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Jun 12, 2013

Students Perspectives on South Africa

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 Hilary  Mutch
Biography
Jun 08, 2013

Hilary Mutch

Member of the African Resistance Movement, Exile, Author and Educator

Ephraim Nkwe
Biography
Jun 07, 2013

Ephraim Nkwe

Student leader, member of SAYCO, Member of the ANCYL and ANC, Political Commissar of MK. 

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Jun 06, 2013

Three Hundred Years by Hosea Jaffe ‘Mnguni’

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South African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
Article
Jun 06, 2013

South African National Students Congress (SANSCO)

Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Conscio...

St. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
Place
Jun 06, 2013

St. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown

St Wendolins was situated about 14 km  from Central Pinetown, on land owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Marian...

Sahlumbe
Place
Jun 06, 2013

Sahlumbe

Sahlumbe, a Settlement along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, es...

Sada
Place
Jun 06, 2013

Sada

Sada (Xhosa word meaning “at last”), a Township about 30km North of Seymour and 3km South of Whittlesea, was first estab...

Rooigrond
Place
Jun 06, 2013

Rooigrond

Rooigrond was a Rural Community 16km of Mafikeng and 25km South-West of Ottoshoop, in the former fomeland of Bophuthatsw...

Pampierstad
Place
Jun 06, 2013

Pampierstad

Pampierstad (now Thuso a Sotho or Tswana word meaning Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuth...

Onverwacht
Place
Jun 06, 2013

Onverwacht

Onverwacht was established as an enclave of the Qwaqwa Bantustan on the border of the Thaba Nchu section of Bophuthatswa...

Place
Jun 06, 2013

Mzimhlophe /Qhudeni

Mzimhlophe, an area about 60m km north of Kranskop in central Natal was founded on Trust land in the Nkandla district of...

Mohodi
Place
Jun 06, 2013

Mohodi

The area of Mohodi ga Manthatha or Mohodi in short was a settlement in the former homeland of Lebowa about 75 km north-w...

Article
Jun 06, 2013

South African Youth Congress (SAYCO)

SAYCO was regarded as the most significant youth organization to emerge during the 1980s. Initiated by COSAS, it focused...

Organisations involved in the Liberation Struggle
Article
Jun 05, 2013

Organisations involved in the Liberation Struggle

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