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    Benghazi Tel Aviv Entebbe Athens The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan)...
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    The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province (Afrikaans: Kaapprovinsie)...
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  • Kaffir (/ˈkæfər/), also spelled Cafri, is an exonym and an ethnic slur – the use of it in reference to black people being particularly common in South...
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  • The Independent Democrats (ID) was a South African political party, formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 via floor...
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    15 Reception Depot was an administrative unit of the Personnel Service Corps of the South African Army. 15 Reception Depot (15 RCD) was activated on 10...
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    Philippi is a large urban and semi-urban area in Cape Town's Cape Flats region, in the Western Cape, South Africa. It comprises the Philippi Horticultural...
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    The South African International Exhibition held in Cape Town, Cape Colony was a world's fair held in 1877 which opened on 15 February by Henry Bartle Frere...
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    Strandfontein is a seaside resort 8 km east of Muizenberg and just west of Michells Plain, on the northern shore of False Bay in the City of Cape Town...
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  • The New Republic Party (NRP) was a South African political party. It was formed as the successor to the disbanded United Party (UP) in 1977 and as a merger...
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  • The Afrikaner Bond (Afrikaans and Dutch for "Afrikaner Union"; South African Dutch: Afrikander Bond) was founded as an anti-imperialist political party...
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  • Florida is a location in Gauteng province, South Africa. It is located about 16 kilometres west of Johannesburg. The area which is referred to as Florida...
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    Bantry Bay is an affluent suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, situated on the slopes of Lion's Head and overlooking a rocky...
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  • Crawford is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located to the east of the City Centre (CBD) on the Cape Flats to the south of the N2 highway. The suburb...
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    Signal Hill (Afrikaans: Seinheuwel), or Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain. The hill...
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  • Jan Hofmeyer is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.[citation needed] The...
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  • Benmore Gardens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3 and is in a South African region - some 29 mi (or 46 km) South-West...
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  • Mbuyiseni Quintin Ndlozi MP (born 9 May 1985) is a South African politician and political activist. He has been a Member of the National Assembly, representing...
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    The Wilds is an inner city park and nature reserve in the suburb of Houghton, in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. The park consists of 16 hectares...
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  • Carlswald is a suburb of Midrand, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The area was originally...
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  • Weltevredenpark is a suburb of Roodepoort, South Africa adjacent to Johannesburg. It is situated roughly between Beyers Naudé Drive and Hendrik Potgieter...
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  • Thumbnail for King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment
    The King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment (formerly the Natal Field Artillery) is an reserve artillery regiment of the South African Army. The Natal Field...
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  • Xiaomei Havard (Chinese: 小梅哈佛; pinyin: Xiǎoméi Hāfó)[dubious – discuss][citation needed] is a Chinese-born South African businesswoman and politician from...
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    102 Battalion (pronounced as one-o-two Battalion) was a quick-reaction unit of the South West African Territorial Force. The battalion lost 36 men.[citation...
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  • Aveng (formerly Anglovaal Engineering) is an international engineering led contractor focused on infrastructure, resources and contract mining and is listed...
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  • There are a number of high-profile independent social movements in South Africa. The majority have a particular focus on the housing crisis in the urban...
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  • People Against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP) is a community-based, grass roots non-profit organisation fighting for the rights of asylum seekers...
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    Law enforcement in South Africa is primarily the responsibility of the South African Police Service (SAPS), South Africa's national police force. SAPS...
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  • South Africa is a deeply unequal society, with mass unemployment and homelessness.[citation needed] One response to this on the part of social movements...
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  • Thumbnail for Koppies Commando
    Koppies Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
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    Vaalharts Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
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  • Surfing in South Africa began in Durban in the 1940s. By 1965 the South African Surfing Association was formed. In recent years surfing associations have...
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  • This is a list of social nudity places in Africa. The list includes nude beaches and naturist resorts, where people practice skinny dipping, naked bodysurfing...
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    Saint Helena Bay (Afrikaans: St. Helenabaai) is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Nicknamed...
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    Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay or Gangs Bay) is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the...
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  • The Diocese of Pretoria is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is divided into seven archdeaconries and has 61 parishes. The diocese...
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  • Necklacing is a method of extrajudicial summary execution and torture carried out by forcing a rubber tire drenched with petrol around a victim's chest...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 1911 in South Africa. Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 1957 in South Africa. Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern...
