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On his way into Parliament on 2 February 1990 FW de Klerk turned to his wife Marike and said, referring to his forthcoming speech: `After today South Africa will never again be the same.'Did white Sou
Whilst on holiday, Tom and Kate discover "Greyghost," a mysterious ruined house. On a return visit they encounter a strange ghostly mist which appears to transport them back through time to the period
The release of Nelson Mandela from twenty-seven years' imprisonment in 1990 and the free elections which followed four years later were among the most dramatic events of the twentieth century.David We
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