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Set on the foothills of the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains near Mossel Bay and George in a Malaria Free area in South Africa's Garden Route, Botlierskop Private Game Reserve ensures a truly unique safari experience. Botlierskop Private Game Reserve is an exceptional place for a day visit; get away, special functions, theme evenings or even intimate and exotic weddings. The reserve is situated on a 4200 hecter game farm and comprises of over 26 different species of animals and a wide variety of birds.

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Thola Mosala
Died: November 26, 1976 in Butterworth prison, Transkei (Natural causes)
Mr Thola Mosala was detained on 31 August 1976 together with chief Neo Sibi. Mr Mosala was a leader of a Sotho minority in the Transkei who strongly opposed the' independence' of that homeland. After being held at the Butterworth prison for 87 days under Transkei proclamation R400 Mr Mosala died on 26 November 1976. According to the Transkei authorities Mr Mosala died of internal bleeding from a gastric ulcer.

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Yohannes Woldemariam trawls through the history books to expose the truths of Haile Selassie’s 44-year reign over Ethiopia.

Emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, died in 1975, but he lives on through the romantic lyrics of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley and Ethiopian pop star, Tewedros Kassahun, better known as Teddy Afro.

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1908
Scientists suggest that yet unnamed Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was first transmitted, from one chimpanzee to one human, as early as 1908 in the southeastern corner of Cameroon.

1960s
An HIV viral variant known as HIV-2 is found in West Africa and alleged to have transferred to humans from sooty mangabey monkeys in Guinea-Bissau.

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Nicodemus Kgoathe
Died: February 4, 1969 in HF Verwoerd Hospital,Pretoria (Natural causes)
Mr Nicodemus Kgoathe was one of eleven Bakwena-ba-Mokgopa tribesmen detained after an attempt was made to burn down the resident of a tribal headman who had been appointed by the chief of the tribe despite the objections of the local community of Hebron.