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Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa
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Mar 19, 2023

Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa

Sharpeville - 21 March 1960 - sixty nine Africans were shot dead by police, hundreds injured and thousands arrested. The...

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Steve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
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Mar 17, 2023

Steve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier

The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of inde...

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The sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
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Mar 17, 2023

The sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone

When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could ...

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Timeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
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Mar 17, 2023

Timeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022

Jeff Butler (1992) The Englishman was earmarked as Bafana Bafana's first coach, but a discrepancy with his coaching q...

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University of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
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Mar 17, 2023

University of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)

The History of Wits is linked with Mining, Academic Excellence, and with Political and Civic Activism. Being surrounded ...

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Groot Brakrivier, Mossel Bay Local Municipality
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Mar 16, 2023

Groot Brakrivier, Mossel Bay Local Municipality

As a result of the new Municipal dispensation introduced by the South African Government, in December 2000. This Municip...

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Neville Alexander and South Africa’s New Left, c. 1957–1964 by Allison Drew
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Mar 15, 2023

Neville Alexander and South Africa’s New Left, c. 1957–1964 by Allison Drew

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Nigel, an East Rand Mining Town
Place
Mar 10, 2023

Nigel, an East Rand Mining Town

The Town of Nigel, directly South of Springs and Brakpan, lies in what is known as the East Rand, South East of Johannes...

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Sodwana Bay National Park
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Mar 08, 2023

Sodwana Bay National Park

With its headquarters at Queen Elizabeth Park in Pietermaritzburg, the Provincial Capital, Ezemvelo manages more than 12...

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Benoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality
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Mar 08, 2023

Benoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality

the WOMAD Festival (the World of Music, Arts and Dance), an international cultural festival held annually around the Wor...

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Hellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
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Mar 03, 2023

Hellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town

In 1972 Hellenic attracted a number of German internationals who were barred from playing in clubs associated with FIFA ...

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Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
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Mar 02, 2023

Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal

Durban is South Africa’s third-largest City and one of the fastest-growing urban Areas in the World.Construction work on...

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Welcome to Mitchell's Plain by Ludmila Ommundsen Pessoa
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Feb 24, 2023

Welcome to Mitchell's Plain by Ludmila Ommundsen Pessoa

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Umhlanga, Durban
Place
Feb 24, 2023

Umhlanga, Durban

uMhlanga derives its name from the Zulu language and means "place of reeds", referring to the beds of reeds growing alon...

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The exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
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Feb 21, 2023

The exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo

In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on foot. He was part of...

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