiful green lawns and …
BiographyPaul Grendon
“I am interested in making large-scale paintings that can be used in public places with imagery that is totally accessible to everyone.” Paul Grendon…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
Hassim Seedat, was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He attended St Oswalds…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… the national railway line reached Bloemfontein in the late 1800s, it brought with it unwanted elements of society …
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
The Empty or Vacant Land Theory is a theory that was propagated by European settlers in nineteenth-century South Africa to support their claims to land. Today…
Ebrahim Badsha
Ebrahim Badsha was born on 13 March 1931, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). Badsha was one of the pioneer Black artists in Natal. He grew up in a large…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father was Ismail Jacobs, a tailor. His paternal grandfather was Manan Jamie…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
1870s-1880s Discovery of a reliable water source. "To the present generation Currie's Fountain is but a name which marks the recreation grounds below Botanic…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… to East and Central Africa. It came to an end in mid-1800s and for a short while, had some links with the Great …
PlaceChad
… lake Chad at around 1000 CE. Image source The 1400s – 1800s was an era where several Empires would conquer and rule … recover however, and reach new heights…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades …
PlaceFresnaye, Cape Town
… just under 1 kilometer squared, purchased early in the 1800s. It belonged to a descendant of the French Huguenots, …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
Nelspruit lies in the Lowveld, in the valley of the Crocodile River just below the great eastern escarpment of the Transvaal. Long before it acquired a…
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
John Xavier Merriman was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa…
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
David Goldblatt, one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
Britain takes control of the Cape Once revolutionary armies of France invaded Holland in 1795, the British feared that the French would take control of the…
BiographySir George Grey
George Grey was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Grey of the 30th Foot. His father was killed at the sack of Badajoz in the Peninsula War, eight days before…
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels was born on 19 November 1905 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. His father, Henry Maisels, had come…
PlaceGarden Route, Cape Town
… feather industry when it was in its heyday the late 1800s and early 1900s, is well worth a visit. The grandiose, …
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
… and has been a favourite Picnic Spot since the late 1800s. No trip will be complete without visiting a Cemetery …
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
… after an English governor of the Cape Colony during the 1800s, Lord Charles Henry Somerset, with the suffix 'West' …
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… also pushed for residential segregation by the end of the 1800s. For instance, after the outbreak of small pox in 1882 …