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founder of @bdb_africa, #MWF2015 @MailandGuardian 200 Young SA #HearMeMovefilm choreographer, 2xWorld Dance Champ

Joined August 2010
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Tonight we land in #Dakar in the golden shores of #Senegal . We visit Goree Island, the Pink Lake and The Renaissance Monument amongst other cool things. Catch #BreakingDownBorders on @Official_SABC1 at 6pm 📺
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Model Iman poses in front of an Ndebele home, c 1992. Photo Credit: Margaret Courtney-Clarke
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Nelson Mandela outside his home in Soweto with his dog, 1961. Credit: Alf Kumalo/8115 - A Prisoner's Home
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WATCH: “One day you shall all grow up to agree with me. I will be here..” - EFF President, Julius Malema #EFFPresser #LGE2026 #Election2026
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What you are seeing happening today is nothing new, the apartheid government, Banks, “investors” etc have always controlled this country. The plan was always to divide the blacks. The violence & Division in the black & coloured communities are proof of this inherited system
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Our host and founder, Lungelo KM questioned President Thabo Mbeki 🇿🇦 on the election results and the future of @MYANC on @AfriRenPodcast
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Journalist and writer Lewis Nkosi and journalist Juby Mayet (Sharon Davis) standing outside the historic Odin Cinema in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, around 1958. In the background is a movie poster for the 1955 Western film A Lawless Street starring Randolph Scott and Angela Lansbury. Image Source: Johannesburg Book Review
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26 years ago, outside CALABASH in Benmore, Sandton. This picture must have been taken around 4 or 5am on a Monday morning, our usual time to leave the club. The weekly entertainment circuit was legendary: Wednesday jazz at Bassline in Melville; Thursday more jazz at Jabulani Bar at the Hyatt Hotel Rosebank, followed by dancehall nights at Tandoor in Yeoville; Fridays would either be The Rock ko SOWETO or Who’s WHO Fourways. Saturdays at Rock n Roll Palace in Midrand and Sundays at Calabash to complete the weekend. Those were the days when the nightlife in JHB was easy, carefree, safe and affordable. Thank you, Sbu, for this memory. I still can’t get over how Kabelo looked like a teen among us😂😂😂 May Cyril’s soul continue to rest in peace.
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The Mandela family from left to right: Muzi and Zenani Dlamini, Winnie and Zindzi with the Mandela grandchildren, c 1980s. Credit: Peter Magubane/Soweto - Portrait of a City
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Nikiwe Bikitsha, Chair of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Dialogue and Annual Lecture Subcommittee, introduced this year’s speaker, President Juan Manuel Santos. Reflecting on the theme, “When is silence complicity?”, she challenged us to consider our responsibility to others in a world marked by conflict, inequality and injustice. “Whatever happened to the ideal of a shared humanity?” Watch here: bit.ly/4sLw7p1 #NMAL24 #MandelaLecture #GlobalLeadership
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Canada Lee as Reverend Stephen Kumalo and Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangu in 'Cry The Beloved Country' (1951). 🎥: Cry The Beloved Country
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Nellyville 🥺
March 1999: Nelson Mandela on the canal boat in Amsterdam, with his wife Graca and Ajax players Benni McCarthy and Aaron Mokoena next to him. Top right: Ruud Gullit. Photo: Louis van de Vuurst
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South African reggae artist Lucky Dube (1964 - 2007) at the World Music Awards in Monaco, where he received the award for Best-Selling African Recording Artist, 1996. Photo: WMA
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Remembering Lebo Mathosa who passed away on this day in 2006: Lebo Mathosa performing A Star is Born. 📺Miss SA Teen (2001)
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The QUEEN of Afro-Pop. The kids now call it A-pop but let’s not erase the history and who the queens were! Pop star bar non! The dancing, the singing, the outfits, the cultural relevance! LEBO MATHOSA. #Afropop #Apop #Tyla #MamaKaTyla
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Theo James knows exactly how to own a beach.
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The Union Of South Africa (Caiphus Semenya, Hugh Masekela and JonasGwangwa) - Mamani (1970).
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Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa. (1971). From left, Hugh Masekela, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.
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Hugh Masekela, 1965. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
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'Hidden in the open' Two black gay lovers from the Civil War era through the mid 20th century captured a private affectionate moment. I just smiled at the way they were dancing on the sandy beach with their patterned swim short. We have always existed even in love ❤️
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Author, anti-apartheid and women's rights activist - Ellen Kuzwayo, at her home in Soweto, c 1990s. Kuzwayo was the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2 April 1987. Image Source: SAHO. Photo Credit: Graeme Williams
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