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General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
1 September 2019
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885 Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdo...
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Anthem of the African Union English version
1 September 2019
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ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
1 September 2019
From the "Focus on Africa" program BBC World Service 4th July 1986 South African police today launched a campaign to fig...
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Are student politics changing in SA?
1 September 2019
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A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
1 September 2019
t was in 1996 that a court challenge led to the first government provision of a cheap basic water supply to the destitut...
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African Union Anthem lyrics in English, French, Spanish Portuguese, Arabic and Swahili
1 September 2019
English Version Let us all unite and celebrate together The victories won for our liberation Let us dedicate ourselves...
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A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
1 September 2019
Document adopted by the ANC in 1943 following the Atlantic Charter ANC CELEBRATES THE 70 YEARS OF AFRICAN CLAIMS DOCUMEN...
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Ferro em Brasa - documentary about Ricardo Rangel, 2006
1 September 2019
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bClone of Sketch map of Pondoland after 1910: Colonial admisnistrative bounderies and place names
1 September 2019
Sketch map of Pondoland after 1910: Colonial admisnistrative bounderies and place names
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Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
1 September 2019
Numsa, Vavi walloped Dissidents in Cosatu backing expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zw...
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Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa
1 September 2019
The Façade Finally Falls For the longest time, the national office bearers of Cosatu insisted that they have a firm gri...
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Congress of the People - I was there
1 September 2019
June 25 and 26 1955 are dates indelibly impressed on the minds and hearts of every Congress member who was active at the...
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Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
1 September 2019
Swaziland is a small mountain kingdom neighboured by South Africa and Mozambique. Reporting about the tiny country usual...
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Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
1 September 2019
The Mompati family  Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Former President Thabo Mbeki and Madame Zanele Mbeki at home, Form...
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Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
1 September 2019
While President Pierre Nkurunziza was stuck in Dar es Salaam tweeting up a storm, his former intelligence chief was busy...
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