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2 days ago · Orania ( Afrikaans pronunciation: [ʊəˈrɑːnia]) is an Afrikaner nationalist, [3] [4] South African town founded by Afrikaners. [5] It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. [6]
- Betsie Verwoerd
Elizabeth "Betsie" Verwoerd (née Schoombee; 17 May 1901 – 29...
- Orania Representative Council
The Orania Representative Council (Afrikaans: Orania...
- Betsie Verwoerd
v. t. e. The New National Party (NNP) was a South African political party formed in 1997 as the successor to the National Party, which ruled the country from 1948 to 1994. The name change was an attempt to distance itself from its apartheid past, and reinvent itself as a moderate, mainstream conservative and non-racist federal party.
- 8 September 1997
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1 day ago · South Africa is the southernmost country on the African continent, renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity, all of which have made the country a favored destination for travelers since the legal ending of apartheid (Afrikaans: ‘apartness,’ or racial segregation) in 1994.
3 days ago · Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, it had as its main goal the maintenance of voting rights for Coloureds (persons of mixed race) and Black Africans in Cape Province. It was renamed the African National Congress in 1923.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The Rhodesian Bush War, also called the Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwean War of Liberation, [13] was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 [n 1] in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe ). [n 2] [24] The conflict pitted three forces against one another: the Rhodesian white minority ...
3 days ago · Johannesburg, South Africa. Aerial view of the central business district of Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg, city, Gauteng province, South Africa. It is the country’s chief industrial and financial metropolis. One of the youngest of the world’s major cities, Johannesburg was founded in 1886, following the discovery of gold.
Overview: GDIS global indicators revealed dry conditions continued during January 2024 across much of South America, Africa, and southern parts of Asia. Beneficial precipitation fell across much of the contiguous United States (CONUS), but much of Canada to the north and Mexico and Central America to the south continued dry.
