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Elandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
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Mar 16, 2020

Elandsfontein Farm, Pretoria

This charming cottage on a working farm can sleep 6 members of a family in 3 separate bedrooms. It includes the followin...

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Vredenburg, West Coast
Place
Mar 13, 2020

Vredenburg, West Coast

The town was established in 1875, initially as a Dutch Reformed Church congregation to serve the surrounding Communities...

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Zoute River Cottage, Hopefield
Place
Mar 13, 2020

Zoute River Cottage, Hopefield

Zoute River Cottage, is a West Coast, Country retreat for writers, artists and dreamers. The studio Cottage is the perfe...

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Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
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Mar 13, 2020

Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve

The Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve is situated in the coastal zone, North of Cape Town. Located in the Cape Floristic...

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Herold's Bay, Gwaing River Valley
Place
Mar 13, 2020

Herold's Bay, Gwaing River Valley

Built around the natural landscape between the Gwaing River Valley and the Indian Ocean. Herold’s Bay has held an all...

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Gordons Bay, Cape Province
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Mar 13, 2020

Gordons Bay, Cape Province

Gordons Bay is a picturesque coastal village, nestled at the foot of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and the False Bay ...

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South Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
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Mar 12, 2020

South Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns

Selection of 193 primary documents from the Comintern's archive that carry the story of South African communism from it'...

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South Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
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Mar 12, 2020

South Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns

Selection of 193 primary documents from the Comintern's archive that carry the story of South African communism from it'...

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Ghallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
Article
Mar 12, 2020

Ghallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry

Early Beginnings of the African Film Industry: During the British colonial rule over Kenya, Uganda, Northern Rhodes...

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John Liebenberg: masterful photographer of life and war in southern Africa
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Mar 11, 2020

John Liebenberg: masterful photographer of life and war in southern Africa

South African photojournalist John Liebenberg is best known for his remarkable body of work in Namibia, especi...

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Archive
Mar 10, 2020

How the EFF helps the media EFF itself, and other totalitarian holiday tales

Wow, so much screaming. Are the EFF simply a media-created shitstorm of no substance, the Twitterocracy want to know? Or...

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Archive
Mar 10, 2020

The EFF is Malema and Malema is the EFF — what happens when he falls?

Under Julius Malema, the EFF has turned into a pseudo-revolutionary religious cult. He has alienated many in the party, ...

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Simon Nkoli
Biography
Mar 10, 2020

Simon Nkoli

“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outs...

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District Six, Cape Town
Place
Mar 09, 2020

District Six, Cape Town

District Six was a multi working-class area just off the centre of Cape Town, to the South of the Castle. Today it is an...

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Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town
Place
Mar 09, 2020

Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town

The Old Biscuit Mill is a vibrant hub of art, design, and food, right in the heart of Woodstock. It’s the capital of coo...

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