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Dimpho, Jonathon and Sarah

Soweto

June 16th 2005
June 16 is the anniversary of the 1976 student uprising in Soweto (South Western Township) that ushered in a new era of opposition to the Apartheid regime. That day started with a march and protest of school kids, frustrated with a new education law that required that core high school subjects be taught in Afrikaans -- a language that few of the students spoke (much less their teachers) and that w ... read more
Africa » South Africa

South African Flag After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more
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