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'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
11 June 2019
Sol T Plaatje’s ground-breaking work Native Life in South Africa was published 100 years ago in 1916. Janet Remmin...
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District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
11 June 2019
This Saturday, former District Six residents and their descendants will campaign for the area to become a National Herit...
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A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
11 June 2019
In the following article Patricia Storrar provides a brief history of the Harker graves in Plettenberg Bay. The piece wa...
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History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
11 June 2019
In 1976, the United States suddenly turned its attentions to Southern Africa, wary that events there might escalate into...
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INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
11 June 2019
Although Indians had been among the first slaves that had been brought to the Cape in the second half of the seventeenth...
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Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
11 June 2019
Gordhan on a leash In political science, students studying the theory are often told that the most dangerous time for p...
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How I have cooperated with the Hawks by Pravin Gordhan (Times Live), 01 September 2016
11 June 2019
In a statement‚ Gildenhuys Malatji Attorneys said Gordhan “responded fully to all the Hawks’ enquiries...
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Question Time Pravin Gordhan, 11 October 2016
11 June 2019
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Pravin Gordhan on the Hawks
11 June 2019
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Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
11 June 2019
The lessons of the Zuma rape trial have a bearing on the type of future leadership we must seek. In the normal course of...
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Justice Malala interviews Pravin Gordhan
11 June 2019
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Trevor Manuel speaks on Gordhan Sars probe
11 June 2019
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Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
11 June 2019
Ten years since President Jacob Zuma’s rape trial ended in a controversial “not guilty” verdict, his r...
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The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
11 June 2019
During the 2006 rape trial in which President Jacob Zuma was acquitted of rape, there wasn’t much in common in Zum...
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Accuser insulted as Zuma hailed at court (IOL), 14 February 2006
11 June 2019
While Jacob Zuma was being hailed as a king who could do no wrong by thousands outside the Johannesburg High Court, his ...
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