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Velddrif is situated some 2 km upstream from where the Berg River flows into the sea at the Bay of St Helena on the Cape West Coast. Velddrif is a coastal fishing town in the Bergrivier Local Municipality, Western Cape. The name Velddrif came into existence when a farmer, Theunis Smit, took his stock through a drift in the veld, to find grazing across the river. The animals often had to swim across the river. Later on, in 1899, a pont was built, which was the only means of crossing the Berg River.

Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo,
Deputy President David Mabuza,
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and esteemed members of the judiciary,
Former President Thabo Mbeki and Mrs Mbeki,
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe and Mrs Motlanthe,
Former Deputy President FW de Klerk and Mrs de Klerk,
Former Speaker Ms Baleka Mbete and Mr Khomo,
President of the Pan African Parliament, His Excellency Roger Nkodo Dang, 

Josef Lazarus and Candice Stephanou bought the farm in May 2002 when it was operating as a wholesale indigenous plant nursery. At the time it had just one vineyard of 0.6 hectare (Vineyard 1), the original Chenin Blanc planted in 1987, which won the award for the Best White Wine and Best Wine Overall in the 2009 Nedbank / WINE Magazine Green Wine Awards. During the next few years the farm was converted into an organic wine farm. Lazanou Organic Vineyards is situated in the picturesque Wellington valley approximately 45 minutes drive from Cape Town, South Africa.
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.