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  • The 1939 Currie Cup was the 20th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. The tournament was won by Transvaal...
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    Malawian-South African relations refers to the bilateral relationship between Malawi and South Africa. South Africa's first formal relationship with an...
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  • The 2015–16 Momentum One Day Cup was a domestic one-day cricket championship in South Africa. It was the 35th time the championship was contested. The...
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  • Nhlanhla Musa Nene ([ntɬantɬa], born 5 December 1958) served as the Minister of Finance of South Africa under President Jacob Zuma from 25 May 2014 until...
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    Ayanda Dlodlo (born 22 May 1963)[citation needed] is a South African politician and former cabinet minister. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, she...
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    Molteno (/mɒlˈtiːnoʊ/ Xhosa: eMolteno [emolˈtɛːno]) is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. High in the Stormberg Mountains, Molteno has...
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    Domestic violence in South Africa has been viewed as a taboo subject until recently. In 2012, just over one-third of violent crimes committed against women...
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    Ventersdorp is a town of 4,200 in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It was the seat of the defunct Ventersdorp...
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    Groenkloof (Afrikaans for 'Green ravine') is a residential suburb of Pretoria, South Africa. This wealthy suburb in Pretoria is famous for its white Jacaranda...
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  • This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from South Africa. List of World War II aces by country. Military history of South Africa during World War...
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  • Xolane Howard Mnisi (born 13 July 1989) is a South African rugby union player for the Southern Kings in the Pro14. His regular position is centre. Mnisi...
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  • Amersfoort is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town was established in 1888 around a Dutch Reformed Church which was built in 1876...
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    Sefora Hixsonia "Sisi" Ntombela (born 16 April 1957[citation needed]) is a South African politician who was the 6th Premier of the Free State and a Member...
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    Ashton is a small town in the Western Cape in South Africa. The town is at the foot of the Langeberg mountain range, 10 km southwest of Montagu and 19 km...
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    Nkandla is a town in the uThungulu district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the seat of the Nkandla Local Municipality, and the district in which...
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    Greylingstad (Afrikaans for Greyling City), officially Nthorwane, is a small farming town west of Standerton in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town was...
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    Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres. Rudd was born in...
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    Vleesbaai, a seaside vacation town, situated between Mossel Bay and Gouritsmond in Western Cape, South Africa. Although the native Khoi people inhabited...
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  • The Springbok Nude Girls (a.k.a. the Nudies, or the Nude Girls) is a rock band from Cape Town, South Africa. An alternative rock band, the Nude Girls introduced...
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    Maclear, officially Nqanqarhu, is a small town situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, near the Mooi River (a tributary of the Tsitsa River)...
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  • Operation Beanbag, also known as the Matola Raid, was a military operation conducted by the South African Defence Force (SADF) against suspected safe houses...
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  • The Southern Education and Research Alliance (SERA), founded in 1999, is a strategic alliance formed between the University of Pretoria and the Council...
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  • Edendale Technical High School is a public school in South Africa. Edendale Technical High school is situated on the east of Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu...
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    Southwell is a settlement within the former farming district of the same name, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Port Alfred and about 35 kilometres (22 mi)...
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  • Zoë Wicomb (born 23 November 1948) is a South African-Scottish author and academic who has lived in the UK since the 1970s. In 2013, she was awarded the...
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    Bultfontein is a town in the Free State province of South Africa with a total population of about 23,400 people. It is situated in the Tswelopele Local...
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  • Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis, FOTIM, is the biggest academic association in South Africa. FOTIM consists of nine universities...
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  • Lee Langeveldt (born 10 November 1986) is a South African association footballer who plays for National First Division club Stellenbosch. Langeveldt is...
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    Warden is a town situated in the Free State province of South Africa on the N3 highway between Johannesburg and Durban. The town is 56 km north of Harrismith...
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  • Mtubatuba is a town north of Richards Bay close to the entrance of Ncivi and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (previously Greater St Lucia Wetland Park) but...
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  • Kathu is a town in South Africa, and the iron ore capital of the Northern Cape province. Its name means "town under the trees", after the Camel Thorn forest...
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  • Mhlangeni, also known as Hertzog, is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Village in the Kat River...
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    Professor Cheryl Merle de la Rey is a South African academic who, since 2019, has been vice-chancellor of University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She...
