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Seeing and Being Seen: Politics, Art and The Everyday in Omar Badsha's Durban Photography, 1960s - 1980s
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Jul 14, 2020

Seeing and Being Seen: Politics, Art and The Everyday in Omar Badsha's Durban Photography, 1960s - 1980s

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Lanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
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Jul 14, 2020

Lanseria International Airport, Roodepoort

Commercial and private planes can easily be spotted on the runway a few meters away from their open air viewing deck. It...

O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
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Jul 14, 2020

O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg

The renaming ceremony of the Johannesburg international Airport to O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, Sout...

Joey Fourie
Biography
Jul 09, 2020

Joey Fourie

Trade unionist, organised workers in the catering trade, first secretary of the Waitress Union, secretary of the Nationa...

Biography
Jul 09, 2020

Hettie McCleod

Teacher, member of the Communist Party of South Africa, Franchise Action Program and the South African Coloured People’s...

George Airport, Western Province
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Jul 09, 2020

George Airport, Western Province

George Airport has been awarded the South African Airport of the Year award six times, in the category of Airports who h...

The Importance and Power of Gender Safe Spaces by Shanél Johannes
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Jul 09, 2020

The Importance and Power of Gender Safe Spaces by Shanél Johannes

As gendered individuals, our lived experiences are not static, for our positionalities and realities differ. The creatio...

Biography
Jul 09, 2020

Mary Margaret Ngalo

Women’s rights activist, anti-apartheid activist, member of the ANCYL, ANCWL, FEDSAW, and AAPSO, founding member of the ...

Qunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
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Jul 08, 2020

Qunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood

Just South of Mthatha (Umtata) in the Eastern Cape on the rolling green Hills, of a cluster of Villages; their isone kno...

Makhandra Aerodrome, Grahamstown
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Jul 08, 2020

Makhandra Aerodrome, Grahamstown

Grahamstown has a small Airport. There are two larger Airports located in close proximity to Grahamstown. The closest is...

George
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Jul 08, 2020

George

The Town of George lies halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s ever-popular Garden Route. George...

Cape Town International Airport
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Jul 08, 2020

Cape Town International Airport

Cape Town International Airport opened in 1954, replacing Wingfield Aerodrome, originally named D.F. Malan after the the...

Kimberley Airport
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Jul 08, 2020

Kimberley Airport

Kimberley Airport based in The Northern Cape provides regular domestic flights in South Africa between Cape Town Airport...

Bram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein
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Jul 08, 2020

Bram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein

Bram Fischer International Airport is an important Gateway to the Free State, a Land-Locked Province. The Airport was op...

Virginia Airport, Durban
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Jul 08, 2020

Virginia Airport, Durban

Durban Virginia Airport is a Public Airport serving the City of Durban, in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal.

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