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ArchiveMoved Out After 100 Years. Thats the Exiled
100 Year Anniversary of the 1913 Land Act
This article was written by Kristy Lee and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
ArchiveOver 100 000 mourn the death of Raditsela
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
We have no recorded evidence of how the Iron Age community on Melville Koppies was affected, but it was almost certainly disrupted or destroyed. Then the…
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
Elizabeth Maria was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With her…
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German…
BiographyDenis Mayer
Denis Mayer was born in Parkwood, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to…
German Philosophy 1760-1860 The Legacy of Idealism by Terry Pinkard
Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 by H. J. and R. E. SIMONS
Sketch map of Pondoland and the Transkeian Territories in the 1880s
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
Early years The history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) can be traced to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652, he had with…
100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa
100 Years “Emancipation of Slaves” First Published: 1st December 1934 as A call to National and Social Emancipation. The pamphlet was sold for 3d.; …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… settling outside the official borders of the colony from 1800 to 1820 and from 1822 the borders were redefined to …
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
ArticleThe Basotho
… In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in … a group of young men of the same age during the early 1800’s. He defended a…
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
The Government of the Republic of South Africa announced in Parliament that 18,000 people had been arrested and detained since the declaration of the State of…
BiographyHezekiel Sepeng
Hezekiel Sepeng was born on 30 June 1974 in Potchestroom, Western Transvaal. At primary school he began to show the natural talent of a good marathon runner. …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… different from their own. The drought that broke out in 1800 caused widespread loss of livestock and the Mahlatule … late 1700's water became scarce in…
ArchiveMarxist-Leninist study: The first international - 100 years after
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
Josiah Tshangana Gumede was born on 9th October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His father, John Gumede, and his mother were…
Mission Stations - I-L
Mission Stations - I IBISI, Natal: FMA; WMMS ICQUIBIGHA, Cape: see IGQIBIGHA, Middledrift, Cape IDUTYWA, also known as IDUTYWA RESERVE, Cape: UFS 1880;…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
Around 100 African National Congress (ANC) members were reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The arrests were confirmed by the Swaziland Police…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
The area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, originally known as Transoranje, with its abundance of permanent water sources, was the hunting grounds of the San…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… it is necessary to start at the beginning of the Iron Age, 1800 years ago. The paper was written for SAHO in 2010 by … Mixed Farming and Climate Click on…
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown. She was one of the six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood,…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
Programme Friday, 18 October 2013 17:00 – Opening of festival market and entertainment Saturday, 19 October 2013 08:00 – Zumba Dance Exercise Group Market…
ArchiveThe Indian Question in South Africa, 1900-1914 by H. M. Adamson
ArchiveWinter Rose Rugby Football Club Est 1890
Interview with Masana Nzima from Time Magazine 100 Photos Series
ArchiveFirst of May is workers Day : 100 years May day
White poster with black lettering. Artwork of five postcards, depicting workers protesting, celebrating this event.