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Current feature · biography · B-0065300

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount chief of the Thembu and a member of the…

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Nelson Rolihlahla MandelaBiography

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

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The Women’s Charter

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The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria

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History of Women’s Struggle in South Africa

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IFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defenceEvent

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IFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defence

Equatorial Guinea gains Independence from SpainEvent

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Equatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain

The South African Military History Society is establishedEvent

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The South African Military History Society is established

Explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to IndiaEvent

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Explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India

WWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is establishedEvent

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WWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established

Winnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrestEvent

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Winnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest

Advocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinatedEvent

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Advocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated

SA signs Safeguards Agreement with the IAEAEvent

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SA signs Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA

Thousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in WashingtonEvent

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Thousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington

South Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner clericEvent

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South Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric

Hilda Bernstein passes awayEvent

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Hilda Bernstein passes away

Artist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg MountainEvent

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Artist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain

Oldest part of Johannesburg, Marshalltown, is plannedEvent

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Oldest part of Johannesburg, Marshalltown, is planned

Pieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape TownEvent

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Pieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town

PLAN launches armed struggle against South AfricaEvent

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PLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa

Marianne Kriel was born on this dayEvent

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Marianne Kriel was born on this day