Apartheid
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On this day in history: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was banished to Brandfort
On 15 May 1977, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was banished to the dusty Afrikaans town of Brandfort in the Free State.
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On this day in history: Brenda Fassie died
On 9 May 2004, South African diva Brenda Fassie died in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg.
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On this day in history: Afrikaans declared an official language
On 5 May 1925, Afrikaans was declared an official language of South Africa.
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On this day in history: Ruth First was born
On 4 May 1925, South African activist, journalist and academic Ruth First, was born.
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Things we can appreciate about post 1994 South Africa
Although it may not always seem that way, there are a lot of things we can be grateful for about…
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On This Day in South African History
On this day in 1968, the existing ban on marriages between white and black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act…
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On This Day in South African History
12 February 1965 marked the official proclamation of whites only public places of recreation in South Africa under The Group…
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