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King Hintsa ka Phalo of the Xhosa nation is killed by British troops. Another source alleges that he was shot dead by a c
Benjamin Pogrund, senior reporter on the Rand Daily Mail, is jailed for eight days for refusing to divulge the source of his st
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a
BiographyDulcie Howes
… of the group. The Trust remains one of only two meaningful sources of bursaries for the study of ballet in the Western …
Learning about history through writing
… We are going to investigate an event using written SOURCES. Can you try to guess which event we are going to … Well done! Investigating the Rugby World Cup…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… with approximately 6000 mourners in attendance (other sources claim there were up to 10 000 present). People drove … sexually abused at the church. Shortly…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… by his son, Joseph Kabila. Case Study: Congo The sources that appear in the Grade 12 examination are often quite long and difficult. The sources in this…
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…
ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… People as historical sources People can be great sources of information. By speaking to people we can learn about the past. Learners are also sources of…
BiographyGary Jim Player
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Laubscher, L. (1999) “Gary Player” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
… historical case study of the changing nature of work and sources of workers’ power in a leading Durban manufacturer of … From Durban Falkirk to Defy:…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… to India that Dias had done so much to establish. Note: Sources differ on the spelling of Dias's first name …
BiographyNana Sita
… mass democratic movement now derives inspiration from many sources, including the experience of the long struggle of the …
BiographyEphraim Mojalefa Ngatane
Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane was born in Maseru, Lesotho (then Basutoland) in 1938. He moved to Johannesburg in about 1943, where he was educated at the Mooki…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… were people who Winnie was able to consider not only as sources of inspiration, but as trusted confidantes. This is …
BiographyHarold Rubin
Harold Rubin was born in Johannesburg on 13 May 1932. He was educated at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg and studied drawing and painting privately with Roza…
BiographyWilliam Kentridge
"I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending - an art (and a politics) in…
BiographyPaul Stopforth
“Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth is a painter and graphic artist who works in oil, gouache, ink, charcoal,…
BiographyLord Kitchener
Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs you", as secretary…
BiographyManfred Zylla
“I use art as a tool to confront reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality…
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… was largely based on the use of indigenous songs and oral sources as the foundation for introducing the meaning of oral … (Limpopo), Mr Baloyi showed a great…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… helps us understand who we are. These things are called sources. We will be looking at different sources such as pictures, people, objects and writing. …
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der Kemp Mission Primary…
Learning about local history through pictures
… local areas and local events using these different sources. Let’s see if you can guess which local area we will …
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… 15 miles from Thaba,Mosega. There he was cut off from all sources of food and water. So when on December 2, 1879, …
BiographyBarend de Wet
Barend de Wet was born in Boksburg in 1956, and towards his untimely death had long become an emblematic figure of the artist, the possibilities of the…
BiographyMalcolm Payne
"First of all, I don't take art particularly seriously. I make the work because I enjoy making it. No more complicated reason than that. I like the seriousness…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… routes on the continent. The Mali Empire - known in Arabic sources as Dawlat Mālī - was one of the largest, wealthiest, … market, triggering a currency…
CAPS Grade 4: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… information: Teachers should note that the word ‘sources’ has deliberately been changed to ‘how we find … information about the past’ for Grades 4 – 6. The…