Featured topics
Discover important themes, topics and events from South Africa's past with our picks
This day in history
Find out who was born, who died and other significant events from this day in history
20 October 1901
History in Pictures
Significant or interesting images from history. Each image will guide you to related content.
Society and Politics
Topics, timelines and articles that cover the social and political history of South Africa from prehistory to the present day
Latest articles
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#FeesMustFall - Student Movements
Special Project: Contemporary Student Movements, #FeesMustFall, #RhodesMustFall etc.
Art and Culture
Topics, timelines and articles that cover the history of South African art, music, theatre, sports, heritage and media
Latest articles
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Biographies
Lives and stories of notable South Africans and people closely related to our history.
Visit our Biography Index page to view an alphabetical list.
Featured biographies
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Africa
Explore the histories of other African countries organised by region.
North Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
Featured from Africa
Our classroom feature includes the history curriculum lessons for grade 4 to 12, plus past exam questions and answers. The history topics are linked to articles on our main website.
Additional curriculum content for other subjects, such as Art and Culture and Life Orientation will be posted as the material is developed.
Please send us your comments. It you are a teacher, feel free to share some of the resources that you and your colleagues have developed.
