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Cape Town tremors: You can help locate the epicentre | News24

The Council for GeoSciences says that the two tremors that occurred in Cape Town is nothing new and it is a good thing that people are becoming aware of these tremors.

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Teh Council of New Netherlands passes a resolutionthat opens slave trade to Br

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Susan L. Johnson

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South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2011 pop. 51,770,560), 471,359 sq mi (1,220,813 sq km), S Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Namibia in the northwest, on Botswana and Zimbabwe in the north, on Mozambique and Swaziland in

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J.M. Coetzee , in full John Maxwell Coetzee (born February 9, 1940, Cape Town, South Africa), South African novelist, critic, and translator noted for his novels about the effects of colonization. In 2003 he won the Nobel Prize for

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Herman Charles Bosman

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Caldwell, Elvin R., Sr. (1919-2004)

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Rayford Wilkins

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Prominent New Bedford Lawyer

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South Africa -- Changes in Town and Geographical Names

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South African Trevor Noah Gets 'Daily Show'

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