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Women’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
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Jun 10, 2015

Women’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas

This article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership...

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Jun 10, 2015

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses

Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature Hannah Pagan   Abstract T...

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Jun 10, 2015

Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan

Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature Hannah Pagan   Abstract T...

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Jun 09, 2015

Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke

Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? Abstract This essay will firs...

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Jun 09, 2015

Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015

While President Pierre Nkurunziza was stuck in Dar es Salaam tweeting up a storm, his former intelligence chief was busy...

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Jun 09, 2015

Reporter’s Notebook: Joburg, a tale of two cities by Gushwell Brooks (Daily Maverick), 14 MAY 2015

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Jun 09, 2015

Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015

Public lecture by Hermann Giliomee in honour of Richard Elphick given at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn, USA, May...

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The Youth Struggle
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Jun 08, 2015

The Youth Struggle

From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the racist characte...

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Changing focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
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Jun 08, 2015

Changing focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015

It’s early winter in Cape Town, cold and gray, when I take the 1044 train from Newlands station on a Saturday afte...

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Student protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
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Jun 08, 2015

Student protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline

 

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Kay Hassan
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Jun 08, 2015

Kay Hassan

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Jun 03, 2015

Letter to FIFA instructing $10m payment for 2010 Soccer World Cup by South African Football Association, 4 March 2008

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Jun 01, 2015

Grim History Traced in Sunken Slave Ship Found Off South Africa by Helene Cooper (The New York Times), 31 May 2015

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The history of labour movements in Namibia
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May 29, 2015

The history of labour movements in Namibia

Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South West...

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The National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW)
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May 29, 2015

The National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW)

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