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BiographyCecil Sols
Cecil Sols worked as a freelance photographer with a collective of social documentary photographers in the 1980s to early 1990s, helping to expose the…
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… Africa has a large number of historical rock-engraving sites, where South Africa’s original inhabitants carved human … pattern of geometric engravings in the…
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
Deon T Daniels aka DJ Ready D, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 11 December 1968, before the residents there were forcibly removed. Ready D and his…
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo was born in Sophiatown into a Catholic family. He grew up in the suburb of Orlando, Soweto. He was one of 32 students who were forced to flee…
BiographyKevin Dowling
Kevin Patrick Dowling was born in Pretoria and was ordained as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on 9 July 1967. He was appointed the…
BiographyPule Mabe
Puleng Peter Mabe (Pule Mabe) was born on 19 March 1980 in Namakgale, Phalaborwa, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). He was raised by a single…
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…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… of the West Fort site, they are classified as “Serial Sites” and as such they must be considered “in parallel” in …
BiographyRev. Aldin Grout
Aldin Grout was born on 2 September 1803 in Pelham, Massachusetts in the United States. In 1830 Grout graduated from Amherst College and continued to study in…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… (article) Definition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites (article) First celebration of National Heritage Day … Identity (article) Cradle of Humankind:…
BiographyJane Alexander
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
Gille de Vlieg was born Gillian Ruth Hemson in Plymouth, England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing…
BiographyRev. George Champion
Reverend George Champion was born in the state of Connecticut, United States in 1810. After graduating from Yale University, Champion joined the American Board…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six (now Grade Eight)…
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… The variety of fauna and flora is unique. Four wetland sites within the park are Ramsar sites (wetlands of international importance). iSimangaliso ……
BiographyHector Pieterson
Hector Pieterson* was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima -…
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
The South African War Memorial was unveiled on May 24, 1910, at 360 University Avenue, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War. It was designed…
BiographyEric Miller
Eric Miller was born 19th of May 1955 in Cape Town. He grew up in Johannesburg. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in psychology from UNISA in 1981 he entered…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… has sat on the UN's most powerful organ. New heritage sites were created Since 1994, many new heritage sites and museums have been opened to contribute…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… This brings the number of South African World Heritage Sites to ten . They include: the Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa, Maloti-Drakensberg Park ,…
ArticleHeritage
… heritage resources? What are South Africa's World Heritage Sites? Investigating heritage resources from the past What …
Links & Partnerships
… if you have any link suggestions. suggest... Partnership sites Dumile Feni Official Website - This website is a joint … information. This site has a great…
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… and is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Unlike other sites that can be remote, dry and downright inhospitable, the … of families sought shelter in them…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… survives are the almost untouched remains of the palace sites and also the entire settlement Area dependent upon them, as well as two earlier Capital Sites,…
BiographyHeidi Saayman
Heidi Saayman was born on 3 February 1970, Umtata in Transkie. She matriculated in 1988 from Queenstown Girls High School. After leaving school she studied at…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
Grade 4 Archive
… learn about heritage, culture, identity and World Heritage Sites in South Africa. …
BiographyDali Tambo
Dali Tambo is the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife Adelaide Tambo, He has two sisters, Nomathemba and Tselane Tambo. When…
PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… Nama Community and their Descendants! - "World Heritage Sites recognises and protect Areas of outstanding Natural, … not surprising that South Africa boasts…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
… religious, educational, commercial, sports and struggle sites that are of historical significance and thus part of … a city, such as commercial and…