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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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Uganda gains independenceEvent

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Uganda gains independence

South African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk homeEvent

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South African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home

The Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the CapeEvent

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The Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape

M K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is bornEvent

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M K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born

The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant todayArchive

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The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today

South African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies Event

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South African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies

Mass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacreEvent

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Mass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre

Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos IslandsEvent

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Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands

Protest against gender- based violence throughout South AfricaEvent

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Protest against gender- based violence throughout South Africa

Sharpeville Deputy Mayor killedEvent

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Sharpeville Deputy Mayor killed

Anti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube diesEvent

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Anti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies

Gill Marcus is bornEvent

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Gill Marcus is born

SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is bornEvent

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SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 1976Archive

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

A certificate of slavery for an infant named SophieArchive

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A certificate of slavery for an infant named Sophie

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

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

A family sits outside the front door of their District Six home Archive

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A family sits outside the front door of their District Six home

Haile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is bornEvent

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Haile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born

St James Church massacreEvent

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St James Church massacre

Reservation of Separate Amenities Act No 49 commencesEvent

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Reservation of Separate Amenities Act No 49 commences