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Guerrilla Radios in Southern Africa (Book Launch)
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The Old Northern Highway Revisited
The Lion of Azania, a biography of Zephania Mothopeng (Book Launch)
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The Great War: Loss & Remembrance - Talk by Peter Terry
Reopening of Bloemfontein City Hall
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Why such lively people spend their time in graveyards (23 October 2021)
'Joeys' Poem by Mike Alfred
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