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(Encyclopedia)Pretoria prĭtôˈrēə [key], city, Gauteng prov., administrative capital of South Africa and formerly capital of Transvaal. Pretoria is now part and seatof the City of Tshwane metropolitan municipal...Smuts, Jan Christiaan
(Encyclopedia)Smuts, Jan Christiaan yän krĭsˈtyän smŭts [key], 1870–1950, South African statesman and soldier, b. Cape Colony. Of Boer (Afrikaner) stock but a British subject by birth, he was educated at Vic...Fugard, Athol
(Encyclopedia)Fugard, Athol (Athol Harold Lanigan Fugard) ätōlˈ fyo͞oˈgard, fo͞o– [key], 1932–, South African playwright, actor, and director. In 1965 he became director of the Serpent Players in Port Eli...Gluckman, Herman Max
(Encyclopedia)Gluckman, Herman Max glŭkˈmən [key], 1911–75, British anthropologist, b. Johannesburg, South Africa, grad. Univ. of Witwatersrand (B.A., 1930) and Oxford (Ph.D., 1936). From 1947 to 1971 he was p...Mangaung
(Encyclopedia)Mangaung, metropolitan municipality (2011 pop. 747,431), Free State prov., central South Africa. Bloemfontein is the municipal seat; other communities include Mangaung and Botshabelo. Originally a loc...Mahotella Queens
(Encyclopedia)Mahotella Queens mäˌhətĕlˈə [key], South African vocal group formed in 1964 by songwriter Robert Bopape. One of the most popular dance bands in South Africa, they often perform with the support ...Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Biko, Steve
(Encyclopedia)Biko, Steve (Steven Biko) bēˈkō [key], 1946–77, South African political leader. A medical student, ...Deventer, Sir Jacob Louis van
(Encyclopedia)Deventer, Sir Jacob Louis van yäˈkōp lo͞oēˈ fän dĕfˈəntər [key], 1874?–1922, Boer general. In the South African War he commanded guerrilla forces in the Cape Colony. During World War I he...Tshwane, City of
(Encyclopedia)Tshwane, City of, metropolitan municipality (2011 pop. 2,921,488), Gauteng prov., NE South Africa. Pretoria is the municipal seat; other communities include Soshanguve, Mamelodi, Mabopane, and Centuri...Browse by Subject
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