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Sep 02, 2019

Intersex South Africa (ISSA)

Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manife...

Julia Nicol

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Sep 02, 2019

Julia Nicol

Anti-apartheid activist, lobbied for the rights of LGBTQI+ people to be constitutionally recognized

Kewpie

Biography

Sep 02, 2019

Kewpie

Hairdresser, drag queen, District Six cultural icon

Sally Gross

Biography

Sep 02, 2019

Sally Gross

Intersex activist, Former clergyman, Political refugee

Eudy Simelane

Biography

Sep 02, 2019

Eudy Simelane

LGBTQI+ activist, member of the South African national women’s soccer team (Banyana Banyana)

David Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019

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Aug 29, 2019

David Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019

Dr David Nthubu Koloane, who was born in South Africa in 1938, was an extraordinary pioneer in the visual arts who fierc...

The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019

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Aug 29, 2019

The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019

CHICAGO — Rarely are poets silenced when nations imprison them for speaking out. Mongane Wally Serote, poet and communit...

Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel

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Aug 27, 2019

Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel

This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projec...

The South African general elections: 2014

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Aug 27, 2019

The South African general elections: 2014

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Isisebenzi

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Aug 27, 2019

Isisebenzi

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SACTU, TUCSA and UTP

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Aug 27, 2019

SACTU, TUCSA and UTP

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War time and post war inflation

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Aug 27, 2019

War time and post war inflation

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Pondoland migrancy – 1880 -1911

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Aug 27, 2019

Pondoland migrancy – 1880 -1911

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The annexation of Pondoland

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Aug 27, 2019

The annexation of Pondoland

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The pre-colonial period

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Aug 27, 2019

The pre-colonial period

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