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Langalibalele (1818-1889) was the ruler of the AmaHlubi who had settled near Ntabamhlope on the foothills of the Kwahlamba (Drakensberg) mountains. He precipitated a crisis...
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Kwane (circa 1640-1709), a councillor of Tshiwo, chief of the Ama-Xhosa, who ruled about 1685, was a noble-hearted commoner who founded the Ama-Gqunukwebe ethnic group,...
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Thomas Hutton-Mills (June 1865-March 14, 1931), the first president of the National Congress of British West Africa, was a noted politician, statesman, educationist, and lawyer,...
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Kikoso Gibanda Mafu (circa 1875-May 21, 1955) ruled the Pende chiefdom of Shimuna, located on the left bank of the Kwilu River in the present...
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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (generally known as Paul) (October 10, 1825-July 14, 1904) was born in Gradock District, Cape Colony and died in Clareno, Switzerland....
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Chris Hani (June 28, 1942-April 10, 1993), a commander of the African National Congress’s (ANC) guerrilla lighting force Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a member of...
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856-May 14, 1925) was an English novelist and agriculturalist, famed for his adventure stories about a largely mythical Africa....
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Gungunyane (also known as Ngunguwya, Gunguwhawa & Ngunguwyana) (circa 1850-1906), the last Shangana ruler of Gaza in South-West Africa, was caught between rival British and...
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Paramount Chief Griffith (circa 1870-July 1939) was the second son of Paramount Chief Lerotholi of Basutholand. He reigned as paramount chief for 26 years, from...
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Sir George Grey (April 14, 1812-September 19, 1898) was the British governor of Cape Colony and British high commissioner for South Africa from 1854-61. The...
