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Molefi Nathanael Oliphant
Biography
Molefi Nathanael Oliphant
18 January 2023
For his excellent contribution to the development of soccer in South Africa and leadership in the successful bid and hos...
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January 8th Statements - Statement Of The National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 111th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, January 8th 2023
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January 8th Statements - Statement Of The National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 111th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, January 8th 2023
17 January 2023
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University of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
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University of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
13 January 2023
The student movement Rhodes Must Fall (#RhodesMustFall, #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chum...
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Gouda, Cape Winelands
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Gouda, Cape Winelands
13 January 2023
Gouda is a little Village just 37 km South of Porterville, at the Western entrance to the Nuwekloof Pass that links; Tul...
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Alan Stewart Paton
Biography
Alan Stewart Paton
13 January 2023
Renowned author of Cry, the Beloved Country, founding member and leader of the Liberal Party
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Mokgadi Caster Semenya
Biography
Mokgadi Caster Semenya
13 January 2023
Caster Semenya, one of the premier South African atheltes has been running since an early age. Setting multiple world re...
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Eugene Marais
Biography
Eugene Marais
13 January 2023
Author and poet
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Nelson Mandela Dairy May 1962
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Nelson Mandela Dairy May 1962
12 January 2023
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Nelson Mandela Dairy April 1962
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Nelson Mandela Dairy April 1962
12 January 2023
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Jordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
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Jordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
11 January 2023
When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, us...
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Jordan Kush Ngubane
Biography
Jordan Kush Ngubane
11 January 2023
Assistant editor of Ilanga lase Natal,editor of Inkundla ya Bantu, co-authored  the ANC Youth League Manifesto of 1944, ...
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Florence Matomela
Biography
Florence Matomela
6 January 2023
Teacher, anti-pass activist, and civil rights campaigner. Cape provincial organiser of the African National Congress Wom...
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Josie Palmer
Biography
Josie Palmer
6 January 2023
Anti-apartheid activist, women’s rights activist, labour activist, member of the CPSA and Transvaal All-Women’s Union, f...
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Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
Biography
Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
6 January 2023
She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, and in 1954 participated in the establishment of the ANC Women’s...
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University of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
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University of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
6 January 2023
The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 ...
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