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Oct 22, 2013

Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)

One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid activist Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on S...

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Oct 15, 2013

The Struggle Against Passes

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Oct 15, 2013

Freedom in our Lifetime by Nelson Mandela

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Oct 15, 2013

44th National Conference: Letter on “certain tendencies” from Dr. A. B. Xuma

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Oct 14, 2013

Island Rules

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Sun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
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Oct 11, 2013

Sun Valley Estates, Ladysmith

Sun Valley Estates were orange growing farms owned by Whites. The land initially formed part of the Berlin Mission’s lan...

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Waaihoek Farm
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Oct 11, 2013

Waaihoek Farm

Waaihoek is a remote Farm situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). The first rent paying Tenants were 47 f...

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Stendahl Mission
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Oct 10, 2013

Stendahl Mission

Stendahl Mission is said to have existed for about 124 years. A Minister of the Berlin Mission Society, Gueldenpfennig, ...

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Doornkop/Doornsluiten
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Oct 10, 2013

Doornkop/Doornsluiten

Doornkop/Doornsluiten farm was located in Utrecht, a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm w...

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Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
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Oct 10, 2013

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

Nurse, lecturer, consultant in development studies, National President of the YWCA of South Africa, Regional Director of...

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Passive Resistance Campaign Timeline
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Oct 08, 2013

Passive Resistance Campaign Timeline

1906 11 September, A mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg in connection with ...

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The 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
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Sep 27, 2013

The 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike

Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had va...

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Boschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
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Sep 27, 2013

Boschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal

History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as kwaHlathikhulu) is located in the uMzinyathi District in kwaZul...

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Vesta Smith
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Sep 26, 2013

Vesta Smith

Member of the African National Congress, member of the Executive Committee of the Black People’s Convention, founding me...

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Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan
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Sep 26, 2013

Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

Pharmacist, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress, uMkhonto weSizwe, South African Communist Pa...

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