Early History

Prehistory of the Cape Town area

Prehistory of the Cape Town area

Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established Cape Town as a refuelling station in 1652 ...

Sona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics

Sona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics

To many, modern mathematics and Africa are not synonymous. Open any school mathematics book and the role of African scho...

Grade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600

Grade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600

16 September 2020

Topic 1: The world around 1600 What was the world like around 1600? Europe is considered as one of the world’s...

Kingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe

Kingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe

9 September 2019

Where is Great Zimbabwe? The Great Zimbabwe ruins date from the Iron Age and lie between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers...

Grade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt

Grade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt

The Order of Mapungubwe

The Order of Mapungubwe

This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, musi...

Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe

Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe

Landing page content This topic provides a brief introductory overview of the settlements in the Limpopo Valley before ...