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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

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Songhai, African Empire, 15-16th Century

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Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter

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Khotso Seatlholo

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Cradle of Humankind

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The History of May Day in South Africa

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Louis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808

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History of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa

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The Wragg Commission (1885-1887)

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Amersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa

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South African Students Movement (SASM)

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Second Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902

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Elections in post Apartheid South Africa

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The death of Samora Machel

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