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    Khaya Mthethwa (born 25 November 1987) is a South African singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and a multi-instrumentalist. He is best known...
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  • Makwassie is a small farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa that produces maize, sorghum, groundnuts and milk. The word makwassie...
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  • In the Battle of Groenkop (Battle of Tweefontein) on 25 December 1901, Head Commandant Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando surprised and defeated a force...
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    Mkuze, also named Mkhuze or uMkhuze is a small town in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located approximately 350 km from the city of Durban...
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  • Karin Kortje-Aspeling (born 12 August 1980) is the winner of the third season of Idols in South Africa. According to the voting results released by M-Net...
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  • Shiluvana is a settlement in Mopani District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is situated 36 km (22 mi) from Tzaneen town. [better source needed]...
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  • Xawela is a village in Greater Giyani Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The village was founded in the early 1965 by the homeland...
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  • Kylemore is a village in the Western Cape of South Africa. It is located in the Cape Winelands, within Helshoogte Pass on the route from Stellenbosch to...
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  • Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo (born 2 March 1940), also known as Sizakele MaKhumalo Zuma, was the First Lady of South Africa, and is the first wife in a polygamous...
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    This article contains click symbols from the Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols....
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    The Motlatse River ("Permanent River"), Blyde River (Afrikaans: Blyderivier "Glad River"), or Umdhlazi River is a river in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces...
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  • Peter Tanyangenge Kalangula (12 March 1926 – 20 February 2008) was a Namibian political and religious leader. Bishop Kalangula had an interesting personal...
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    Tumelo Kepadisa (born 2 May 1981), simply known as Tuks Senganga or Tuks, is a South African motswako rapper born in Mafikeng, in the former homeland of...
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  • Cyril "Skhokho" Nzama (born 26 June 1974 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a retired South African football (soccer) defender who last played for Batau FC. Nzama...
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    Pieter Jeremias Blignaut (26 June 1841, in Paarl – 1 November 1909, in Bloemfontein) was a South African (Boer) civil servant, Government Secretary of...
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    The Durban Outer Ring Road is a half ring road that circles the coastal city of Durban, South Africa. It is part of the N2 highway which links the North...
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  • Hanri Strydom (born 7 November 1980) is a South African former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium...
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    Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa...
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  • Alta Kotze (born 4 December 1971) is a South African former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. She appeared in 15 One Day...
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  • King Xolilizwe KaZwelidumile (Mzikayise Sigcawu; 6 June 1926 – 31 December 2005) was the King of the Xhosa people from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005...
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  • King (iKumkani) Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile (21 May 1956[citation needed] – 11 July 2011) was the son of the late King Mxolisi Sandile "Aa! Bazindlovu"...
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  • Leonard Ramatlakane (born 16 February 1953) is the former Minister of Community Safety in the Western Cape province of South Africa whilst an ANC member...
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  • Dulcie Howes (31 December 1908 – 19 March 1993) was a South African ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and company director. During her performing...
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  • Clements Kadalie (1896 – 1951) was born Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba in Nyasaland (present-day Malawi). At age sixteen, he was a qualified teacher. He...
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  • Lt Col. Stewart Francis Newcombe (1878–1956) was a British army officer and associate of T. E. Lawrence. He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in...
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  • John Khabonina Zondo (born 24 December 1961) is a South African association football coach. He managed Royal Eagles from 2015 to 2016, and Royal AM from...
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    Ian Fraser (born 18 April 1962) is a South African playwright, writer, comedian, anti-Apartheid activist, artist, anarchist, and social agitator, now living...
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  • Joe Stewardson was a South African film actor. All the Way to Paris (1965) Wild Season (1967) Katrina (1969) My Way (1973) Target of an Assassin (1976)...
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  • The Very Revd Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh (26 January 1913 – 10 May 1991) was an Anglican priest who served as the Dean of Johannesburg. He was also...
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  • Margaret Bakkes (14 December 1931 – 29 June 2016) was a South African writer. She was married to historian Cas Bakkes, and was the mother of four children:...
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  • Nyoni is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.[citation needed] "Main Place Nyoni". Census 2011. v t e...
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  • Siphiwo Desmond Ntshebe (28 June 1974 – 25 May 2010) was a South African tenor opera singer. Former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela selected Ntshebe...
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  • Miss South Africa 2014, the 59th edition of the Miss South Africa pageant, was held on 30 March 2014 at Sun City Superbowl. The pageant was broadcast on...
