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Luthuli Dlamini reportedly homeless

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Renowned actor Luthuli Dlamini is reportedly homeless and living in an abandoned building in Randburg that is used by drug users.

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Thenjiwe Mtintso
Thenjiwe Mtintso , (born November 7, 1950, Soweto, South Africa), South African antiapartheid activist and journalist who occupied various leadership positions within the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) and later served in multiracial governments in
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Source: Brittanica
Nov
7
1950
Woman Who Called 911 Claiming Black Man Bird Watching Was 'Threatening' Her Life Is Fired, Claims She Meant Him No Harm In Apology: 'I'm Not a Racist'
The ruckus could have disturbed the birds, so he asked the dog’s owner, Amy Cooper, to put him on
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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
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COVID-19 Forces Cultural Shift in West Africa Weddings | Afro
Omoh, a realtor, and Mamza, a microbiologist, had set the date for April 25, with a big-budget ceremony that was to include at least 500 guests, who were to be transported to the wedding by
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
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The publisher of the Barbados Advocate newspaper and owner of Barbados Broadcasting Service Ltd, Sir Anthony Bryan, died on Friday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the eastern Caribbean
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Gaborone, Botswana (1880- )
Gaborone is the capital and largest city in the African country of Botswana.  Formerly known as Gaberones, the name was changed and the town was declared the capital of the country shortly after Botswana won its independence from Great Britain in 1966.  Its history, however, extends back much
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Source: Black Past
Dan Jacobson
Dan Jacobson , (born March 7, 1929, Johannesburg, South Africa—died June 12, 2014, London, England), South African-born novelist and short-story writer who wrote with both humour and pathos of the troubled land of his birth and of his eastern European Jewish heritage, though in his later work he
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Source: Brittanica
Jun
12
2014
Abrahams, Peter (1919-- )
Twentieth century African novelist and journalist Peter Henry Abrahams was born in Vrededorp (near Johannesburg), South Africa, on March 19, 1919. Abrahams’ father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was the son of former Ethiopian landowners who had taken him across Europe before settling in South
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Source: Black Past
Mar
19
1919
Liberia: Unity Party Survives On Cummings' Pocket
-Rep. Gray
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Source: allAfrica.com
COVID-19 forces cultural shift in West Africa weddings
Omoh, a realtor, and Mamza, a microbiologist, had set the date for April 25, with a big-budget ceremony that was to include at least 500 guests, who were to be transported to the wedding by
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Source: South Florida Times
South africa
The ANC took 62.2% of the vote in May 2014 elections, handing Zuma a second term as president. The opposition Democratic Alliance placed second, 22.2%. Despite its landslide victory, the ANC has seen its popularity diminish in recent years due to allegations of corruption, growing income
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
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750,000 Floridians Could Miss Out on $742 Million in CARES Act Stimulus Payments
“The CARES act payments provide a much-needed boost to families trying to pay rent and put food on the table during
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Source: The Florida Star
Uganda: COVID-19 - 70 Candidates Stuck in Charity Organisation As Founder Fails to Raise Fees
"As we are going through the Covid-19 pandemic, my sources are all blocked and I have to take 70 students who are Finalists in Candidate classes back to
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Source: allAfrica.com
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee was an American actress, screenwriter, poet, playwright and civil rights activist who had an illustrious career spanning more than 50 years. She was born on October 27, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up in Harlem, New York and began acting as a teenager. She attended Hunter College and
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Source: Black History Resources
Jun
11
2014
Crockett, George William, Jr. (1909-1997)
George William Crockett Jr. was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 10, 1909 to George William Crockett Sr., and Minnie Amelia Jenkins.  His father was a Baptist minister and railroad carpenter and his mother was a Sunday School teacher and poet.  Crockett grew up in Jacksonville, attending
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Source: Black Past
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COVID-19 forces cultural shift in West Africa weddings
Omoh, a realtor, and Mamza, a microbiologist, had set the date for April 25, with a big-budget ceremony that was to include at least 500 guests, who were to be transported to the wedding by
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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.
Tennessee Software Exec Fired After Sharing Racist Obama Lynching Meme
Case in point, a Tennessee man is now out of a job after posting an offensive meme of Obama being lynched and suggesting that he’d attend a pay-per-view of said racist
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Source: Black America Web
The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
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Source: Black Past
Covid-19: Pretoria Magistrate's Court and SA Air Force headquarters temporarily closed
The Pretoria Magistrate's Court has been closed after a clerk of the court tested positive for
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Source: https://www.news24.com
South Africa delays school reopening by a week, parents protest
Some parents in South Africa held up placards to protest outside a school in Cape Town on
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Es’kia Mphahlele
Es’kia Mphahlele , original name Ezekiel Mphahlele (born Dec. 17, 1919, Marabastad, S.Af.—died Oct. 27, 2008, Lebowakgomo), novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and teacher whose autobiography, Down Second Avenue (1959), is a South African classic. It combines the story of a young man’s growth
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Source: Brittanica
Solomon Tshekiso Plaatje
Solomon Tshekiso Plaatje , (born 1877, Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa—died June 19, 1932, Kimberley?), linguist, journalist, politician, statesman, and writer whose mind and activities ranged widely both in literary and in African affairs. His native tongue was Tswana, the chief language
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Source: Brittanica
Jun
19
1932
Unions, activists call for Cape Town Covid-19 clinical trial to be stopped
In May, the Cape Town-based clinical research organisation, TASK, began a clinical trial to see if a common TB shot — the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine normally given to newborns — could help protect hospital workers from developing serious
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death Of George Floyd | Afro
By AMY FORLITI and JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Fired Louisiana Cop Says It’s ‘Unfortunate’ That All Black People Weren’t Killed By Coronavirus
Kaplan Police Officer Steven Aucoin was fired following an investigation for allegedly suggesting that it was “unfortunate” that the coronavirus pandemic had not killed off black people, officials
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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent
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South Africa: Lockdown - Mixed Reaction From Spiritual Leaders to Relaxed Rules for Religious Gatherings
There is mixed reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that religious gatherings of up to 50 people will be permitted as the country braces itself for the Covid-19
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Source: allAfrica.com
Lesotho: South Africa Worried by Liquor Smuggling From Lesotho
Lesotho could be forced to reinstate the ban on the sale of alcohol after complaints from the South African government about the smuggling of the product from
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Maputo, Mozambique (1721- )
Maputo, (formerly known as “Delagoa Bay” and “Lourenco Marques”) is the largest city in the Republic of Mozambique and the country’s political and economic center. The city is located along the south Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique and has a population of 1.8 million.  It
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Source: Black Past
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer , (born November 20, 1923, Springs, Transvaal [now in Gauteng], South Africa—died July 13, 2014, Johannesburg), South African novelist and short-story writer whose major theme was exile and alienation. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in
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Source: Brittanica
Jul
13
2014
Uganda: Cipla Records Shs36bn Loss
Kampala, Uganda — The Kampala-based drug manufacturer, Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Ltd, has recorded a Shs36bn loss for the financial year 2019/20 compared to a profit of Shs7bn recorded in the previous
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Jack Cope
Jack Cope , byname of Robert Knox Cope (born June 3, 1913, Mooi River, South Africa—died May 1991, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England), South African writer best known for his short stories and novels about South African
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Jun
3
1913

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