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Wendy Heather Woods
Biography
Aug 19, 2020

Wendy Heather Woods

Anti-apartheid activist, Black Sash member, founder of the Donald Woods Foundation, charity campaigner

Mooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
Place
Aug 19, 2020

Mooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal

Mooi River forms part of the popular Midlands Meander self-drive Arts and Crafts Route, while all around are opportuniti...

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Aug 18, 2020

Comrade George Naicker - 1919 – 1998 by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 April 1998

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Border Cave or Sibudu Cave, Found in Cliff Between KZN and Swaziland
Place
Aug 18, 2020

Border Cave or Sibudu Cave, Found in Cliff Between KZN and Swaziland

The World's oldest known mattress has been unearthed in South Africa, in a cave in KZN! Made of plant material and dated...

Petition to the President of the Republic of South Africa to support South African History Online
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Aug 17, 2020

Petition to the President of the Republic of South Africa to support South African History Online

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Paul David
Biography
Aug 13, 2020

Paul David

Anti-Apartheid activist, liberation struggle hero, Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress Youth Congress, involved in th...

Botshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
Place
Aug 13, 2020

Botshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein

Botshabelo, which means 'place of refuge', is the largest township in the Free State and, after Soweto, the largest in t...

Botshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
Place
Aug 13, 2020

Botshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg

It was at Botshabelo that the missionary R.F Güstav Trumpelmann, with the invaluable assistance of his erstwhile student...

Audrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden
Biography
Aug 12, 2020

Audrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden

Anti-apartheid activist, worked for LPSA and Treason Trials Defence Fund, played essential role in 1957 bus boycott, fou...

Mtwalume, South Coast of Natal
Place
Aug 12, 2020

Mtwalume, South Coast of Natal

Mtwalume is a small seaside Village situated in the Umdoni Coast of KwaZulu Natal. This quaint Village was named after t...

Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion-Pretoria
Place
Aug 12, 2020

Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion-Pretoria

This Township was established when Centurion was incorporated into Tshwane in 2000.

Life Orientation Classroom - Sexuality and Gender Pack
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Aug 10, 2020

Life Orientation Classroom - Sexuality and Gender Pack

 Exhibition: Celebrating 40 Years of Women's Day, Durban 1980
Article
Aug 08, 2020

Exhibition: Celebrating 40 Years of Women's Day, Durban 1980

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Archive
Aug 07, 2020

How Igbo women used petitions to influence British authorities during colonial rule

Selected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh ...

Selloane Ethel Leisa
Biography
Aug 06, 2020

Selloane Ethel Leisa

Anti-apartheid activist, member of the ANCWL and FEDSAW, founding member of ASHA, played a role in the 1956 Women’s Marc...

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