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Nov 25, 2013

Chieftianship in Transkeian Political Development by David Hammond-Tooke

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Nov 25, 2013

The Pondoland Massacre by Dennis Kiley

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Pansy Tlakula
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Nov 22, 2013

Pansy Tlakula

Chair of the Independent Electoral Commission, Chair of the University of North-West Council and Advocate of the supreme...

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Pondoland
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Nov 22, 2013

Pondoland

Introduction. Pondoland is the traditional area of the Pondo people, one of the Xhosa speaking peoples. Pondo...

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The Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
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Nov 22, 2013

The Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973

The period after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Con...

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Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
Biography
Nov 22, 2013

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela was born in 1962 in Soweto. Her parents, Nomasonto and Bafana were both traders. ...

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Highlights for 2013
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Nov 21, 2013

Highlights for 2013

South African History Online believes that history is made every day and to that effect we have compiled what we feel ar...

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Nyanga Township
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Nov 08, 2013

Nyanga Township

Nyanga, a sprawling, poverty-stricken illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townsh...

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Khayelitsha Township
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Nov 08, 2013

Khayelitsha Township

Khayelitsha Township lies some 19km east of Wynberg and 25 km of south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape. The name i...

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Gugulethu Township
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Nov 08, 2013

Gugulethu Township

Gugulethu is a township 15 km away from Cape Town. The name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for 'Our Pri...

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Crossroads Township
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Nov 08, 2013

Crossroads Township

Crossroads Township is situated in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Pro...

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Mthuli ka Shezi
Biography
Nov 07, 2013

Mthuli ka Shezi

Playwright and political activist

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Nkosi Johnson
Biography
Nov 07, 2013

Nkosi Johnson

HIV child activist

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Lebo Mathosa
Biography
Nov 07, 2013

Lebo Mathosa

Singer and Actress

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Nov 04, 2013

OAU Council resolution on Namibia -May 1988

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