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South Africa and the Olympic Games
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May 04, 2011

South Africa and the Olympic Games

Background What is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of th...

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Definition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
Article
Apr 04, 2011

Definition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites

There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and the second natural heritage. Cultural ...

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KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
Article
Apr 04, 2011

KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village

KwaMsiza is a village of 49 families located some 50km north of Pretoria. Its residents are Ndzundza Ndebele, and belong...

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Bonani Africa Festival of photography
Article
Apr 03, 2011

Bonani Africa Festival of photography

On 13 November 2001 the Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana launched the "Africa...

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Tswana
Article
Apr 03, 2011

Tswana

(seTswana [language], baTswana [people]) The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Soth...

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Nobel Prizes and South African Laureates
Article
Apr 03, 2011

Nobel Prizes and South African Laureates

..to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. Winning a Nobel Prize ...

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Football in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
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Apr 03, 2011

Football in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012

1862 The first documented football matches in South Africa are played in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (between White c...

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Photography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
Article
Apr 03, 2011

Photography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa

Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh...

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Arts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
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Mar 31, 2011

Arts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman

My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction afte...

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South African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
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Mar 31, 2011

South African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)

Who is SAAAH? About SAAAH The South African Association of Art Historians (SAAAH), founded in 1984, is the major profe...

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Medu Art Ensemble
Article
Mar 31, 2011

Medu Art Ensemble

In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in Gaborone, Botswana; including Molefe Pheto, ...

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December 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
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Mar 31, 2011

December 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage

IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as t...

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Dutch Reformed Church (DRC)
Article
Mar 30, 2011

Dutch Reformed Church (DRC)

When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to...

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Early African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
Article
Mar 22, 2011

Early African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili

Ancient Egypt The ancient Egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and ...

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Football in South Africa
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Mar 22, 2011

Football in South Africa

On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, made an ...

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