The Food, diverse culture, famous people and the Sports of South Africa are all a great part of what makes up this beautiful country
Feb 26
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The Food, diverse culture, famous people and the Sports of South Africa are all a great part of what makes up this beautiful country
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May 31
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Winnie Mandela was born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela in Bizana, Transkei (now part of the Eastern Cape Province) on the 26th September 1936. She had seven siblings and her mother was a home economics teacher employed at a local school.
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May 15
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The story of Donald Woods, South African Journalist, political activist and friend of Steve Biko.
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Apr 30
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Christiaan Neethling Barnard was born in Beaufort West, Cape Province of South Africa on the 8th November 1922. He was destined to become a doctor who would become world famous as a result of performing the world’s first heart transplant.
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Apr 26
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The life of Nelson Mandela from a boy in a village in the Transkei, to becoming the first Black President of South Africa.
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Apr 24
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The life of South African Businessman Harry Oppenheimer
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Apr 23
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Read about President F.W De Klerk’s early life and his political moves to free Nelson Mandela and end apartheid in South Africa
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Apr 22
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The first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, Louis Botha fought in the Boer War and in the First World War. He was born in Natal in 1862 and became Prime Minister in 1907
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Apr 21
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Jan Christiaan Smuts can undoubtedly be listed as one of South Africa’s greatest sons. He was born in Bovenplaats in the Western Cape Province (then the Cape Colony) on the 24th May 1870. He was home schooled by his mother and only started formal schooling at the age of 12 and after only 5 years, [...]
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Mar 13
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The Xhosa tribe of South Africa. Xhosa tribe culture and language. Some of the more well-known South African Xhosa’s.
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