Retreat, Cape Town

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Retreat is a Suburb of City of Cape Town, Western Cape with a postal code. It is about 15 kms West-North-West of the Provincial Capital City of Cape Town. The Suburb of Retreat in Cape Town was so named because the Dutch retreated to that Area when they were losing the Battle of Muizenberg. The Area falls under the Municipality of Cape Town. Retreat has many Transport Routes available: Rail, Air, Water and Road. As well as Labour, making it an Industrial Hub.

Radio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith

1985 AMR poster.Antiapartheid Movement Radio

At seven p.m. sharp, seven nights a week, during the darkest days of apartheid, an incendiary radio broadcast beamed out from Lusaka, Zambia. It began with the clack of machine-gun fire, followed by a familiar call-and-response:

Amandla Ngawethu!

“Power to the People!”

The shooting faded in and out, waxing and waning with the chant.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for national lockdown for 21 days in South Africa

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On 23 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in terms of section 27 of the Disaster Management Act. This was an urgent response as the World Health Organization declared the Corona outbreak as the global pandemic. There were more than 162 000 people who have tested positive across the globe, 61 confirmed cases in South Africa. Given the speed and the spread of this virus, South African government decided to take drastic measures to protect and contain the impact of the virus to the health system, society and most importantly the people within the borders.
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