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Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
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Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
5 May 2023
African National Congress (ANC) Director of International Affairs, ANC’s political commissar in Tanzania and Ambassador ...
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Middleburg, Eastern Cape
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Middleburg, Eastern Cape
5 May 2023
Grootfontein was established in 1911 and, as one of the oldest Agricultural Colleges in South Africa, it has a proud tra...
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Timeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
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Timeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
5 May 2023
1868 Enoch Mgijima is born at Bulhoek, Eastern Cape, the son of Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima. 1907 19 April, Enoch Mgiji...
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Joubertina
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Joubertina
5 May 2023
Set in amongst other Villages with similarly lyrical names, like: Musgund, Louterwater and Kareedouw, on Route 62, Joube...
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Outeniqua Pass-N9
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Outeniqua Pass-N9
4 May 2023
The Outeniqua Pass is a relatively modern Pass, connecting the Coastal Town of George with Oudtshoorn and the Little Kar...
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Jonas Malheiro Savimbi portrait
Biography
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
2 May 2023
Founder and President of UNITA in Angola
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Cuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
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Cuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
2 May 2023
Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South African Communi...
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The Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
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The Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
2 May 2023
The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April 1974 hailed a watershed moment for the former ...
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The Guerrilla and the Journalist: Exploring the Murderous Legacy of Jonas Savimbi
2 May 2023
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Marikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
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Marikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
28 April 2023
Lonmin‘s Marikana platinum mine is located near Brits in the Marikana district, approximately 40km east of Rustenburg in...
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Rustenburg
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Rustenburg
28 April 2023
The Rustenburg Local Municipality is a Category B municipality situated within the Bojanala Platinum District in the Nor...
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Jeremy Vearey
Biography
Jeremy Vearey
28 April 2023
Western Cape Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Detectives, former MK operative, teacher  
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Timeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
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Timeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
28 April 2023
1913 15 June, Trevor Huddleston is born in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England. Huddleston is christened at St Paul’s Chu...
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Moses Kotane Timeline
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Moses Kotane Timeline
28 April 2023
1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, and Sip...
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Bo-Kaap Museum
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Bo-Kaap Museum
25 April 2023
Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the Malay Quarter, the Bo-K...
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