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May 21, 2020

Jackson Jamani Cekiso

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Vergelegen Wine Estate Library
Place
May 21, 2020

Vergelegen Wine Estate Library

The library at Vergelegen Wine Estate situated in Somerset West, Western Cape used to be a winery that was built during ...

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Biography
May 21, 2020

Bonisile Jacob Cekisani

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Robert Mokwena (George Sello)
Biography
May 21, 2020

Robert Mokwena (George Sello)

uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) unit commander

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Nosipho Dastile
Biography
May 21, 2020

Nosipho Dastile

Community activist, anti-apartheid activist, founding member of the UDF, first president of the Uitenhage Women’s Organi...

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Seweweeks Poort, Swartberg
Place
May 19, 2020

Seweweeks Poort, Swartberg

The Seweweeks Poort is probably the most beautiful 18 km stretch of gravel road anywhere in South Africa. With easy grad...

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Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape
Place
May 18, 2020

Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern C...

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Hawaan Forest, Umhlanga
Place
May 18, 2020

Hawaan Forest, Umhlanga

Across the M 4 the Forest rests on a 2 000 year-old sand dune. Sounds old enough but Hawaan, by contrast, stands sturdy ...

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KuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
Place
May 16, 2020

KuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape

East London, Afrikaans Oos-Londen, port city, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo R...

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Poor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
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May 15, 2020

Poor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam

The term “poor whites” was coined during the 19th century, as the mineral revolution and development of mines forced sma...

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Durban Harbour and Port
Place
May 13, 2020

Durban Harbour and Port

Durban is the Capital City of the South African Province of KwaZulu-Natal, on the East Coast of the Country. It is not o...

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Hindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
Place
May 13, 2020

Hindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban

The institute was formed in 1938 by a group of Chatsworth banana and vegetable farmers to run classes in Tamil, Telugu, ...

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Dessenhoek, Durban
Place
May 13, 2020

Dessenhoek, Durban

Dessenhoek forms a Community of Durban, towards the Pinetown Area.

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The Colonising Camera photographs in the making of Namibian History
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May 12, 2020

The Colonising Camera photographs in the making of Namibian History

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Mary Thipe
Biography
May 12, 2020

Mary Thipe

Human rights activist, anti-apartheid activist, member of the ANC, the ANCWL and MK, involved in 1956 Women’s March, 195...

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