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Limietberg Nature Reserve, Paarl
Place
Sep 14, 2020

Limietberg Nature Reserve, Paarl

The Limietberg Nature Reserve, near Paarl, which is part of the Boland Mountains. The Nature Reserve covers an Area of 1...

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Cape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 11, 2020

Cape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape

The Cape St. Francis Lighthouse, also known as Seal Point Lighthouse, is a beautiful white Building that forms the focal...

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Sibongile Susan Mkhabela
Biography
Sep 11, 2020

Sibongile Susan Mkhabela

Anti-apartheid activist, social worker, SSRC and SASM member, one of the student leaders of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, ba...

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Sep 10, 2020

George Bizos_CV - UNESCO

George Bizos - CV - Published by UNESCO

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St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'
Place
Sep 10, 2020

St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'

German architect Carl Otto Hager. Hager had designed numerous Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa including the NG M...

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Biography
Sep 10, 2020

Houghton Mbuyiselo Soci

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Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa 1979 - 1996 - by Kumi Naidoo (Full Theses)
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Sep 09, 2020

Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa 1979 - 1996 - by Kumi Naidoo (Full Theses)

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Slangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town
Place
Sep 09, 2020

Slangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town

The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history dating back to 1914 when it was scheduled to be completed

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Fordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
Place
Sep 09, 2020

Fordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg

Named after Lewis Peter Ford of the Jeppe and Ford Estate Company, Fordsburg was built on the outskirts of the Johannesb...

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Achmat Dangor
Biography
Sep 07, 2020

Achmat Dangor

Poet, novelist, political and cultural activist, banned person, co-founder of Congress of South African Writers, worked ...

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'Trees never meet' Mobility and Containment: an Overview 1915 - 1946 by Silvester, Wallace and Hayes
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Sep 07, 2020

'Trees never meet' Mobility and Containment: an Overview 1915 - 1946 by Silvester, Wallace and Hayes

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Songimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site
Place
Sep 02, 2020

Songimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site

this Region is referred to as the “Genesis of Life”. This feature, together with the Early Stone Age artifacts dating ba...

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Lenasia, Soweto
Place
Sep 02, 2020

Lenasia, Soweto

Hundreds of people braved the cold weather to attend the Eidgah. The Eidgah was hosted next to the Mohammadiyya Qadriyya...

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Eldarado Park, a Township of Johannesburg/Soweto
Place
Sep 02, 2020

Eldarado Park, a Township of Johannesburg/Soweto

District located in the Province of Gauteng, near Johannesburg. Since 1973 there has been extensive expansion of the Are...

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Avalon Cemetery, Soweto
Place
Sep 01, 2020

Avalon Cemetery, Soweto

On the Southern edge of one of the Country’s most famous townships, Soweto, lies the equally Historic Avalon Cemetery.

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