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Feb 21, 2019

Jansenville, Eastern Cape

Laid out on the Farm, Vergenoegd in 1854, it was proclaimed in 1855 and became a Municipality; the Sarah Baartman Distri...

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Feb 21, 2019

Darling, West Coast

Darling has a variety of Tourism offerings that will appeal to all members of the Family. There’s Craft Beer and a Tapro...

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Feb 20, 2019

Concentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019

More than a century after 48 000 people died in concentration camps in what’s known as the South African War between 189...

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Feb 20, 2019

Zimbabwe: Capitalist crisis + ultra-neoliberal policy = “Mugabesque” authoritarianism by Patrick Bond - LINKS - International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Once again, a formidable burst of state brutality against Zimbabwe’s citizenry has left at least a dozen corpses, scores...

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Feb 20, 2019

Getting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019

THE ROOM IS deeply silent, but robustly populated. All eyes are focused on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight...

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Feb 20, 2019

Performance Polemics in a Plural Society: South Afrcan Theatre in Transition by Sandra Herrington

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Feb 20, 2019

Designing Knowledge in Postcolonial Africa: A South African Abroad by Daniel Magaziner, Department of History, Yale University

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Feb 20, 2019

Xumabokwe Hill, Queenstown

The Hill is 1 535 Metres high and is found 26 Kilometres from Lady Frere. The name is said to mean 'jump for joy hill', ...

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Feb 20, 2019

Xanadu, Hartebeespoort

The beautiful Xanadu Nature Estate, in Hartbeespoort, is set on 240 Hectares and overlooks the majestic Magaliesberg Mou...

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Feb 18, 2019

Cyril Ramaphosa Responds To Lekota And Malema Accusations

Workshop ‘71
Article
Feb 15, 2019

Workshop ‘71

Theatre Workshop ‘71 was a theatre training workshop that was founded in 1971 by the South African Institute for Race Re...

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Feb 15, 2019

EFF 2019 Election Manifesto

OUR LAND AND JOBS NOW! PEOPLES’ MANIFESTO AND A PLAN OF ACTION FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF  ...

Place
Feb 15, 2019

Woolsack House, Rondebosch

Woolsack Drive is next to Rosebank and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Woolsack Drive has a...

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Feb 13, 2019

ANC 2019 Election Manifesto

FOREWORD Cyril Ramaphosa ANC President Fellow South Africans, The freedom we enjoy today was achieved through struggl...

Biography
Feb 12, 2019

Ronald (Ronnie) Britten

Teacher, exile, member of the then Non-European Unity Movement, organiser for the Teachers League of South Africa, membe...

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