Commercial and private planes can easily be spotted on the runway a few meters away from their open air viewing deck. It all began when In 1974 the dream became a reality and work began to build Johannesburg’s alternative International Airport, with a mere investment of R 2,7 Million. The residents of the Area were not too excited about the prospect of getting a noisy airport on the boarders of their peaceful Farming land! They formed a committee and protested against the development, which regularly made front page news. However, the Minister of Planning, Mr J.J.

The renaming ceremony of the Johannesburg International Airport to O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2006. Oliver Reginald Tambo was President of the African National Congress at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. The ceremony coincided with his birthday!

Joey Fourie was born in Oudtshoorn in the then Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a traditional Afrikaans family. She was educated in Wellington, Cape Province. Fourie began her working life at an early age in Cape Town, Cape Province, first as a telephonist and later a waitress.

Hettie McCleod was born on 27 June 1922 in Goodwood, Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). She was the youngest of five children (three girls and two boys) and was raised by her mother, as her father had left the family when the children were small. Hettie attended Wesley Primary School and later Wesley Training College where she qualified as a teacher in 1942.

Mary Margaret Ngalo was born in Cradock, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon James A.

Just South of Mthatha (Umtata) in the Eastern Cape on the rolling green Hills, of a cluster of Villages; their is one known as Qunu. It has recently been added to the map in South Africa because of its association with Madiba. Life in Qunu is quiet and peaceful. Goats frequent the streets of the Village, there is a single Fuel Station and one or two Supply Stores can be found.