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Velddrif, Western Cape
Place
Feb 17, 2020

Velddrif, Western Cape

Velddrif is situated some 2 km upstream from where the Berg River flows into the sea at the Bay of St Helena on the Cape...

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Feb 17, 2020

John Liebenberg

Our good friend and colleague died last night in the hospital. He fell in his yard on Monday as he was on his way out to...

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2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
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Feb 17, 2020

2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020

Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Am...

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Lazanou Wine Farm
Place
Feb 13, 2020

Lazanou Wine Farm

Josef Lazarus and Candice Stephanou bought the farm in May 2002 when it was operating as a wholesale indigenous plant nu...

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James Pearce Park, East London
Place
Feb 13, 2020

James Pearce Park, East London

James Pearce Park is next to Nahoon and is located in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa...

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Harold Strachan
Biography
Feb 13, 2020

Harold Strachan

Political activist, Banned person, Political prisoner, member of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), Writer, Author and Artist

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Sonderwaterkraal
Place
Feb 13, 2020

Sonderwaterkraal

Sonderwaterkraal is a unpopulated place and is located in Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa.

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Feb 12, 2020

Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence

On 2nd February 1990, President FW De Klerk went to the South African Parliament and announced the unbanning of the ANC ...

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Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Biography
Feb 12, 2020

Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza

Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was a member of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and died in an ambush undertaken by Eugene De Kock’...

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Mandela's release - what a day this was in our history
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Feb 12, 2020

Mandela's release - what a day this was in our history

We worked frantically through the night to call together out activists and put all the logistics in place for a normal r...

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Statement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
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Feb 11, 2020

Statement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison

The 11th of February 1990 will be remembered as one of the most significant days in the history of the world.  It w...

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Pixie Benjamin
Biography
Feb 11, 2020

Pixie Benjamin

Organizer of the 1956’s Women’s March, Charged, Arrested and Banned for Distributing Illegal Literature under the Suppre...

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The Politics Behind Water
Article
Feb 11, 2020

The Politics Behind Water

South Africa battles water scarcity as it is one of the thirty driest regions in the world. On average the country recei...

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Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
Biography
Feb 10, 2020

Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka

Exiled MK member of the African National Congress (ANC) who, together with nine others, was killed in what is today know...

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Swartvlei Estuary, Sedgefield
Place
Feb 06, 2020

Swartvlei Estuary, Sedgefield

Swartvlei is the largest and deepest lake in the Wilderness National Park in Wilderness, Western Cape. It is connected t...

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