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Port Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban

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Port Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837

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December 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage

1946 African Mineworkers Strike

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1946 African Mineworkers Strike

One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March Lilian Ngoyi

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One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March Lilian Ngoyi

victim of the atrocities committed by Belgium in the Congo

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A young victim of the atrocities committed by Belgium in the Congo stands next to a missionary

Boer soldiers

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The second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out

Riot police play a game of soccer with youths in Nyanga on 27 August 1976

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Riot police play a game of soccer with youths in Nyanga on 27 August 1976

A certificate of slavery

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A certificate of slavery for an infant named Sophie

Riot police attempt to block the way of workers

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Riot police attempt to block the way of workers leaving a May Day meeting at Khotso House