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THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA
Language, religion, race & cultural heritage


Rathie players, Basha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey Street,
1980. Rathie, or Khalifa, is a ceremony performed by some
Muslim sects, mainly followers of Sufi orders, where devotees
enter into a trance-like state and pierce themselves with sharp objects to demonstrate their faith in their pir or saints.

Photograph: Omar Badsha

A History of Christmas in South Africa

Language, Culture & Identity: San, Khoikhoi, Kora, Sesotho, Tsonga, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu people.
The Ndebele People: Kwamsiza
A History of Muslims in South Africa (a chronology)
Missionaries and mission stations in South Africa (history)
A history of Indians in South Africa

This is a new section of the site. We are going to be adding new material over the coming months so that this page represents all of South Africa's people; their history, language, religion, traditions and customs.


Pioneering lives


some of our latest biographies...


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