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Qonda Hoho portrait
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Qonda Hoho
19 September 2019
Qonda Hoho was born 1956 in Bowden village Lady Frere(Eastern Cape).An MK operative who who was shot dead during a shoo...
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Ebrahim Badsha portrait
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Ebrahim Badsha
19 September 2019
Ebrahim Badsha was born on 13 March 1931, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). Badsha was one of the pioneer Black arti...
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Zimasile Ngqawana
Biography
Zimasile Ngqawana
19 September 2019
South African musician, flautist and saxophonist
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The Responsibilities of Restitution Research: The Case of Ridgeview Quarry (Cato Manor) by Glen L. Thompson, 27 October 1999
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The Responsibilities of Restitution Research: The Case of Ridgeview Quarry (Cato Manor) by Glen L. Thompson, 27 October 1999
18 September 2019
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UDF Rally Orient Hall Durban in Opposition to Mr. P. W. Botha's Meeting with Indian Leaders in Durban City Hall, 14 November 1983 (Indicated as 1985 in header page)
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UDF Rally Orient Hall Durban in Opposition to Mr. P. W. Botha's Meeting with Indian Leaders in Durban City Hall, 14 November 1983 (Indicated as 1985 in header page)
18 September 2019
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Abraham Mogale
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Abraham Mogale
18 September 2019
Banished person
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James Lenkoe portrait
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James Lenkoe
18 September 2019
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Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
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Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
18 September 2019
sculptor, drum-maker, performance artist
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Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
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Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
17 September 2019
This project has been beset throughout by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to fruition tha...
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The boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
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The boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
17 September 2019
It is with great difficulty that I find myself writing about a friend so recently deceased and who was so much part of m...
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Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
17 September 2019
South African History Online  Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas 23 August 2008 Fatim...
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Forced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
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Forced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
17 September 2019
 
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Ari Sitas in Conversation with Sumangala Damodaran
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Ari Sitas in Conversation with Sumangala Damodaran
17 September 2019
Sumangala Damodaran, author of The Radical Impulse, speaks candidly with her friend Ari Sitas (with whom she has collabo...
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'Hulle gaat die strop om onse nek sit': Dr Abdullah Abdurahman's Perspective on the Making of Union Voiced Through Piet Uithalder's 'Straatpraatjes' Column by Mohamed Adhikari
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'Hulle gaat die strop om onse nek sit': Dr Abdullah Abdurahman's Perspective on the Making of Union Voiced Through Piet Uithalder's 'Straatpraatjes' Column by Mohamed Adhikari
17 September 2019
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The Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
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The Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
17 September 2019
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