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EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
Jack Penn, a well known plastic and reconstructive surgeon, was born on 14 August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his family to Johannesburg, where he…
Who Shot My Dad? by Jann Turner
I began searching for my father's killer in 1989. I was living in New York City at the time. I read in the paper that an investigative journalist called…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
..to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. Winning a Nobel Prize is one of the highest international…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks…
Hinduism
Hinduism What do Hindus believe? Hindus believe in one god that appears in different forms. Source: www.theholidayspot.com Hindus believe in one God, or…
An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
My dear Aung San Su Kyi I am now elderly, decrepit and formally retired, but breaking my vow to remain silent on public affairs out of profound sadness about…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
16 December is a day of great significance in South Africa due to two historical events that took place. The first of these was in 1838, when the Battle of…
The Polly Street Era
It is evident, through the examples of the art of John Koenakeefe Mohl, Ernest Mancoba and Gerard Sekoto, that the foundations of a fine art by black South…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of the pentagonal reinforced type, which…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Osman Latief, a resident of Vrededorp,…
24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1885 thirteen Gujarati Muslims (known at the…
SAHO Milestones
2000 June - Registration of SAHO as an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984Chapter 5 - The Freedom CharterThe Freedom Charter, a programme which still embraces many of the…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Bibliographical note and further reading African…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
For five decades Goldblatt has travelled South Africa photographing sites weighted with historical narrative: monuments, as well as private, religious and…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
Completed on 4 September 1897 by the Krupps firm, Von Dewitz and Weiner, the fort cost £49 000 and had the same type of entrance as Fort Schanskop. Ramparts…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
Ray Alexander Simons nee Alexandrowich arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her arrival in the country she realized…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Aboobaker Amod and three others submitted the…
Indian education in Natal
1865 A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh vegetables and…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
Introduction A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - List of Passive Resistors
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer List of Passive Resisters [The names in this list are…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract …
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
Born: 1939, Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) In Summary: Poet, African National Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and United States of America,…
ArchiveDemocracy
Democracy 25 years of freedom 1994 to 2019 Democracy Ubuntu One rainbow nation A rising sun An African Sunset Democracy The elegance of the Blue…
Bibliographical note and further reading
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai For the serious researcher investigating any aspect…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Glossary
Extra note: In order to standardise the “Terms you need to Know” articles in the Classroom Section, all definitions are accessed from https://www.dictionary…
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
On 29 March 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Kambula took place. The battle involved the British Number 4 Column, led by Colonel Evelyn Wood VC and the Zulu…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day16 December 1995There are few countries which dedicate a national public holiday to…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
Present-day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…