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Current feature · archive · R-0153673

Who is Navi Pillay, the South African judge who won the Nobel prize? We asked her biographer

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Navanethem (Navi) Pillay Biography

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Navanethem (Navi) Pillay

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo TutuBiography

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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu

The Women of MarikanaArticle

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The Women of Marikana

Bisho Massacre 1992Article

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Bisho Massacre 1992

Football in South Africa Article

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Football in South Africa

Songhai, African Empire, 15-16th CenturyArticle

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Songhai, African Empire, 15-16th Century

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  1. A history of Apartheid in South AfricaA-0120864 · 148,785 views
  2. Stephen Bantu BikoB-0007855 · 46,982 views
  3. Nelson Rolihlahla MandelaB-0065300 · 24,578 views
  4. Hector PietersonB-0008889 · 8,718 views
  5. Navanethem (Navi) Pillay B-0124151 · 5,919 views
  6. Pass Laws and Sharpeville MassacreA-0065208 · 5,303 views
  7. Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" LekotaB-0008313 · 2,953 views
  8. The turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activistsA-0059677 · 2,068 views
  9. The Black Sash: A History of TransformationA-0099608 · 2,054 views
  10. Khotso SeatlholoB-0074550 · 1,852 views

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Pravin Jamnadas GordhanBiography

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Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in DurbanArticle

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1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban

Slavery abolished in the CapeEvent

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Slavery abolished in the Cape

Government bans 20 Black leadersEvent

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Government bans 20 Black leaders

A history of Apartheid in South AfricaArticle

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A history of Apartheid in South Africa

Lesley Hastings NdlovuBiography

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Lesley Hastings Ndlovu

Police increase their presence in SowetoEvent

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Police increase their presence in Soweto

Amersfoort Legacy - History of education in South AfricaArticle

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Amersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa

Soweto students march against government’s language policyEvent

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Soweto students march against government’s language policy

Hector PietersonBiography

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Hector Pieterson

CPSA is foundedEvent

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CPSA is founded

Murphy MorobeBiography

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Murphy Morobe

State of emergency declared after Sharpeville MassacreEvent

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State of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre

Black Wednesday, the banning of 19 Black Consciousness Movement OrganisationsEvent

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Black Wednesday, the banning of 19 Black Consciousness Movement Organisations

Pass laws are suspended in South AfricaEvent

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Pass laws are suspended in South Africa

Biography

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Frank Anthony

Khotso SeatlholoBiography

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Khotso Seatlholo

Over a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacreEvent

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Over a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre

International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationEvent

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Fatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is bornEvent

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Fatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born

Women Draw up a Petition against Pass LawsEvent

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Women Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws

Cyril Ramaphosa is bornEvent

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Cyril Ramaphosa is born

First celebration of International Women’s DayEvent

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First celebration of International Women’s Day

Elections in post Apartheid South AfricaArticle

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Elections in post Apartheid South Africa