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People and Culture of South Africa

People and Culture of South Africa

14 December 2023

South Africa has early human fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were t...

Quanza Shipwreck, East London

Quanza Shipwreck, East London

8 December 2023

The Quanza was a four-masted steamship of 942 tons which went ashore at East London on Sunday, 26 May 1872 at 05h00. She...

Harrismith, Free State

Harrismith, Free State

8 December 2023

Harrismith is a small, charming country town, founded in 1849, but discovered by tourists only recently. Visitors remark...

Heritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga

Heritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga

8 December 2023

Boers and Voortrekkers originated from these areas of the TRANSVAAL

Baviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape

Baviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape

6 December 2023

There is a Gorge that lies in the Valley, stretching for over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the...

Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj

Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj

1 December 2023

16 November 2023, marks the 163rd anniversary of the arrival in South Africa of indentured labourers from India. From th...

Bakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane

Bakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane

1 December 2023

Experience the warm hospitality and rich Culture of the Basotho people in the 'Bakone Malapa Museum'. The Bakone, a sub-...

Ebenezer, Limpopo

Ebenezer, Limpopo

1 December 2023

Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. The 1875 census indicated that the Vill...

Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi

27 November 2023

This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proje...

A History of Ottosdal and Letsopa

A History of Ottosdal and Letsopa

23 November 2023

Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa ...

Mbaula Village, Phalaborwa

Mbaula Village, Phalaborwa

20 November 2023

The name is derived from the Nyanja language and means: 'the heater'. In the Village this device is used for heating and...

Mushroom Farm in Hillcrest, KZN

Mushroom Farm in Hillcrest, KZN

17 November 2023

The Mushroom Farm offers a delightful array of eateries, play areas, local retailers and a nursery. "The Mushroom Farm i...

Makuya Nature Reserve

Makuya Nature Reserve

17 November 2023

Makuya, also known as Makuya Nature Reserve, shares a fenceless border with the Kruger National Park and is about an hou...

Suggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban

Suggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban

10 November 2023

Gandhi arrived in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1893 to serve as legal counsel to a merchant Dada Abdulla! In Jun...

Ngoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay

Ngoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay

8 November 2023

Raymond Zondo attended there. The Teaching and Learning and Centre(TLC), led by the director of teaching and learning, c...

Dal Josafat, Paarl

Dal Josafat, Paarl

20 October 2023

Kleinbosch has close connections with the Afrikaans language and its origins. It was the birthplace of Stephanus Jacobus...

Edenburg, near Bloemfontein

Edenburg, near Bloemfontein

13 October 2023

Edenburg is situated 83km South-West of Bloemfontein. This typical Transgariep Town, nestled in the golden prairies alon...

Railway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein

Railway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein

13 October 2023

A double-storey brick building with heavily ornamented Victorian and neo-Classical architectural features. It was design...

Hellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town

Hellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town

11 October 2023

In 1972 Hellenic attracted a number of German internationals who were barred from playing in clubs associated with FIFA ...

Cradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg

Cradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg

The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johan...

Fisantekraal, Cape Winelands

Fisantekraal, Cape Winelands

27 September 2023

Fisantekraal is a Township in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is located 10 kilometers (6 mi) North East o...

Saint Helena Bay

Saint Helena Bay

27 September 2023

St Helena Bay – stretching from Dwarskersbos in the north, past Shelley Point peninsula to Cape St Martin in the west – ...

Rawsonville, Winelands of the Western Cape

Rawsonville, Winelands of the Western Cape

22 September 2023

Rawsonville is situated merely an hour's drive from Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. These are ...

Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history

Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history

15 September 2023

Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He wa...

Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions

Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions

15 September 2023

Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, who has died, was a history maker. He was born on 27 August 1928 into a tumultuous glo...

Mitchell Park Zoo, Durban

Mitchell Park Zoo, Durban

15 September 2023

Mitchell Park Zoo is situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of eThekwini’s best-kept sec...

Amanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal

Amanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal

13 September 2023

Town and Holiday Destination on the South Coast, 29 km from Durban. It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 193...

Sacramento Cannon, Cape Recife

Sacramento Cannon, Cape Recife

8 September 2023

This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon, was salvaged in May 1977 from the Sh...

History of Women in Prisons during Apartheid

History of Women in Prisons during Apartheid

This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proj...

Rocher Pan Nature Reserve

Rocher Pan Nature Reserve

Rocherpan is a coastal nature reserve teeming with birds and colourful wildflowers. The reserve, which lies 25 km north ...