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March 23, 2023

Gold Mafia (ca. 2023)

March 23, 2023, marks a significant day in the history of exposing corruption in the gold industry. The highly anticipated “Gold Mafia” documentary was released, uncovering the dark underbelly of the global gold trade and its links to organised crime and corruption. Produced by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, the four-part
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Hut Tax (ca. 1902)

July 15, 1902
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Before colonial rule, many African households survived on cattle ranching. These families stored their wealth in cattle and used them to pay taxes and other expenses. However, colonial rule changed the economic landscape of Africa. The colonialists required African labour
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Mapungubwe Hill

Mapungubwe (ca. 1705)

January 1, 1705
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The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning ‘hill of the jackal’) is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo and Shashe
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