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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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The register

Political Organisations are unbanned in TranskeiEvent

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Political Organisations are unbanned in Transkei

Macmillan’s 'winds of change’ speech in ParliamentEvent

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Macmillan’s 'winds of change’ speech in Parliament

President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prisonEvent

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President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison

Clayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detentionEvent

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Clayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention

Jazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in JohannesburgEvent

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Jazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg

CODESA’s starting date setEvent

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CODESA’s starting date set

Three Delmas trialist releasedEvent

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Three Delmas trialist released

South Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)Event

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South Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)

SA author, Nadine Gordimer, is bornEvent

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SA author, Nadine Gordimer, is born

Political activist, Professor ZK Matthews is bornEvent

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Political activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born

Violence erupts during Defiance CampaignEvent

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Violence erupts during Defiance Campaign

ANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.Event

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ANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.

Albert Luthuli is elected as an ANC PresidentEvent

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Albert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President

The Trojan Horse MassacreEvent

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The Trojan Horse Massacre

Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, TransvaalEvent

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Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal

Parliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo MbekiEvent

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Parliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki

Mandela and de Klerk agree to restart talksEvent

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Mandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks

South African Prime Minister, John Vorster resignsEvent

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South African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns

A teachers training college in South Africa opened in WellingtonEvent

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A teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington

Thirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attackEvent

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Thirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack

Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliamentEvent

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Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament

Smuts becomes Prime MinisterEvent

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Smuts becomes Prime Minister

Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.Event

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Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.

Lady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape TownEvent

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Lady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town