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    Van Zylsrus is a settlement in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is also the nearest settlement...
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  • Anna Breytenbach (born 16 August 1968) is a South African interspecies communicator[citation needed], animal activist, conservationist, and public speaker...
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  • Interster (Afrikaans, Inter-star) (author Dr Johann Beukes 1949–2007) was a two-season science-fiction puppet television series made for children and shown...
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  • Sylvester Stein (25 December 1920 – 28 December 2015) was a South African writer, publisher and athlete. Stein was born in Cape Town, South Africa and...
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  • Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie (or Brand Fourie) was a South African diplomat. He served as the South African ambassador to the United States from 1982 to...
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  • Kevin Aneh Kaba (born (1994-07-29)29 July 1994) is a Ghana-born South African rugby union player for Griquas in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge...
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  • The South African Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament which was open only for South African players. South Africa held a professional...
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  • Hyper-CVAD is a chemotherapy regimen used to treat some forms of leukemia, high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and lymphoblastic leukemia. Hyper-CVAD chemotherapy...
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  • Compassberg (Afrikaans: Kompasberg), is a mountain peak of the Sneeuberge range in South Africa. It is located 55 km due north of Graaff-Reinet in the...
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    Bittereinder is a South African rap/electro band from Pretoria who perform in Afrikaans. Jaco van der Merwe, Peach van Pletzen, and Louis Minnaar founded...
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  • Fadluraghman "Fadlu" Davids (born 21 May 1981 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a retired South African football (soccer) striker who last played for Premier...
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  • Als Puk Tawana is a football club from the city of Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa. They were founded in 1994 and currently play in the SAFA Second...
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  • Splash were a Soweto township band of the 1980s and 1990s led by Dan Tshanda, lead vocalist and bass guitar. Born in Matangari, Venda, Dan Tshanda had...
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  • Andile Aldrin "Ace" Ncobo (born 1967 in Nqadu Village, Willowvale, Eastern Cape) is a former South African football (soccer) referee. He was a school principal...
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  • Charles Louis Back is the third-generation owner of South African wine and cheese producer Fairview, in Paarl in the Western Cape province. Fairview Estate...
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  • Janette Deacon (née Buckland, born 25 November 1939) is a South African archaeologist specialising in heritage management and rock art conservation. She...
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    Fumanekile "Fumie" Gqiba (born 16 May 1951, in Cape Town) is an Anglican priest, a former chaplain general of the South African National Defense Force...
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  • Cornelia Hilda Kühn (born 11 December 1944) is an Afrikaans writer known under the pen-name Corlia Fourie. She won the ATKV-prize for the short story anthology...
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  • Bernard de Winter (31 July 1924 - 8 May 2017 Pretoria) was a South African botanist who from 1973 was Director of the Botanical Research Institute, which...
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    Sabelo Victor Phama [born Sabelo Gqwetha] (31 March 1949 – 9 February 1994) was an Anti-Aparthaid Activist, Military Commander of Azanian People's Liberation...
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    The Italian Volunteer Legion (Afrikaans: Italiaansche Verkennings Corp), also known as the Italian Scouts were an expatriate military unit which took part...
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  • Carolyn Hamilton is a South African anthropologist and historian who is a specialist in the history and uses of archives. She is National Research Foundation...
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    Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa. Due to years of financial mismanagement...
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  • Plettenberg Bay Aerodrome[citation needed] (IATA: PBZ, ICAO: FAPG) is a small airport serving Plettenberg Bay, a town in the Western Cape province in South...
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  • Roland Mqwebu (16 January 1941 – 28 August 2015) was a South African actor famous for his role as James Mkhize, an InDuna and mantshingelani (watchman)...
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  • Lieutenant General Charles Lloyd: 51  was a General Officer in the South African Army. He died on 20 December 2014.[citation needed] “By July 1981 the...
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  • The Hermannsburg Mission House is a provincial heritage site in Hermannsburg, Umvoti District, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is...
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  • Hellkom is an Internet parody site about Telkom, South Africa's telecommunications monopoly. It was started by Gregg Stirton in June 2004 as a protest...
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  • Candice Morgan (born 27 December 1980 in Lenasia, Johannesburg, South Africa) is an actress and former beauty queen from South Africa. Morgan was crowned...
