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Jacob Zungwane Mashabane portrait
Biography
Jacob Zungwane Mashabane
16 January 2020
On the 5th of October 1976 Mr Jacob Mashabane, aged 22, a University of Zululand student was reported to have died in de...
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Doman
Biography
Doman
16 January 2020
Trained interpreter and Khoisan leader in the mid 1600s. He led the Khoikhoi in the first Khoikhoi-Dutch war.
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Article
The Dutch and the Khoisan
16 January 2020
The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or Dutch East India Company came into being on 20 March 1602 and is seen as ...
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Khoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
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Khoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
16 January 2020
What is herding? Herder societies are also known as pastoral societies and were also nomadic, like hunter-gatherers. ...
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The Arrival of the Khoisan
16 January 2020
About 2 000 years ago (100 BC), life began to change significantly in the Western part of Southern Africa. Herders, also...
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The Khoisan
Article
The Khoisan
16 January 2020
In around 2300 BP (Before Present), hunter-gatherers called the San acquired domestic stock in what is now modern day Bo...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
16 January 2020
Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country, C...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
16 January 2020
Let Us Rise to the Occasion Speech by Comrade President, O.R. Tambo on the occasion of January 8th, 1980, 68th annive...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
16 January 2020
Extend and Defend Our Revolutionary Gains! President O. R. Tambo`s January 8th, 1981, Statement. Compatriots and C...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
16 January 2020
Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are beginning a ...
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January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
16 January 2020
ACT IN UNITY! Compatriots, allies and democratic supporters of the heroic struggle of the people of South Africa, ...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
16 January 2020
Compatriots A new year has begun, bringing with it fresh hopes and new challenges. I am sure that I express our colle...
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January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1984
16 January 2020
Dear Compatriots, Brothers and Sisters in the Struggle, Comrades Today, the 8th January, your organisation, the...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986
16 January 2020
Compatriots, As the New Year begins, and on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of your vanguard movement, the Afric...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1988
16 January 2020
Compatriots, Once more it is January 8th, the anniversary of your movement, the African National Congress. Today we o...
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