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Dan Jacobson , (born March 7, 1929, Johannesburg, South Africa—died June 12, 2014, London, England), South African-born novelist and short-story writer who wrote with both humour and pathos of the troubled land of his birth and of his eastern European Jewish heritage, though in his later work he
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Gauteng's Covid-19 cases reach 2 521, with 73 people in hospital
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Zille: DA congress will only elect a leader - and not deal with policy issues
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Tanzanian Doctors Sound Alarm Over Hidden Coronavirus Cases
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Zimbabwe: 48% of Local Sanitisers Fail Standards Tests
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African Reggae CDs that Every Fan Should Own
Reggae music, though born in Jamaica, is deeply African in ancestry. From the thumping backbeat to the Rastafarian Panafrican-themed lyrics, the roots are clear. Thus, its no real surprise that reggae is widely popular in African countries, nor that Africa has produced some of reggaes greatest
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , original name Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, original Xhosa name Nkosikazi Nobandle Nomzamo Madikizela (born September 26, 1936, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa), South African social worker and activist considered by many black
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Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer , (born November 20, 1923, Springs, Transvaal [now in Gauteng], South Africa—died July 13, 2014, Johannesburg), South African novelist and short-story writer whose major theme was exile and alienation. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in
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Speedster arrested for clocking 213km/h in Gauteng, driver reportedly a prominent soccer player
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Two men arrested in connection with Limpopo school burglaries
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Rideshare and Delivery Workers Deemed Essential but Companies Insist They are Not Employees. | Post News Group
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Africa: COVID-19 - Tests for Traditional Herb Artemisia Begin
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South Africa: Unions Insist Deadly Eastern Cape Clinics Must Close
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South Africa cases pass 10,000; concerns grow over Cape Town hotspot
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Lockdown: Business burglaries, stock theft on the rise in Gauteng
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