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Founding members of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), 1963
The siege of Ladysmith, 30 October 1899 - 28 February 1900
Photographer: unknown www.africamediaonline
Protests against the forced removal of 200 families from the Majeng farms in the Kimberley area
Photographer: Paul Weinberg www.africamediaonline.com
Remains of Boer Big Gun, Waterval, 1899-1902
Photographer: unknown www.gutenberg.org
Covering the 1956 treason trial, Schadeberg was himself arrested while trying to help fellow photographer Peter Mugubane, who was being beaten by the police.
Photographer: unknown http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Allison Wessel George Champion (right) first President of the Native Mine Clerks' Association, October, 1952
Photographer: unknown www.africamediaonline
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25 May 2010
South African tenor opera singer, Siphiwo Ntshebe dies
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