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    The Entabeni Game Reserve, Entabeni means 'place of the mountain', is a 220 km2 (85 sq mi) private reserve situated in the Waterberg in Limpopo Province...
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  • The Rupert family is a family from Stellenbosch, South Africa. Anton Rupert (4 October 1916 – 18 January 2006) and his wife Huberte Rupert (3 December...
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    Qedani Dorothy Mahlangu (born 12 May 1968) is a South African politician who served continuously in the Gauteng Executive Council from 2004 to 2017. She...
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  • Sean Slemon (born 1978 in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa) is a South African artist who works in sculpture, installation and printmaking. He lives...
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  • Taubie Kushlick (1910–1991) was a South African actress and producer. She became characterized as the self-styled "First Lady of Theatre". Kushlick, one...
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  • Clement Sibusiso Mazibuko (born 16 September 1977 in Benoni, Gauteng) is a former South African football midfielder. He spent the majority of his career...
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    William Groenewald Louwrens Janse van Rensburg (April 10, 1939 – August 9, 2008[citation needed]), was the mayor of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa...
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  • Katherine Maree Otten, usually known as Kate Otten, (born 28 March 1964, Durban) is a South African architect, who has won numerous awards for her South...
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  • Camilla Waldman (born 22 February 1968) is a South African actress, best known for her role as Anne de Villiers, the Madam of a high-class brothel, on...
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  • Elizabeth Adriana Abrahams (19 September 1925 – 17 December 2008) was a South African political activist and trade unionist who participated actively in...
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  • Izak Davel (born 1 July 1983 in South Africa) is a South African actor, singer, dancer and male model. He matriculated at the Lady Grey Arts Academy in...
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  • Sentraal-Suid Koöperasie (SSK) is an agricultural cooperative founded in 1931 by farmers in the Overberg region of South Africa. Originally known as the...
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  • Bongolo Dam, (also spelled Bonkolo) is located on the Komani River, near Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The dam has a capacity of 7,015,000 cubic...
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  • Rhyno Janse van Rensburg (born 16 December 1991) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays...
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  • Martin Andre Breytenbach was a South African Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist, a diocese of the Anglican Church...
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  • Elias and His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes was a kwela band, formed in the mid-1950s by brothers Elias and Jack Lerole, along with David Ramosa and Zeph Nkabinde...
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  • Dricky Beukes (29 December 1918 – 9 November 1999) was a South African writer of Afrikaans novels, short stories and radio dramas. Beukes wrote more than...
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  • Getmore Sithole (born 4 June 1964), is a Zimbabwe–born South African actor. He is best known for his roles in the popular serials A Small Town Called Descent...
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  • Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin was an Irish-born South African photographer who undertook several photographic and collecting expeditions in South Africa...
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  • Red Location, Ilali Ebomvu, is one of the oldest townships in South Africa. It is situated in the township of New Brighton in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern...
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  • Victor J. Clapham (-1991) was a South African graphic artist, awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement...
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  • Marta Wenger (born 18 July 1953) is a South African politician, currently a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance. She was previously the mayor...
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  • Cecile Cilliers (May 24, 1933 – June 16, 2018) was an Afrikaans freelance journalist and writer. The writer Madeleine van Biljon is her sister. She is...
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  • Michael Cassidy, is a South African Christian leader, evangelist, writer and founder of Africa Enterprise, known for his initiatives at ecumenism, and...
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  • Elizabeth Sneddon (1907–2005) was a South African speech and drama teacher, theatrical director and academic. Sneddon attended Durban Girls' College, before...
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  • Robert Sithole (1945 – 7 June 2006), was a South African musician. Sithole was born, and grew up, in District Six, a then-vibrant and cosmopolitan community...
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    Illana May (born February 1976) is a South African singer-songwriter/guitarist. She was educated in Messina, (now known as Musina), South Africa at Eric...
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  • Ellen Nnana Ntsitse Molekane (born 2 August 1953) is the current Deputy Minister of State Security in South Africa. She was appointed to the portfolio...
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  • Gabriel Temudzani (born 10 February 1980) is a South African actor and TV presenter. He is known for his role of Chief Vhafuwi Azwindini since 2000, on...
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  • Shadrack Ngema (10 October 1950 – 5 December 2015) was a South African actor and sports commentator. He is best known for playing the character Magubane...
