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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 14 Jun 2016

    South Africa has 11 official languages but that of the country's first people not among them http://bbc.in/28B9jtn pic.twitter.com/2HyU4spAGd

    3:18 AM - 14 Jun 2016
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    • @KushSpliff shabir Thami hiwot merga madon excellence walusimbi joseph Iceboy Astrothunder ♦SELASSIE SOULJAH♦
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      2. Delme Cupido‏ @delme_cupido 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MissVR_

        are you seriously saying the San are NOT the first people, or do you just not know that they are. because they are. its a fact.

        5 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. Lizzy Multiverse‏ @Miss_Nkinga 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @delme_cupido @MissVR_

        I'm a Khoisan and I know that we are not South African but Africans,we are indigenous to Africa not South Africa.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      4. xolani ndimba‏ @XNdimba 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @Miss_Nkinga

        True. For instance, you'll find the Khoi outside the borders of SA: Bots, Namib, Tanzania etc @Miss_Nkinga @delme_cupido @MissVR_

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Qhawe Dyala‏ @SaAutonomy 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        BBC Africa is really not African

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Lizzy Multiverse‏ @Miss_Nkinga 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @SaAutonomy @BBCAfrica

        yes BBC Africa is a propaganda machine disguised as a reputable news agency.. #Filth

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Garikai Mhlanga‏ @Garikai_Mhlanga 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        there is khoi San in Tanzania . give us a break with your Elizabeth's propaganda

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      1. Isaac Ndebele‏ @Grandmasterzac 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @caitlins1234 lol haha British Broadcasting corporation Africa

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      1. Trevor vanWyk‏ @Trevorvwk 14 Jun 2016
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        @ChiefAtn I hve searched to See if there is an ethnic name fr South Africa b4 the colonisers, but I don't find any.

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      1. Reagile‏ @ReagileMK 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        When are going to write about how the british promised to composite Zimbabwe for land then reneged on the agreement??

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      2. SocialAgenda‏ @SharonNcipa 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        truly nt African, thy don't even know that its the only languege in our Code of Arms.

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      1. xolani ndimba‏ @XNdimba 14 Jun 2016
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        @CaitlinS1234pic.twitter.com/pwpUQbcEtM

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      1. Song‏ @Song56556106 14 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        he banna

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      1. Zimkita Majola‏ @Posh_SA 14 Jun 2016
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        get it together!.

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