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Mar 04, 2014

The Christian and Political Issues by Chief Albert Luthuli

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Mar 03, 2014

Oliver Tambo and the challenges of the ANC’s military camps, by Gregory Houston

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Mar 03, 2014

Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009

Regular elections have been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the establishment of Union of So...

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The South African general elections: 1999
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Feb 27, 2014

The South African general elections: 1999

On 3 March 1999, the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, announced to the National Assembly (Parl...

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The South African general elections: 1994
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Feb 27, 2014

The South African general elections: 1994

In September 1993, the South African legislature approved the setting up of a multiparty Transitional Executive Council ...

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Feb 25, 2014

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo – 28 October 1947 to 15 June 2010

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The South African general elections: Introduction
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Feb 24, 2014

The South African general elections: Introduction

The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal,...

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Public Protest in Democratic South Africa
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Feb 24, 2014

Public Protest in Democratic South Africa

 

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Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
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Feb 24, 2014

Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion

 

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Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
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Feb 24, 2014

Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions

Those who formed part of the poorest section of the Indian community, such a labourers, artisans, market-gardeners bore ...

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Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
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Feb 24, 2014

Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)

The out break of the First World War had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South...

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Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
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Feb 24, 2014

Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa

Like their African counterparts, the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war...

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Phaswane Mpe
Biography
Feb 20, 2014

Phaswane Mpe

Poet and Novelist

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Judge Jan Hendrik Steyn
Biography
Feb 20, 2014

Judge Jan Hendrik Steyn

advocate, lecturer, writer, judge, former head of the Urban Foundation

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Feb 18, 2014

Apartheid and the Removal of Black Spots from Lake Bhangazi in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa by Bradley Skelcher

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