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  • Graham Brian Douglas McIntosh (born 18 January 1944) is a South African farmer, businessman and retired politician. He was active in South African politics...
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  • Point Waterfront is a harbour-side town located at the entrance to the Port of Durban. During the last 50 years the town suffered decay and was left mostly...
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    Andrew Michael Boraine (born 18 February 1959) is an international expert on economic and urban development and partnering for systems change, who has...
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  • Rodney Bush is a South African former international footballer who played as a defender. Bush played mostly in his native country for East London Celtic...
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  • Lindy Rodwell (born 13 February 1962, in Johannesburg) is a South African zoologist and conservationist. She works on preserving viable wetland habitat...
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  • Matshepo Kukie Maleme (born 23 August 1980), is a South African actress and model. She is best known for the role "Busi" in the film A Million Colours...
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  • 34°34′11″S 19°28′00″E / 34.56973°S 19.46654°E / -34.56973; 19.46654 Uilenkraalsmond or Uilenkraal is a populated place located in the village of Franskraalstrand...
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  • Setumo Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Molopo River near Mmabatho, North West, South Africa. It was established in 1997 and serves mainly...
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  • George Mofokeng (born 20 June 1979 in Ganyesa) is a South African association football defender who last played for Platinum Stars. He was capped thrice...
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  • Swazilink is a planned railway in South Africa and Eswatini. The main railway would run 146 km from Lothair in Mpumalanga in South Africa to Sidvokodvo...
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  • Trichardtsfontein Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Trichardtspruit near Trichardt, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was established in 1981 and...
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  • James Wellwood "Whitey" Basson (born 8 January 1946) is a South African businessman and billionaire who was largely responsible for growing a small business...
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    Seweweekspoort is a mountain pass located along the R323 regional route running from Zoar and Laingsburg in the western Little Karoo region of South Africa's...
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  • Zodwa Dlamini is a South African biochemist and Ex-deputy Vice Chancellor for Research at the Mangosuthu University of Technology. She researches molecular...
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  • Etienne Steyn is a South African singer and songwriter who mostly sings in Afrikaans. He spent a large amount of his life growing up in George in the Western...
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  • Kerry Lee is an Afrikaans singer with a Modern Country sound. Lee was born on 15 November 1989 in Durban. Her debut album "Vou Jou Arms Om My" recorded...
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  • Gabriel Mofokeng (born 9 February 1982) is a retired South African professional football player who played as a right back for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax Amsterdam...
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  • Khethi Ngwenya (born 25 March 1991 in Soweto) is a South African entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder and managing director of SchoolMedia South...
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  • Kutupu is a village in Makhuduthamaga municipality, Sekhukhune district in the South African province of Limpopo. Its population as of 2011 was 3,917....
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  • Mandisa Monakali is a public speaker, educator, social worker, researcher, lobbyist, advocate, project manager, strategic planner, workshop and community...
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  • Archibald Lamont (1864—1933) was a Presbyterian minister, social activist and mayor of Durban. Lamont was born in Port Bannatyne, Bute, Scotland, he was...
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  • Sello Mashao Rasethaba (born in Musina (then Messina) on 19 February 1958 in Limpopo) is a South African businessman and politician. Rasethaba is currently...
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  • Myra Manganye (born 10 November 1986) is a South African Reality Competition titleholder who was crowned South Africa’s Ultimate Brand Ambassador 2013...
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  • Table View Primary School (Afrikaans: Laerskool Table View) is a parallel medium school located in Table View, a west coast suburb of Cape Town in the...
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  • George Graham Martin (born 3 September 1933) is a former South African footballer who played as a full back.: 323  Martin started his football career at...
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  • Vusi "Computer" Lamola (born 13 March 1950) in Johannesburg, Gauteng is a retired South African association football player who played in South Africa...
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  • Maqhamusela Khanyile (c 1850 - 1877) was the first South African Christian martyr. Khanyile lived in Zululand at the time of King Cetshwayo. Cetshwayo's...
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  • Regio Centurion Private School is an Afrikaans and English Primary School in Clubview, Centurion, South Africa. The school opened in 2006. It also includes...
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  • Jean Swanson-Jacobs (née Swanson; 24 November 1955 – 7 July 2013), formerly known as Jean Benjamin, was a South African politician who served as Deputy...
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  • Evergreen North–South Airpark (FAA LID: WA81) is a private-use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) east-northeast of the central business district...
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