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James Pearce Park is situated in the Suburb of, Stirling. It is a recreational park offering tennis courts and wide open spaces for families to picnic, ride bicycles and walk their dogs. James Pearce Park is next to Nahoon and is located in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Sonderwaterkraal is a populated place and is located in Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 407 metres. Approximately 1,118 km South-West of Pretoria, the country's capital. The landowner wishes to develop 21 hectares Rooibos cultivation lands at Sonderwaterkraal.

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Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Born: June 1967
Died: June 8, 1988 in Piet Retief, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga)

Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or Nstiki, as her family refers to her, was raised in Lamontville, a township south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Cothoza attended Lamontville High School where she excelled academically.

We worked frantically through the night to call together out activists and put all the logistics in place for a normal rally: designed and printed pamphlets and posters, distributed them, organised transport, sound systems, marshals to control the crowd, all the usual things.

But because we only heard about the release on Saturday evening, we were just not able to track down any of the companies from which usually hire walkie talkies, so we had no means of communication the next day – and it was long before the days of cell phones!

The 11th of February 1990 will be remembered as one of the most significant days in the history of the world.  It was the day that dramatic change took place – the apartheid regime released Nelson Mandela after he served 27 years in prison.  Today, 30 years later, we celebrate this watershed event that changed South Africa forever.
 

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Pixie Benjamin
Died: 1976
Pixie Benjamin was a strong anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from South Africa during Apartheid. She endured harsh punishment under censorship and racist laws. Her political involvement already occurred in England, where she and her husband allowed African National Congress (ANC) activists to stay while they were rounding up political supporters.

South Africa battles water scarcity as it is one of the thirty driest regions in the world. On average the country receives 500 mm rainfall in a year. [1] As water is a limited resource, governments in the past have allocated it to specific groups. In 2002 there were still 14 million Black South Africans without running water as previous laws made it difficult to access natural resources.[2]

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Makhosi Nyoka
Born: April 3, 1957 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)
Died: June 8, 1988 in Piet Retief, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga)

Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School.

Swartvlei is the largest and deepest lake in the Wilderness National Park in Wilderness, Western Cape. It is connected to the sea for 6 months of the years, before the mouth silts closed for the rest of the year. Boating on the Swartvlei is a thoroughly enjoyable and popular recreational activity. All kinds of boats such as paddle-boats, rubber-ducks, sailing boats, catamarans, motor-boats and canoes are allowed on the water, provided you have a permit. Please make sure all boaters have life jackets.