South Africa
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Elon was no ordinary muskrat. Born in the wetlands of the Limpopo River, he had a mind sharper than a lion’s claws and an insatiable thirst for invention. Unlike his fellow muskrats, who were content gnawing on reeds and burrowing into the riverbanks, Elon dreamed of more—greatness, technology, and most importantly… domination. One fateful day,
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On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison after spending 27 years behind bars. His release marked a pivotal moment not only for South Africa but for the entire world. It signified the beginning of the end of apartheid, the brutal system of racial segregation and oppression that had governed South
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Stephen Bantu Biko (1946–1977) stands as one of the most profound and influential figures in South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. As the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), he became a symbol of resistance and an advocate for the psychological and political emancipation of black South Africans. His life, ideology, and tragic death left
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Bantu Stephen Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist. In 1977, Biko broke his banning order by travelling to Cape Town, hoping to meet Unity Movement leader Neville Alexander and deal with growing dissent in the Western Cape branch of the BCM, which was dominated by Marxists like Johnny Issel. Biko drove to the city
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In March 1984 the British Ska band ‘the Special AKA’ released a song titled “Free Nelson Mandela” It was written by British musician Jerry Dammers. Dammers told Radio Times: “I knew very little about Mandela until I went to an anti-apartheid concert in London in 1983, which gave me the idea for ‘(Free)Nelson Mandela’. I
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“September ’77Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usualIn police room 619.” This is the first line from a Peter Gabriel song titled “Biko” . When I first heard it, I didn’t know who Biko was or what the context of the song was. Because I liked the song I made it my business
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Composer, guitarist, and Reggae singer Eddy Grant was born Edmond Montague Grant on March 5, 1948, in Plaisance, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, to Patrick Alexander Grant, a trumpeter. He has one brother, Rudy Grant. In 1960, he emigrated to London where he studied at Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park, a school for artistic students. Grant
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Last Sunday I had the privilege to be invited to another presentation organised by The Ghetto Fighters’ House. The presentation was on Belzec concentration camp. A truly fascinating presentation, below is the information on the recorded session and the YouTube recording. “The Belzec Death Camp was the first of the three Operation Reinhard camps. As
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We know all about Rommel and his Africa Korps and Montgomery’s X Corps. The Battle of El Alamein is one of the most famous battles of World War 2, but all of this took place in the North of Africa Very little is known about the South African involvement in WWII. During World War II,
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